"Freeze distillation"

[Blackbrew]

Great video, so much for the ice cream factory they are just using a big freezer container.

[Hop Bomb]

Is it cool (pardon the pun) to do this in 5 litre water bottles once they're sterile?

[Hop Bomb]

Also worth bearing in mind that you can legally go to 22% abv.

Good to know.

I think Im gona do it with the oatmeal choc stout I did on Fri. Its well low on OG as my water calculations were off so It'd be good to boost the ABV & a nice experiment.

Is there a way of calculation ABV once Im done freezing? BrewingTv dude froze his for 8 hours. Is that the usual time?

[Hop Bomb]

Did it taste much more concentrated than the non eised beer?

Im gona follow this:

http://www.northernbrewer.com/connect/2010/11/eis-is-nice/

[Hop Bomb]

Thats not a bad thing though. Two different beers for the price of one

[Fal]

Resurrecting this thread cod I'm thinking of trying freeze distillation myself. Is the process as simple as freezing it overnight pouring off the liquid. Defrosting and doing the same again the next night?
I assume a mix of fresh yeast and sugar to carbonate afterwards?

[LordEoin]

it works better if you keep an eye on it and once it starts freezing shake it up occasionally.
Then you end up with a slush puppy kind of mix where the alcohol and flavor can slowly filter out through the mushy ice and not get caught in pockets.
I did it earlier in the year with a gallon of cider and ended up with a liter of strong sweet concentrate that i guess is around the 20% mark.
it's fantastic with tonic water and ice! 

[Fal]

Thanks LE, I'll give that a go over the holidays with a stout I have here that ended up a bit watery for my liking.
@tube, I didn't think of that!!

[LordEoin]

i tried it with a stout too and hated it.
it was thick, sticky, bitter and as far as i remember i only reduced it to a third or so.
Oddly enough though it did regain a little carbonation on its own.
If you're going to do a stout, I'd recommend aiming for reducing it to a half to start with.

[Fal]

And by half you mean, freeze it once only?

[LordEoin]

making it 50% of the original volume.
If it only takes 1 run, then bonus!

[Fal]

Ah right I get you. Thanks for the help