What's up with the warm British beer?

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So I was at this party at New Year's Eve with this Britsh guy from Liverpool (he's a student at the uni here). The only beer he got was over 15 C, because "beer is supposed to be warm". This is something I've noticed with the british people, they like their beer warm. One question: why? Warm beer is so horrible it makes be wanna barf. Seriously, you've ruining the best liquid of all time by having it at room temperature.
 
Ugh, warm beer = shit

Limeys = crazy

The best beer is left out in the snow for like 10+ minutes so it can get frosty cold. And it must be drank while in hot tub.
 
It depends on the beer. Lagers are served cold here, which is the beer you're probably used to. Ales and the like - which aren't nearly as popular as lagers here - are served warm(ish), because chilling them causes a lot of the flavour compounds to fade away. Or something.

I'm drinking a cold lager right now, but tomorrow will probably buy some warm ale.

-Angry Lawyer
 
I thought it was because cooler temperatures suppress/slow the nerve reactions in your tongue that produce the sensation of taste.
 
That might be it too.

Still, a lot of ales taste like ass. Like London Pride, which is actually shampoo.

-Angry Lawyer
 
yuck, I'll take mine cold thank you very much. There is nothing worse than a warm beer imo
 
those british whit theyr weird food
 
i really can't stand beer anyway. Whether it's warm or not, it still makes me gag
 
Most beers such as lager etc here are served cold. But traditional ales are mostly served warm but only make up for a tiny part of the market so were not that weird :)
 
I always ensure my beers and ales are always chilled, especially lagers. Bollocks to warm beer.
 
The Monkey said:
So I was at this party at New Year's Eve with this Britsh guy from Liverpool (he's a student at the uni here). The only beer he got was over 15 C, because "beer is supposed to be warm". This is something I've noticed with the british people, they like their beer warm. One question: why? Warm beer is so horrible it makes be wanna barf. Seriously, you've ruining the best liquid of all time by having it at room temperature.
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The beer you guys are talking about is lager, which we serve cold, too - warm lager does indeed taste like ass.

The beer he was talking about was ale, which is brewed with a different set of hops and yeasts (bottom feeding, not top feeding like lager yeasts) and fermented at a much warmer temperature for a shorter period of time. As a result it tastes very different, and is more enjoyable at ~room temperature.

Pulse said:
I always ensure my beers and ales are always chilled
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lol wut
 
Continentals only drink lager, lager is served cold, ales and stouts aren't.
 
I hate warm beer, and I'm the King of England.
 
Stouts probably aren't affected by temperature, but whenever I have Guinness in a Pub, it's always at room temperature and I don't really drink any other stouts.
 
I love cockburn's port! It reminds me of winter.
 
Cockburns always makes me think of getting a Chinese Burn on my manparts.

-Angry Lawyer
 
Maybe it's like where warm smells always smell stronger than cold smells, because the molecules are moving faster so they hit your nose buds (?) more often.
 
Still better then the watered down taste of diluted piss Yankee's drink. :LOL:

Nah kidding, I barely touch beer tbh.
 
Same. I've had maybe three beers in my life. I hate the stuff.
 
I enjoy the odd cask ale, some of the cask stuff I've been served in the past has been warm-ish.
 
Thats because real men drink beer with twigs and mud in it.

Nah, warm beer? Never heard of it here, nor have i ever had one for that matter i think.

Pretty sure pubs dont serve 'warm beer'

I cant stand proper beer though, it has too much of a kick for me.
 
Maxi said:
Guinness is Good for You
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Guiness is the WORST, EVER. I don't care what anyone says, it tastes like blood. It's all irony and disgusting. Every time someone orders a guiness I try it just to make sure I'm not missing out.

I'm not.
 
Ales and stouts are supposed to be somewhat warm because of the various taste compounds. Lager = colder than a witch's teat

Guinness ****ing rules
 
Warm beer? Why don't you piss in it while you're at it. Christ.

A nice cold beer is all you can wish for.
 
Guiness is the WORST, EVER. I don't care what anyone says, it tastes like blood.
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Nope, I've tasted my own blood, it in fact tastes nicer then Guinness, which isn't a beer anyway, its a lager, get it right, dolts. :p

Shush you silly woman.
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I see your a subscriber to Shoemeisters self help videos. :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DarxCXq206o&


A nice cold beer is all you can wish for.
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Which coincidently, especially American brands, appear to have been harvested from urinating Eskimo's.



Warm Sake, now that hits the spot!. Seriously, drink it from those little cups on a cold snowy Tokyo evening with the sun setting behind the mountains to the west with some Japanese acquaintances. Kampai!.

But yeah, beer makes the baby FSM cry.
 
Maxi said:
Guinness is Good for You
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Did ya know that the original slogan of Guinness was concieved by one of Ireland's foremost playwrighters? It was:
"Guinness makes you drunk."
 
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