Sandy, we feed a lot of it here, 11k pounds a day right now between some feeder steers and the brood cows.. We feed it a bit different than Denny as we have a TMR (Just mix that Vigertone right in with it Denny, at least that is what my rep had me do.. Wonder when he is coming down here).. Generally when you get it fresh it is HOT and it stays hot for a while. The outside might crust over but when you break into a pile with a bucket to load it it can get steamy, I have seen this more with Gluten but the early Distillers we got this year was hot like that too.. So in a situation like that freezing isn't a huge problem... Even the cool distilelrs we were feeding that was frozen into blocks... Thos blocks break open real easy, probably becasue of all the fat that is in there...
As far as it tasting like beer.. Wouldn't know but it sure smells better than Gluten...