What kinds of alcohol freeze?
I recently tried making a granita with sake and it turned out more like a slushy. Then, today, I took a bottle of soju out of my freezer to find that it was almost completely frozen, even though I've had it stored in the freezer for days and up til now it was completely liquid.
This will be useful for future reference when making up new drinks!
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There you go! These little things are indispensable. Hope it helps you.
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Hope to post my lemon verbena sake granita recipe soon!
24 proof liquor freezes at -6.7°C (20°F)
64 proof liquor freezes at -23.33°C (-10°F)
84 proof liquor freezes at -34.44°C (-30°F)
These freezing poings are much colder than my home freezer. And I have had the experience of chilling a bottle of white wine or beer in the freezer and they went from slushy to freezing and then exploding. Sigh.
And having traveled in Russia and the Urkaine have been very happy to know that vodka does not freeze - just gets really, really cold. Oh so good....
Don't know the proof of sake, and it seems that it is higher proof than soju. (Don't know what soju is either, and am happy to learn about it.)