Frozen? How cold does it have to be to freeze whiskey?
Believe me, an alcohol-sugar solution WILL freeze, but it has to be about -80 degrees or so.
I understand it gets that cold and even colder in Antarctica.
But a little “frostbite treatment” comes in handy a times, even if whiskey does not actually work on real frostbite.
After a few minutes of googling, it appears that 80-proof spirits freeze in the vicinity of -25°C.
The freezing point of pure ethanol is much lower (-114°C), so a higher-proof whiskey will freeze somewhere in between, presumably.
I've put bottles of vodka in the freezer to chill them, and some brands will start to crystalize while others will become noticeably more viscous, but I've never managed to freeze a bottle solid.
It depends on the proof of the alcohol.
100 proof would be hard to freeze...
Say perhaps -40F
If the crates were underground I don’t think it would get that cold... obviously it did not or the bottles would have burst.
Got this from a question and answer site I don't know where the ice-bound whiskey fits in.
"It will depend on what whiskey you're specifically referring to and is especially dependent on the alcohol content. Crown Royal (80 proof) freezes at approximately -13F. Something stronger like Wild Turkey, and God help you if that's your drink of choice-will freeze even lower than that, perhaps -30 or -40F."
I know the freeze point of scotch is roughly -30 or 30 below zero. Depending on proof. The lower the proof the quicker it freezes.
I wonder how that affects the taste of a good scotch.
Maybe I don’t want it back after all.