Icing an IPA

[WatereeBrew]

I did a 120 min IPA and am thinking of icing it to bump up the ABV.
1) what is the best temperature to chill to to get water to freeze and not alcohol?
2) Do you collect the ice to concetrate wort? If so how do you get the ice out of a 6 1/2 gallon glass carboy?

Thanks

 

[adc123]

A blog called The Mad Fermentationist list did a great piece on "icing."

http://www.themadfermentationist.com/2009/06/eisadam-hotd-dave-clone.html

 

[ScubaSteve]

You'll probably lose a lot of the character of the beer......why not add a very small amount of grain alcohol?

 

[Oldsock]

I eis'd a DIPA as well and then carbed with my carb cap with good results: http://www.themadfermentationist.com/2010/03/big-ipa-tasting-plus-eispa.html

You may have trouble getting a beer that big/sweet to freeze with your home freezer. Crank the temp down as low as it can go, and give it plenty of time.

 

[jkreuze]

Interesting thread! Will need to try this sometime, maybe this winter (it's a lot easier to freeze your beer when it's -20F overnight in mid-January in the Minnesota winter).