Re: Question about preserving opened bottle of wine

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gigglz


On Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:38:45 -0400, Jerry Avins <jya@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>Gary wrote:
>
>   ...
>
>> My freezer stays right around 0 degrees F.  Nothing  with alcohol will
>> freeze at 0 degrees C.
>
>Oh, come now! Surely the freezing point depends on the concentration, 
>all the way up to 32F is the concentration is dilute enough.
>
>> I tried making beer cubes about a year ago. The theory was to chill a
warm
>> beer with those and not water down the beer as they melted.  Even beer
>> didn't freeze all that hard in the icecube tray.
>
>
>But it _almost_ froze. Near beer would have frozen hard. One thing you 
>will find, though: skimming the skin of ice off the surface will 
>concentrate the remainder. (The ice will have less alcohol than the 
>liquor, the remainder more. That's how hard cider is concentrated to 
>apple jack.)
>
>> I've got two half cups of wine semi-frozen for more cooking. I won't
wait a
>> LONG time though....maybe 2 weeks at the most and that should be fine
since
>> it will be mixed with food flavors too.
>
>Enjoy!
>
>Jerry