What temperature is too cold to keep beer outside?

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Message bgburdman9 beers 861 º places 25 º 19:16 Mon 12/21/2009 I have a bunch of beer in my trunk and its suppose to be 27 degrees tonight. I think that it will probably be okay but it would suck to have to stuff blow up, but it would also suck to carry a bunch of cases up stairs and through multiple doors when I will have to load it back in my car tomorrow. What do you think is too cold?
Message iowaherkeye beers 2703 º places 29 º 19:22 Mon 12/21/2009 Originally posted by bgburdman9 I have a bunch of beer in my trunk and its suppose to be 27 degrees tonight. I think that it will probably be okay but it would suck to have to stuff blow up, but it would also suck to carry a bunch of cases up stairs and through multiple doors when I will have to load it back in my car tomorrow. What do you think is too cold? I imagine 27 is OK for most lower alcohol beers, but that may be the threshold. This is based on no science whatsoever, just a drunkard’s guess. Joey
Message beastiefan2k P beers 5012 º places 294 º 19:42 Mon 12/21/2009 I think you will be fine.
Message SphinxTX beers 2875 º places 41 º 19:52 Mon 12/21/2009 Im going to disagree...if it is below freezing for a long period of time lower alcohol beers will bust open....If stored at that temp for a day.....but ofcourse we are not speaking of a constant controlled temp. so if in the trunk, it "might" be ok, but I wouldn’t do it...

Message bgburdman9 beers 861 º places 25 º 21:17 Mon 12/21/2009 I saw on another website that it might get down to 25 so I brought it all inside. Better safe than sorry.
Message douglas88 P admin beers 13197 º places 398 º 21:21 Mon 12/21/2009 To freeze, higher gravity beer will have to go lower than 27. Whether or not the cold hurts the beer, I cannot say.
Message billk beers 353 º places 60 º 00:19 Tue 12/22/2009 at 27 coors banquet just starts to slush.
Message Fratto beers 2845 º 01:08 Tue 12/22/2009 At 27 degrees, Coors Banquet is hitting its prime.

Message shawn14505 beers 39 º 05:00 Tue 12/22/2009 I was wondering this myself, so I have been experimenting (hiding beer from the wife) a little bit the last few days/weeks here in upstate NY. I’ve been keeping 9-10%ABV beers inside my car (not the trunk) and it’s gotten down to the mid teens overnight without a problem. Granted the car is stared and warmed up to temp at 6am every morning, so it’s not a constant temp. And I can bet that it dosen’t get anywhere near that temp inside the car during the 10-12 hours that it sits overnight. No freeing/damage. Beers were Harpoon Leviathan DIPA and Simcoe DIPA.
Message PhillyBeer2112 beers 3498 º places 102 º 07:01 Tue 12/22/2009 Originally posted by Fratto At 27 degrees, Coors Banquet is hitting its prime. I don’t think it matters how cold it gets, its already the coldest tasting beer. Nothing is colder than Coors!
Message gnoff P beers 11277 º places 838 º 07:01 Tue 12/22/2009 I’ve heard -7 C (about 20 F?) is where most "normal alcohol" beer freeze. So 27 _should_ be OK.