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The end concentration always depends on the temperature you froze it at and the time it remains frozen, the nearer you can get to the alcohol freezing point and the longer the time it stays there, the more water will be frozen and the more solids will be separated. It is really not much...

Up to a certain concentration, yes. I.e. Ice Beer or Ice Bock. But that would decrease the volume to carry by only 50%. Over that we are entering a grey zone where they could decide in any direction.

The Feds always have to know first that you are concentrating something. As long as you put it into your freezer and keep it to yourself good luck trying. Now,if you cannot keep your mouth shut about your less than legal hobbies that could be a problem.

Yes, you will run into some serious problems if you drink a concentrate of less than 50% of the original volume. I was thinking less along the line of drinking the concentrate as of taking the concentrate and some carbonation to mix with water again.

It is simple and has been used by Bavarian monks since immemorial times: you freeze the beer (though they just wanted something more nutritious for the lent, not syrup). Given that water freezes at 32F and alcohol at -173 all you have to do is keep the beer long enough at a temperature between...