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For me it needs to be a very hot day and I need to be with others in a backyard to have beer. Otherwise I'm a seltzer/soft drinks kinda gal.

I do enjoy Yuengling if I am going for a lager, though.
Angry Orchard Green Apple, Sinammon Apple or plain hard apple cider are good too.

On another note... anyone tried hot beer before? As the name suggests, it's basically beer that's unchilled and in fact pretty hot, like someone left a can of it under a hot sun for an hour or two.

Maybe it exists somewhere, but I can't for the life of me imagine it. A chilled or cold beer is the only one I've heard of.

"Malt does more than Milton can
To justify God's ways to Man."

--A. E. Housman

I drink beer when I can, it's good.

The question is though, German or Irish?

Valentine Z wrote:On another note... anyone tried hot beer before? As the name suggests, it's basically beer that's unchilled and in fact pretty hot, like someone left a can of it under a hot sun for an hour or two.

Maybe it exists somewhere, but I can't for the life of me imagine it. A chilled or cold beer is the only one I've heard of.

I don't know of people drinking beer hot, but drinking beer at room temperature is generally the way to do it.

Valentine Z wrote:On another note... anyone tried hot beer before? As the name suggests, it's basically beer that's unchilled and in fact pretty hot, like someone left a can of it under a hot sun for an hour or two.

Maybe it exists somewhere, but I can't for the life of me imagine it. A chilled or cold beer is the only one I've heard of.

Hot beer? Never heard of it. Hot pepper beer? Another story...if you ever come across a beer with a habenero soaking in the bottom of the bottle... beware! BTW, I'm on a vodka kick right now, although I am a Bourbon/whiskey guy...beer? Switchback (unfiltered ale) is my go to...

And..."I feel bad for people that don't drink. When they wake up in the morning? That's the best they're going to feel all day" F. Sinatra.

Heloin wrote:

Valentine Z wrote:On another note... anyone tried hot beer before? As the name suggests, it's basically beer that's unchilled and in fact pretty hot, like someone left a can of it under a hot sun for an hour or two.

Maybe it exists somewhere, but I can't for the life of me imagine it. A chilled or cold beer is the only one I've heard of.

I don't know of people drinking beer hot, but drinking beer at room temperature is generally the way to do it.

Barbarian, only the brits drink it at room temp. Civilized people drink their beer cool - cold.

Free Arabian Nation wrote:I drink beer when I can, it's good.

The question is though, German or Irish?

Oregonian.

Ethel mermania wrote:

Heloin wrote:I don't know of people drinking beer hot, but drinking beer at room temperature is generally the way to do it.

Barbarian, only the brits drink it at room temp. Civilized people drink their beer cool - cold.

Civilised =/= the Colonies

Heloin wrote:

Ethel mermania wrote:
Barbarian, only the brits drink it at room temp. Civilized people drink their beer cool - cold.

Civilised =/= the Colonies

Some beers are good room temp. I like my stouts to be a bit warmish.

Some beers are better cold. You don't wanna drink a lukewarm IPA. Yuck!

Free Arabian Nation wrote:I drink beer when I can, it's good.

The question is though, German or Irish?

Well, I'm German ... make an educated guess as to where the best beer comes from!

Jokes aside - while I do drink mostly German beer (preferably Pils, but I can bear Kölsch as well, with the additional corn schnapps ^^), one can just as easily please me with a good Guinness (although I like Kilkenny a bit more). I also enjoy Pilsner Urquell, although I enjoyed it a bit more during my trip to the Czech Republic a few years ago, for it's cheaper than water there, whereas it's very expensive where I live. ^^

Scomagia wrote:

Heloin wrote:Civilised =/= the Colonies

Some beers are good room temp. I like my stouts to be a bit warmish.

Some beers are better cold. You don't wanna drink a lukewarm IPA. Yuck!

IPA was literally designed to be drinkable at warmer temperatures. There weren't many fridges in 19th century India....

Heloin wrote:

Ethel mermania wrote:
Barbarian, only the brits drink it at room temp. Civilized people drink their beer cool - cold.

Civilised =/= the Colonies

The Irish drink it cold, the germans cold, only the Brits, the evil evil brits drink warm beer.

Ethel mermania wrote:

Heloin wrote:Civilised =/= the Colonies

The Irish drink it cold, the germans cold, only the Brits, the evil evil brits drink warm beer.

We drink certain beers at cellar temperature. It's not warm, it's just not as chilled.

One of the most important things in a beer cellar is temperature. A UK beer cellar needs to be kept at a constant temperature of 12 degrees Celsius (53.6 degrees Fahrenheit) - 24 hours a day - 365 days a year. This temperature can vary up or down by a degree or two but no more.

http://www.cellartrainingcourse.co.uk/page28.html

Fartsniffage wrote:

Ethel mermania wrote:The Irish drink it cold, the germans cold, only the Brits, the evil evil brits drink warm beer.

We drink certain beers at cellar temperature. It's not warm, it's just not as chilled.

Cool is ok, warm. Yeech

I prefer vodka to beer.

You can't taste the flavours if beer is served too cold.

Fartsniffage wrote:

Scomagia wrote:Some beers are good room temp. I like my stouts to be a bit warmish.

Some beers are better cold. You don't wanna drink a lukewarm IPA. Yuck!

IPA was literally designed to be drinkable at warmer temperatures. There weren't many fridges in 19th century India....

It may be drinkable at warmer temperatures but it is better, in my opinion, cold.

Ethel mermania wrote:

Heloin wrote:Civilised =/= the Colonies

The Irish drink it cold, the germans cold, only the Brits, the evil evil brits drink warm beer.

Irish Pubs are full of Provos and German Beer Halls created the Third Reich.

I drink beer occasionally. I don't really go out of my way to have it, but if someone offers me a beer, I'm happy to drink it.

Ethel mermania wrote:

Heloin wrote:Civilised =/= the Colonies

The Irish drink it cold, the germans cold, only the Brits, the evil evil brits drink warm beer.

From my own experience, coolness preference in Germany varies individually a bit - some drink it at cellar temperature, some want it ice-cold. The latter may increase in summer, at high temparatures, but I also know people who perceive a beer 'warm', if its temperature reaches +5°C, throughout the entire year.
But warm beer? May please some, but I've never met anyone who drinks it warm. (Yuck!)

Heloin wrote:

Ethel mermania wrote:The Irish drink it cold, the germans cold, only the Brits, the evil evil brits drink warm beer.

Irish Pubs are full of Provos and German Beer Halls created the Third Reich.

Just because they are nazi's doesnt mean they dont know beer.

Brits probably like cellar beer because the place is cold and gloomy most of the year, cold beer just ain't that refreshing if it's already cold and wet outside.

Unfortunately, although I do like to indulge with beer and other spirits, I can’t drink anymore. Not until my doctor finds out why my jaw and the back of my throat hurt horribly as soon as I drink booze.