Any other Brits sick of foreigners criticising warm beer?!
Any other Brits sick of foreigners criticising warm beer?
Ale is supposed to be served like that! It's not lager.
Do these people go to France and take the piss out of the warm red wine?
1 month ago
No, you're all quite right: it's not actually warm; it's more or less cellar temperature. I was calling it warm beer because that's what the people who moan about it call it.
1 month ago
And I'd add that it's far from being just Americans that do this.
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1 month ago
No, you're all quite right: it's not actually warm; it's more or less cellar temperature. I was calling it warm beer because that's what the people who moan about it call it.
1 month ago
And I'd add that it's far from being just Americans that do this.
Well, it's not warm beer is it? The stuff should be served at room temperature. To say warm implies that it's heated.
The critisism is from those who insist on drinking refrigerated lagers (and that ghastly American Budweiser). These chilled drinks mostly taste foul if they reach room temperature. The cooling just disguises the acidity. The problem is theirs.
In fact, by running all these beer coolers (which use lots of electricity and push out warm air) the pubs and bars are contributing to global warming. So, good Real Ale bars are actually "Green" and should be encouraged by governement policies.
PS. A lot of wine in France would be much improved if someone took the piss out of it. It's an over-rated place for wine these days. The southern hemisphere produces stuff that's much better value.
hooray!
I am from Canada and really enjoy the British ales, lagers, bitters and stouts we get here at our pub style bars, actually you taste the flavours better when it is not chilled to death.
The Yanks like everything cold, except there Big Macs, the robust ingredients cannot be appreciated at a temp below 60 F or 16 C, I would take an English beer or ale over an American in a heart beat, besides there is lower alcohol and you have to drink twice as much to get a buzz.
Actually as an American I understand the reason behind drinking warm beer. A good ale has great flavor that you wouldn't notice when it is cold as the cold freezes the taste buds. A trditional week American beer has to be cold as it tastes like crap. I usually drink Sam Adams ..if I get the lager I'll drink it a little cooler..not too cold though. The ales or stout i'll drink warmer.
well its up to them take it or leave it . they can critise how much they like ,but the pub isn`t going to stick the barrel in the fridge . If they want cold they should get bottled lager .
It should be cool, not warm or cold. You got used to drinking it warm simply because there was no way other than winter to chill it and keeping it underground to cool it was too much trouble. If stored underground in a cellar that is well-sealed, ales and beers will be at about 55 degrees F. That is cool enough to be refreshing in warm weather, yet not so cold as to kill the flavor.
Warm beer is about as refreshing as piss..
Finally a person that understands me when i ask for a warm british ale ppl in the pubs jus look at me like i'm mad. I dnt now whether the british ales festival is still running but if it is get dwn to ure nearest weatherspoons for a proper british ale served the way it shld b. here is a favourite of mine http://www.worthingtons-whiteshield.com/...
CHEERS
Warm beer hasn't finished brewing.
I presume you mean room-temperature. I wouldn't drink warm beer either, and I'm British.
Living in a sub-tropical climate with BBQ's and beach-parties, I much prefer a lager where the ice-crystals are just starting to form. I mean it's 34 C / 90% humidity.
But get me back in my hometown, and you'll find me in the corner savouring a pint of real ale. Maybe those who denigrate one or the other haven't lived in more than one place.
I am from the US but I do get really annoyed when I go to buy a foreign beer that is supposed to be consumed warm and the store has put it in a cooler. American beer pretty much sucks, but we love it because it's ours and it needs to be cold to kill off some of the flavor.
I don't drink it warm - but I do drink ale at room temperature.
Its breakfast and I could do with a pint of "Owd Roger"!
(Stout should be cool though surely). Lager, chill it - makes no difference anyway.
I think the question here should be do foreigners actually know the difference between beer and lager! The answer is no!!
this just proves that people have no taste, if its not broke dont fix it............... good ale is NOT to be chilled! anybody who knows anything about ale will agree, those you dont, dont matter and are not worth listening too
Most foreign beers are best drank ice cold because it hides the gnats p*** taste. At least we like the variety of flavours of our beers, be they bitter, mild, ale or stouts.
Who cares who's criticizing, They are clueless, Bottoms up. CHEERS
Well. I'm not so much sick of it as bemused.
The thing about ale is that it is different. Quite different.
Some drinks should be served cold,,,ever drunk alcohol free beer ? Ugh!!
But ale is a drink all on its own. And we are fortunate enough to live in a place (UK) where micro breweries and others can ply their trade.
I once lived in Perth (WA) and had the misfortune to try Swan Lager 'off the cool' as it were. It was disgusting. But, the fault was mine as it should be drunk chilled as indeed it is usually served. Even the glasses were kept in the fridge until you ordered.
So, there you have it. To each his own.
Now you have done it. I'm off to me store cupboard for a lovely bottle of Badger's Morning Glory.
Cheers me dears.