Partially frozen beer in secondary...ruined?

[tcd2004]

Well, I came home from lunch today to find my pliny the elder clone developing ice in my glass carboy. Kegging day is going happen this Wednesday, so the beer was put in my garage to cold crash for a few days as I always do when it's winter. It got fairly cold last night so now the beer is partially frozen, it is far from being frozen solid, but I can definitely see ice forming. I have since pulled the carboy inside and will let all of the ice melt. Do you think this has had any affect on my beer? I have been looking forward to this beer and not to mention, it wasn't cheap to brew, so I really hope it is ok!

 

[NivekD]

Yep...it's ruined...send it to me for disposal...sorry, couldn't help myself. It's fine, keg away after it warms a bit.

 

[LLBeanJ]

Let it thaw and it will be fine.

 

[tcd2004]

Good to hear. Do you think I should re cold crash to get everything out of suspension again, or should I just go right into the keg?

 

[LLBeanJ]

It's up to you. With that said, I rarely cold crash before kegging a batch. I just let it settle in the keg once it's tapped.

 

[tcd2004]

I've always kegged right after cold crashing, so the beer would be around 40 degrees when I hooked up the gas for carbing. If I keg the beer at room temp, should I let the beer cool down in the kegerator before hooking up the co2 to it?

 

[LLBeanJ]

Some folks let the keg chill overnight or at least for a few hours before attaching the gas. I don't. I put it on the gas straight away. Either way works.