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wolf · 05-30-2003, 11:01 AM

Hullo, gents. Welcome.

Since it's necessary to turn nearly every thread here into a discussion of food/beverage ...

Why do you guys drink your beer warm? What's up with that??

Whisky without ice I totally appreciate ... but why beer without chill?

Joth · 05-30-2003, 12:51 PM

We don't have all beer warm, only real ales and the like, which are meant to be served at room temperature.
Across the Atlantic, I believe you mainly drink lager, which is meant to be served cold, as we serve it.

05-30-2003, 12:54 PM

Ignorant American.

(My dad asked Remco the same thing; he told him that it was really just a rumor, that Germans appreciated cold beer just as much as everyone else, and basically what Joth just said.)

Uryoces · 05-30-2003, 04:05 PM

Greetings from the other side of the planet [Seattle]! I'm a fan of the British-English spelling of certain words: armour, colour, etc. Don't use them myself. I don't think I'd enjoy a room-temperature ale, but I'd have to try it first. Refrigerators, Lucas electrics; there's a joke in there somewhere.

Hitting anyone with the term "You Americans" is really ignorant. You're going to find a great diversity of opinions and beliefs, and I think that next election, a village in Texas will regain its idiot.

juju · 05-30-2003, 04:18 PM

It doesn't necessarily imply ignorance. Just convenience.

xoxoxoBruce · 05-30-2003, 05:53 PM

Quote:

Lucas electrics

Ah yes, the prince of darkness.

OnyxCougar · 06-16-2003, 04:42 PM

Hi Brits!

I'm actually a hybrid, my Dad and his siblings were born in Manchester, my mom's side is American. I've been back and forth to England quite a number of times, lived there quite a few years, just south of Peterborough, actually, in Huntingdonshire, which is between Pboro and Cambridge. (Actually, lived near RAF Alconbury, which is in Great Stuckely, which is where John Major, former PM lives.)

Just down the road a bit was the village of Stilton, home of the Bleu Cheese of the same name.

And I support Manchester United, even though I'm ridiculed for it.

warch · 06-16-2003, 05:31 PM

mmmm. Stilton.

Odd_Bloke · 06-16-2003, 05:36 PM

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Originally posted by OnyxCougar
Just down the road a bit was the village of Stilton, home of the Bleu Cheese of the same name.

THough, AFAIK, it isn't produced much there anymore.

elSicomoro · 06-16-2003, 08:56 PM

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Originally posted by OnyxCougar
And I support Manchester United, even though I'm ridiculed for it.

You know, they're coming to the States soon for a few friendlies, including 2 in our neck of the woods (Philadelphia and East Rutherford, NJ). But if Beckham is sold before then, that will suck.

05-30-2003, 11:01 AM	#16
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Hullo, gents. Welcome. Since it's necessary to turn nearly every thread here into a discussion of food/beverage ... Why do you guys drink your beer warm? What's up with that?? Whisky without ice I totally appreciate ... but why beer without chill? __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

05-30-2003, 12:51 PM	#17
Joth Jotter of Notes Join Date: May 2003 Location: UK Posts: 11	We don't have all beer warm, only real ales and the like, which are meant to be served at room temperature. Across the Atlantic, I believe you mainly drink lager, which is meant to be served cold, as we serve it. __________________ Now I am nimble, now I fly, now I see myself under myself, now a god dances with me.

05-30-2003, 04:05 PM	#19
Uryoces 2nd Covenant, yo Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Pugetropolis Posts: 583	Greetings from the other side of the planet [Seattle]! I'm a fan of the British-English spelling of certain words: armour, colour, etc. Don't use them myself. I don't think I'd enjoy a room-temperature ale, but I'd have to try it first. Refrigerators, Lucas electrics; there's a joke in there somewhere. Hitting anyone with the term "You Americans" is really ignorant. You're going to find a great diversity of opinions and beliefs, and I think that next election, a village in Texas will regain its idiot. __________________ The party's over ... the drink ... and the luck ... ran out.

06-16-2003, 04:42 PM	#22
OnyxCougar Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Kingdom of Atlantia Posts: 2,979	Hi Brits! I'm actually a hybrid, my Dad and his siblings were born in Manchester, my mom's side is American. I've been back and forth to England quite a number of times, lived there quite a few years, just south of Peterborough, actually, in Huntingdonshire, which is between Pboro and Cambridge. (Actually, lived near RAF Alconbury, which is in Great Stuckely, which is where John Major, former PM lives.) Just down the road a bit was the village of Stilton, home of the Bleu Cheese of the same name. And I support Manchester United, even though I'm ridiculed for it. __________________ Impotentes defendere libertatem non possunt. "Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth." ~Franklin D. Roosevelt

05-30-2003, 12:54 PM	#18
dave Guest Posts: n/a	Ignorant American. (My dad asked Remco the same thing; he told him that it was really just a rumor, that Germans appreciated cold beer just as much as everyone else, and basically what Joth just said.)

05-30-2003, 04:18 PM	#20
juju no one of consequence Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Arkansas Posts: 2,839	It doesn't necessarily imply ignorance. Just convenience.

06-16-2003, 05:31 PM	#23
warch lurkin old school Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Minnesota Posts: 2,796	mmmm. Stilton.

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