I will give the Brits credit for some very good beer. Of course if you drink it warm it has to be good to start with. It's still much better cold though.
"I will give the Brits credit for some very good beer. Of course if you drink it warm it has to be good to start with. It's still much better cold though."
Actually, I think the "warm beer" thing comes from the 2nd world war when GI's were posted here. At the time refrigeration was not widesporead here and traditionally British ales were sold stright from the barrel at room temperature. Nowadays, german style lagers outsell ales, bitters and stouts and almost all beer is sold chilled (as it is in the States). You can still buy certain bottled beers (Pale Ale, Bitter, etc) at room temperatre in some pubs but in the main it's only the oldest drinkers who still drink these.
Drink England's beer, pass on the boxed milk!
"I will give the Brits credit for some very good beer. "
They had to create something decent to wash down the jellied ells.
Well, the reason that the Brits drink warm beer is because Lucas made the refrigerators! lol
(Inside joke for Brit car and motorcycle enthusiasts... "Lucas, the Prince of Darkness!")
Mark
Reminds me of the old line..."why to the Brits drink their beer at room temperature? Because their refrigerators are made by Lucas..."
They don't drink it "warm"; they just don't drink it ice cold. I keep my (homebrewed British ales) beer fairly cold, but drink it slowly, and the best flavor is after it's warmed up a bit.
But that's the difference between light American lagers and British style ales: you actually want to taste the latter.