My keg froze

[petep1980]

I went to tap my keg and found out my beer froze. It's been outside in sub-freezing temps in the garage, but I thought it would be fine. I went to tap the keg today and was shocked to found out the entire keg of beer was frozen. It wasn't frozen lines, as I had no lines connected.

I am willing to deal with CO2 issues, but I am just concerned about taste, etc.

It'll be okay right? Tell me it'll be okay.

 

[JonM]

It'll be fine. Palmer describes in his book how he did the same thing.

As long as the keg didn't crack, all is well. Thaw that sucker out and enjoy.

 

[Derp]

I froze 8 cornies after setting my analog controller to 30 instead of 40 in poor lighting. I pulled them all out of the keezer and they were fine after they thawed.

 

[actech]

I froze one too, it was fine after thawing out,didnt crush diptube either

 

[lumpher]

I froze a keg once by leaving it out in the garage during an ice storm. I thawed it out and drank it. Best Schwarzbier I ever had.

 

[Mexibilly]

Soaking in water all winter : (

 

[bluemoose]

I had to move my fermentation chamber for a project. When I moved it back, the person I was working with plugged it in...without the temp controller. Kegged the beer once it thawed and it tasted great. Yours won't be a problem, unless it sucked before it froze. That just can't be helped.