What's the proper way to drink bottled real ales?!
What's the proper way to drink bottled real ales?
Should these be left opened for a while before drinking?
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No. They aren't dry red wine so they don't need to breath.
I like to pour them into a glass and leave the sediment in the bottle. But you should drink them however you want.
dont drink out of bottles.
drink it as soon as you open it
Up through the neck, down throuigh the neck. Cheers!
from a glass
no its not wine!! pour it into a glass held at an angle to the bottle though
You should pour them into a glass in order to get a head. You want a good 1/2 - 3/4 inch head to form on the beer. This aerates the beer bringing out the full flavor. And then just bring it to your lips and enjoy the sweet nectar as it flows over your tongue and into your throat. Leaving that wonderful after taste and a small moustache of beer foam on your lip. Yummy!!!
No, don't leave it open before drinking. You do that with wine because of the tannins. Beer does not have tannins. It should be poured into a glass though - that releases all the aroma and flavor. When you get good at it, you'll be able to pour in straight down the center of the glass, which is the proper way to release the aroma/flavor.
from a clean pint glass, not a frosted mug, just a pint, and not warm, never warm.
It can't be real ale in a bottle. Real ale is kept in a wooden barrel with a spile on the top to let it breath. You have to TAP (open) the barrel then remove the spile. When a public house recieves a barrel it is stored on a tilt and left to rest for quite a while. No way can it be real ale in a bottle.
Always pour into a proper glass...brings out flavors you can't get from the bottle.
No. I've seen enough wineprats on this website, so don't listen to any beerprats!
Firstly, what you refer to is "beer". Ale is an unhopped beverage not made in this country for many years.The brewers who talk of ale are prats as well!
No beer needs to breathe before it is drunk, in fact, the sooner you drink it the better it is.
You may be getting echoes of past times. Some beers until about 40 years ago were "bottle conditioned" , that is bottled before the fermentation had stopped. Worthington "White Shield" was notable & one of the Basses was a close second.
They had to be laid down a couple of days before serving & poured very carefully.
open, pour into a proper pint glass and drink.
some bottles have an optimum drinking temperature on the label so look for that as well.
No, you don't need to let them breathe. The only real ale in a bottle is bottle-conditioned beer so you need to decant it from the bottle into a suitable clean glass. If the glass is not perfectly clean then bubbles will stick to the glass and it will not look as good. You also want the ale to be at cellar temperature. A good way of achieving this is to put the bottle in the fridge for 20 minutes before drinking. If I am drinking a few I'll replace each bottle as I remove one from the fridge so by the time I've drunk one beer the next is ready.
Note, while ale used to mean beer without hops this is no longer the case. Now "ale" is generally used for a non-lagered beer.
If it is bottle conditioned then let it stand a day before opening.
Then carefully decant (make sure the glass will take the almost entire contents of the bottle !!) allowing the sediment to just lie in the area short of the neck.
It won't hurt you to drink it but it will make the drink cloudy and may taste yeasty.
Drink at a reasonable pace!!
Yes, I know. It's up to you to decide.
too many bottles will make you burp etc, whereas a similar quantity of drawn ale will not.
I like to have bottled beer with a snack like cheese and biscuits.
If the beer is not bottle conditioned the pouring is not so vital but caution against pouring too fast ang getting a big head.
Why not join CAMRA or visit their website for more information or maybe buy one of thewir books on beers from around the world.
I'm off now for a bottle of Waggledance!!
i drink real ales ...however go to asda and buy a beer called Duvel its a small bottle with a red lable .....Mmmmm Heaven
you wont be upset