"Beer 101"

Well obviously I'm not an expert in such things :wine but here in good ol' blighty we like our ale at around 54 to 57F.

And on the few occasions I've had "english" beer in the States I always have to let it warm up as its horrible when it's too cold - just like american beers are disgusting when too warm.

 

i used to drink wine in england, Liebfraumilch for the most part, occasionally a french red, or an italian rose. (but i have been known to drink a little brew called hurllimans). on arriving in hawaii i discovered the need to drink something lighter still, (one simply cannot spend the day drinking wine on the beach) and discovered ice cold stienies. bliss

 

That's some good wine, my favorite for summer. :wine

 

Alco pop for kids its has more sugar and sweetner than a coke

There are a couple of types of beer drinkers here two main ones are young "HIP" lager drinker a la me who want it really cold,frosted glass cold because it quenches your thirst better IMO and the heavy drinkers, the older guys who drink bitter or stout,most of these guys can really drink I think if they were drinking ice cold bitter at the speed they drink thier brain would freeze up,alot of them say its because they want to taste it but it isnt is because when its a bit warmer they can drink it faster and get wasted

 

I like beer out of the bottle but in the pub its gonna get an expensive night really fast and it doesnt compare to a good draft beer,what we do is just get a pint of house lager if its any good stay on it if it aint start drinking bottles or see what offers are on

 

There is a reason that U.S. beers are served ice-cold and I believe that Monty Python best summed it up... "american beer is like making love in a canoe... its f'in close to water." Most of them need ice crystals in them just to be palatable.... Just gimmie a pint of Guiness and a spoon, cuz its a meal in a glass.

 

The beers and lagers are cold but not chilled here. You have to ask for a bottle from the fridges if you want it chilled.
Traditionally here, it is always cold,windy and rainy, so the last thing you want is a cold drink! Cool to quench the thirst as it is difficult to down lager/beer quickly when it is too cold.

 

One annoying thing they do here in Canada is to serve it in a frosted glass. It's gotta be warm enough to taste, fer pete's sake...

 

Some beers, taste great at room temp. I.E., All stouts.

 

Now you've all finished talking about fizzy gnats pee, let's talk about real English beer (bitter).....

 

I do like a pint or so of English bitter, or Stout on occasion. It's mainly a climate thing in these parts. Served cold, 'coz it's too darn hot in summer! Anything to cool of when it is 40+ deg.C outside.

That said, at this time of the year, when it's only about 16 deg. C, I don't have my pints too cold. Some taste better from bottles, but the heavier ones are usually a lot better from the tap. Depends where I'm drinking, too. A bit had to take the pub beer barrel home with me (as much as I'd like too, LoL!), so sometimes I have those special 500ml cans (with that plastic thingy in them), that preserve the creamy goodness and good head. I'm mainly a spirit man in winter.

 

Wychwood. They make the beer in my thumbnail. Beautiful stuff. I've never tried the Dogs Bollocks though.

 

It's perfectly smooth and slips down a treat Try it sometime, MrPewty.

 

Real Scottish beer is the stuff that makes hairs grow on your chest

 

Thought I liked beer until years ago I was working from like 8 to 8 while the owners business was disappearing up her nose. Anyway - a few doors down there was a deli / catering place where being alone was the only place to get something to eat. Also being alone I would order a beer to go with my lunch. When the owner of the deli found out I liked beer she would call me from the back door to try different kinds of imported beers, I soon came to the conclusion I was not a beer person after all. Lite beer / light/ weight. uke LOL

 

"The beers and lagers are cold but not chilled here. You have to ask for a bottle from the fridges if you want it chilled.
Traditionally here, it is always cold,windy and rainy, so the last thing you want is a cold drink! Cool to quench the thirst as it is difficult to down lager/beer quickly when it is too cold."

Rubbish. why then have all the Scottish brewers introduced extra chilled pipes and (yes I am aware it's marketing) re-branded many of their products 'Ice Cold' or similar? I'd rather have a colder pint of Tennents than anything pored through the old tap.

I suppose you are from Edinburgh though and like your beer like the English 'warm' ales.



P.S. I'm from Glasgow, Smeatonland!!

 

I'm a redneck gimme PBR in a can cold as ice its a good drunk!

 

Oh agreed...oh for a pint of 70/ and 80/ with a whisky chaser to boot

 

Love to, but I've never seen it. I can't even find Hobgoblin here in Alberta. I have to pick some up when I'm visiting Vancouver.

 

I like homemade persimmon wine also. Now that's country!

 

60/-, 70/-, 80/-, 90/-: 60 shilling, 70 shilling, 80 shilling, 90 shilling
ale, all terms for Scottish beers. They equate, very roughly, to mild,
light, heavy and strong (usually called a pint of 'export') with ABV (alcohol by volume) rising through-out the range.

The term comes from the tax levied per barrel. So the stronger the ale the more you had to pay.