Forgot beer in the freezer, got clear beer.

[fab80]

Hi guys, a couple of days ago I wanted to have a bottle of my nice PM Imperial blonde a little extra chilled and decided to stick one in the freezer for 5 minutes. Of course, after five minutes, I went to the fridge and grabbed something else and completely forgot about that bottle in the freezer for a day. When I "found" it in the freezer, I put it back in the fridge and waited another day before drinking it. I am having one right now and it is SUPER CLEAR and tastes as good as it should.. The other bottles are pretty cloudy (I forgot clarifier). Anyone have ever experienced this?

 

[electrolight]

I'm surprised it didn't freeze and thus blow up... i know big beers are more resistant with high abv and all but yours wasn't. Just my 2 cents, I wouldn't make it a habit...

 

[Onkel_Udo]

It is likely that your beer has suspended yeast and the super cold temp dropped it out of suspension. Time will likely make the others drop clear. Personally, I never use clarifiers and only occasionally have chill haze (protein) issues...which does not bother me in the slightest.

Agreed that you got lucky it did not crack the bottle. I had a cooler of leftover Wisconsin beer from the last race and left it in the garage. 18 bottles and only 12 survived when the temps drop below 0 F for a week.