Getting right to the point, I messed up and let my keezer along with three kegs and beer lines freeze. How'd it happen? Mishap compounded by stupidity and frustration. Long story there, and I rather not relive it all -- it'd take too long to type and there could be more screaming and gashing of teeth. Suffice to say I had some leakage in the keezer and when I cleaned it, I removed the temp sensor and forgot to put it back. I had just filled a bunch of bottles that went in there, too, and they are fairly ruined, with caps leaking . Anyhow, the beer in the kegs should still be OK. Is there anything I should pay attention to when thawing the kegs?
I've done the same thing. Everything was fine once it thawed. Now I make use of the high temperature alarm on the temperature controller. If it gets anywhere near room temp the alarm goes off.
You froze any CO2 out of suspension, so the beer is flat. Since you have kegs that is not much of a problem. Bottles can be re-primed and capped. That's definitely gonna be a crap shoot, not knowing how much residual CO2 is left. The kegs will just reabsorb the gas in the headspace. It left the liquid but it's still in the keg so give it time to re-carb. You probably have hop and trub up in the dip tubes too. Depends on how bright it was to begin with. No big deal. Cheers.
I think I have posted this before. My pilsner from four years ago in the lagering phase! This beer was excellent! No need to worry. Take care!
Seems like this is the time of year when this always happens...it's getting cooler and the refer settings are still geared towards Summer temps...I don't cut it so close now...rather have it at 40*F than 30*F
