How do you prefer your beer? warm or icey cold

Here in the States, i'd say that we like our brew , on ice or right out of the 'fridge, although personally, when it's cold outside I don't mind drinking it a bit warm. I keep a case or 2 of beer in my garage and/or "man cave" that stays 60 degrees or less in the winter.

I can recall beer being served at room temperature at pubs in the UK as late as the 60's, but I really don't know what it's like there now. Just guessing i'd say Germans, Russians, and other Euopean countries, et al still drink their brew warm, cool but not super cold. I'm not sure about Australians, I do know that their beer is quite potent compared to "yank' beers.

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The aftertaste of a warm beer makes me wanna kinda of puke so definitely not that. But at the same time, I dont like it icey cold either..

I just like it moderately cold. At certain temperature, it just goes down my throat so smoothly and that's how i like it..

BTW, Ive been drinking alot of Fat Tire and Sierra Nevada..

Ice cold, free and needy, alot like my wom...nah...thats just too easy ;D

I usually put every beer I drink in a freezer or have it iced under for a bit prior to popping the top. If its dark it goes in a iced mug or a chilled stein. "Room Tempature" is for meatloaf, Coffee and house plants etc.

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Ice cold, free and needy, alot like my wom...nah...thats just too easy ;D

I usually put every beer I drink in a freezer or have it iced under for a bit prior to popping the top. If its dark it goes in a iced mug or a chilled stein. "Room Tempature" is for meatloaf, Coffee and house plants etc.

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yes I do this when Im thirsty and its hot and it is a lager or pilsener drinking type beer you can slug about 6 of 'em in 45 minutes---something like Miller or Coors or Molson or Moosehead or San Miguel or Schlitz or etc.

But if its a Dinkel Acker or a Becks or a nice Grolsch I dont want it to be ICY ICY cold. Just well-cooled to approaching mildly cold. Because those beers I care more about the taste. When its ice-ass ice-muthafuckkin cold, the taste is slightly covered up

p.s. and I have tried many a time the warm beers or even room temp and they are pretty good but I feel like I aint gettin the full satisfaction at that temp.

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Originally Posted by Spicoli

Ice cold, free and needy, alot like my wom...nah...thats just too easy ;D

I usually put every beer I drink in a freezer or have it iced under for a bit prior to popping the top. If its dark it goes in a iced mug or a chilled stein. "Room Tempature" is for meatloaf, Coffee and house plants etc.

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yes I do this when Im thirsty and its hot and it is a lager or pilsener drinking type beer you can slug about 6 of 'em in 45 minutes---something like Miller or Coors or Molson or Moosehead or San Miguel or Schlitz or etc.

But if its a Dinkel Acker or a Becks or a nice Grolsch I dont want it to be ICY ICY cold. Just well-cooled to approaching mildly cold. Because those beers I care more about the taste. When its ice-ass ice-muthafuckkin cold, the taste is slightly covered up

p.s. and I have tried many a time the warm beers or even room temp and they are pretty good but I feel like I aint gettin the full satisfaction at that temp.

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When I say "warm" I don't mean piss warm, maybe like 60 degrees or so, I like drinking my beer out side most of the time, when it's cold out, really cold beer tends to chill you 'inside' if you stay outside for a couple hours. That's why I say, I don't mind beer being a bit warmer.

When the weather is warm, yeah, I like it freezing cold.

Also, when I drink beer, I don't fuck around, I like something with a kick, bock type beers with a bit of ass to them are my faves.

cheers

BTW, Grolsch is some tasty shit, I love those pint bottles, freezing cold.

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Here in the States, i'd say that we like our brew , on ice or right out of the 'fridge, although personally, when it's cold outside I don't mind drinking it a bit warm. I keep a case or 2 of beer in my garage and/or "man cave" that stays 60 degrees or less in the winter.

I can recall beer being served at room temperature at pubs in the UK as late as the 60's, but I really don't know what it's like there now. Just guessing i'd say Germans, Russians, and other Euopean countries, et al still drink their brew warm, cool but not super cold. I'm not sure about Australians, I do know that their beer is quite potent compared to "yank' beers.

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Cold as they can come here too mate.
Ours used to be more potent but I think its all been pared back to a standard maybe 5.2 is about the strongest commercial one now, 4.50 probably around average. One used to be 7.5 way down south in Tassy.
The boutique breweries have the best now.

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The aftertaste of a warm beer makes me wanna kinda of puke so definitely not that. But at the same time, I dont like it icey cold either..

I just like it moderately cold. At certain temperature, it just goes down my throat so smoothly and that's how i like it..

BTW, Ive been drinking alot of Fat Tire and Sierra Nevada..

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Thing is with beer, you know WTF it's going to do every-time, that's why I like it, controlled it's a nice part of life, that just the way I look at it.

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Here in the States, i'd say that we like our brew , on ice or right out of the 'fridge, although personally, when it's cold outside I don't mind drinking it a bit warm. I keep a case or 2 of beer in my garage and/or "man cave" that stays 60 degrees or less in the winter.

I can recall beer being served at room temperature at pubs in the UK as late as the 60's, but I really don't know what it's like there now. Just guessing i'd say Germans, Russians, and other Euopean countries, et al still drink their brew warm, cool but not super cold. I'm not sure about Australians, I do know that their beer is quite potent compared to "yank' beers.

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Cold as they can come here too mate.
Ours used to be more potent but I think its all been pared back to a standard maybe 5.2 is about the strongest commercial one now, 4.50 probably around average. One used to be 7.5 way down south in Tassy.
The boutique breweries have the best now.

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I can remember hearing about signs being put up in Aussie bars warning us yanks about the potency of Australian beer. Fosters for example had a really high alcohol content back in the day, us pussy ass Americans couldn't handle it. ;)

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Here in the States, i'd say that we like our brew , on ice or right out of the 'fridge, although personally, when it's cold outside I don't mind drinking it a bit warm. I keep a case or 2 of beer in my garage and/or "man cave" that stays 60 degrees or less in the winter.

I can recall beer being served at room temperature at pubs in the UK as late as the 60's, but I really don't know what it's like there now. Just guessing i'd say Germans, Russians, and other Euopean countries, et al still drink their brew warm, cool but not super cold. I'm not sure about Australians, I do know that their beer is quite potent compared to "yank' beers.

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yeah we americans have been drinkin Coors Light for about 20 years now---whats that piss water fizz pop about 3.8%
Cold as they can come here too mate.
Ours used to be more potent but I think its all been pared back to a standard maybe 5.2 is about the strongest commercial one now, 4.50 probably around average. One used to be 7.5 way down south in Tassy.
The boutique breweries have the best now.

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I can remember hearing about signs being put up in Aussie bars warning us yanks about the potency of Australian beer. Fosters for example had a really high alcohol content back in the day, us pussy ass Americans couldn't handle it. ;)

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yeah we americans have been drinkin Coors Light for about 20 years now---whats that piss water fizz pop about 3.8%?

Lager
Ale
Bitter
Stout

although technically both Bitter and stout are Ales

are all Beers

They are all very Different

On tap
In a bottle
In a Can

again very different


The Pilsner style pale Lagers That dominate the market today are usually best consumed cold as are some of the lighter golden Ales but a dark, fruity hoppy Ale is best not chilled. Not Warm. Just Unchilled. In fact the correct term is cellar temperature and that is distinctly cool just not ICE cold. The tradition of Ice cold lagers is rooted in the fact that the bottom fermented lager has to be fermented at very low temperatures in case it spoils. Top fermented Ales can be made at warmer temperatures without spoiling. Whether you like it or not, it is a fact, that top fermented ales have a much more complex flavour than most lagers and it does not require one to freeze your tastebuds before enjoying it. Don't get me wrong I can enjoy a cold refreshing Lager/beer on a hot day but it does not compare with the taste of a good quality real ale or Bitter at cellar temperature drawn from a pump. As Mars would say


Cheers

I always enjoy beer more when it's ice cold only problem with that is I end up drinking them so quickly!

friend o mine back in 1983 used to deliberately leave a case (24) of Carling Black Label in cans out in the hot summer sun on his front lawn whilst he tinkered on his old Dodge Charger in the driveway for a few hours. We 'd go out on the lawn and you had to wear gloves to pick up the cans as they were scorching fucking hot, pop them open and we'd drink them fucking hotter than fuck---you would get drunk in 12 minutes. That hot beer really hits you hard. Straight to the brain. Mainline. Carling Black Label beer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCemJAd3KZA

It depends, for a typical domestic beer I want it as cold as it can get because there's not much flavor to damage. With craft beers & imports, slightly warmer because they have more flavor, more aroma etc.

But really i just take it how it's poured, I'm not fussy

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It depends, for a typical domestic beer I want it as cold as it can get because there's not much flavor to damage. With craft beers & imports, slightly warmer because they have more flavor, more aroma etc.

But really i just take it how it's poured, I'm not fussy

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I have a pretty large collection of .5 & 1 liter German beer mugs and steins, I keep a couple of them in the freezer all the time. Most domestic beer tastes better out of a frosted mug.
Budweiser, (which is no longer American owned BTW) came up with a new brew called "Black Crown", I bought a 12 pack of the stuff a few weeks ago, and have been pleasantly surprised at how good it tastes, which is nothing like regular Bud. Black Crown has some kick to it as well. 6% ALC by vol.
So many brews to choose from so little time to drink them all. :-X

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Here in the States, i'd say that we like our brew , on ice or right out of the 'fridge, although personally, when it's cold outside I don't mind drinking it a bit warm. I keep a case or 2 of beer in my garage and/or "man cave" that stays 60 degrees or less in the winter.

I can recall beer being served at room temperature at pubs in the UK as late as the 60's, but I really don't know what it's like there now. Just guessing i'd say Germans, Russians, and other Euopean countries, et al still drink their brew warm, cool but not super cold. I'm not sure about Australians, I do know that their beer is quite potent compared to "yank' beers.

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yeah we americans have been drinkin Coors Light for about 20 years now---whats that piss water fizz pop about 3.8%
Cold as they can come here too mate.
Ours used to be more potent but I think its all been pared back to a standard maybe 5.2 is about the strongest commercial one now, 4.50 probably around average. One used to be 7.5 way down south in Tassy.
The boutique breweries have the best now.

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I can remember hearing about signs being put up in Aussie bars warning us yanks about the potency of Australian beer. Fosters for example had a really high alcohol content back in the day, us pussy ass Americans couldn't handle it. ;)

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yeah we americans have been drinkin Coors Light for about 20 years now---whats that piss water fizz pop about 3.8%?

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Yeah, 3.8, 4%, something like that, Coors Light actually tastes pretty fucking good, but the best part about it is you can drink 6 to 10 of them and not wake up with a hangover. I like those 16 oz. aluminum bottles Coors Light started marketing a few years back. On a hot summer day, after going for a long walk, mowing the grass and working in the yard, 3 of those 16 oz. aluminum bottles right off of ice from the cooler is just what the doctor ordered.

Beer you don't drink cold bitter pale ale , brown ale etc, are not to be drunk cold, lager is drunk cold
I no I have drunk vast amount's in my younger days.;D

Ice cold. I used to put bottles in ice or in the freezer for an hour after I took them out of the fridge but now I have a beer fridge that keeps the beer at 1 degree.

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Ice cold. I used to put bottles in ice or in the freezer for an hour after I took them out of the fridge but now I have a beer fridge that keeps the beer at 1 degree.

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A beer fridge? Living the dream! ;D

If I'm at the beach with a cooler full of beer, it's usually gonna be light beer and I prefer it ice cold. I'm into quantity rather than quality. If I'm sitting back enjoying some good brews, they don't have to be that cold. The better to truly enjoy the taste.

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Here in the States, i'd say that we like our brew , on ice or right out of the 'fridge, although personally, when it's cold outside I don't mind drinking it a bit warm. I keep a case or 2 of beer in my garage and/or "man cave" that stays 60 degrees or less in the winter.

I can recall beer being served at room temperature at pubs in the UK as late as the 60's, but I really don't know what it's like there now. Just guessing i'd say Germans, Russians, and other Euopean countries, et al still drink their brew warm, cool but not super cold. I'm not sure about Australians, I do know that their beer is quite potent compared to "yank' beers.

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yeah we americans have been drinkin Coors Light for about 20 years now---whats that piss water fizz pop about 3.8%
Cold as they can come here too mate.
Ours used to be more potent but I think its all been pared back to a standard maybe 5.2 is about the strongest commercial one now, 4.50 probably around average. One used to be 7.5 way down south in Tassy.
The boutique breweries have the best now.

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I can remember hearing about signs being put up in Aussie bars warning us yanks about the potency of Australian beer. Fosters for example had a really high alcohol content back in the day, us pussy ass Americans couldn't handle it. ;)

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yeah we americans have been drinkin Coors Light for about 20 years now---whats that piss water fizz pop about 3.8%?

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Yeah, 3.8, 4%, something like that, Coors Light actually tastes pretty fucking good, but the best part about it is you can drink 6 to 10 of them and not wake up with a hangover. I like those 16 oz. aluminum bottles Coors Light started marketing a few years back. On a hot summer day, after going for a long walk, mowing the grass and working in the yard, 3 of those 16 oz. aluminum bottles right off of ice from the cooler is just what the doctor ordered.

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we're talkin major urination in about 25 minutes there. Coors light IS good. I prefer Coors Extra Gold have you had that Mars?

Cold. But after 6 or 8 the temp is irrelevant.

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Here in the States, i'd say that we like our brew , on ice or right out of the 'fridge, although personally, when it's cold outside I don't mind drinking it a bit warm. I keep a case or 2 of beer in my garage and/or "man cave" that stays 60 degrees or less in the winter.

I can recall beer being served at room temperature at pubs in the UK as late as the 60's, but I really don't know what it's like there now. Just guessing i'd say Germans, Russians, and other Euopean countries, et al still drink their brew warm, cool but not super cold. I'm not sure about Australians, I do know that their beer is quite potent compared to "yank' beers.

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yeah we americans have been drinkin Coors Light for about 20 years now---whats that piss water fizz pop about 3.8%
Cold as they can come here too mate.
Ours used to be more potent but I think its all been pared back to a standard maybe 5.2 is about the strongest commercial one now, 4.50 probably around average. One used to be 7.5 way down south in Tassy.
The boutique breweries have the best now.

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I can remember hearing about signs being put up in Aussie bars warning us yanks about the potency of Australian beer. Fosters for example had a really high alcohol content back in the day, us pussy ass Americans couldn't handle it. ;)

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yeah we americans have been drinkin Coors Light for about 20 years now---whats that piss water fizz pop about 3.8%?

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Yeah, 3.8, 4%, something like that, Coors Light actually tastes pretty fucking good, but the best part about it is you can drink 6 to 10 of them and not wake up with a hangover. I like those 16 oz. aluminum bottles Coors Light started marketing a few years back. On a hot summer day, after going for a long walk, mowing the grass and working in the yard, 3 of those 16 oz. aluminum bottles right off of ice from the cooler is just what the doctor ordered.

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we're talkin major urination in about 25 minutes there. Coors light IS good. I prefer Coors Extra Gold have you had that Mars?

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I don't recall ever drinking Coors Extra Gold, although I used to drink the shit out of regular Coors, and Coors Light back before I quit drinking in 1998. I didn't start back drinking beer again until 2010, you would think from listening to me that i'm a big time drunk, but I just drink a fraction of what I used to.

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Here in the States, i'd say that we like our brew , on ice or right out of the 'fridge, although personally, when it's cold outside I don't mind drinking it a bit warm. I keep a case or 2 of beer in my garage and/or "man cave" that stays 60 degrees or less in the winter.

I can recall beer being served at room temperature at pubs in the UK as late as the 60's, but I really don't know what it's like there now. Just guessing i'd say Germans, Russians, and other Euopean countries, et al still drink their brew warm, cool but not super cold. I'm not sure about Australians, I do know that their beer is quite potent compared to "yank' beers.

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yeah we americans have been drinkin Coors Light for about 20 years now---whats that piss water fizz pop about 3.8%
Cold as they can come here too mate.
Ours used to be more potent but I think its all been pared back to a standard maybe 5.2 is about the strongest commercial one now, 4.50 probably around average. One used to be 7.5 way down south in Tassy.
The boutique breweries have the best now.

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I can remember hearing about signs being put up in Aussie bars warning us yanks about the potency of Australian beer. Fosters for example had a really high alcohol content back in the day, us pussy ass Americans couldn't handle it. ;)

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yeah we americans have been drinkin Coors Light for about 20 years now---whats that piss water fizz pop about 3.8%?

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Yeah, 3.8, 4%, something like that, Coors Light actually tastes pretty fucking good, but the best part about it is you can drink 6 to 10 of them and not wake up with a hangover. I like those 16 oz. aluminum bottles Coors Light started marketing a few years back. On a hot summer day, after going for a long walk, mowing the grass and working in the yard, 3 of those 16 oz. aluminum bottles right off of ice from the cooler is just what the doctor ordered.

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we're talkin major urination in about 25 minutes there. Coors light IS good. I prefer Coors Extra Gold have you had that Mars?

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I literally just found those 16 oz twisters last year. The can itself it fucking sweet and reusable but lesson learned, don't bring one to work with a smoothie in it because no one believes you ;D Only ones I can find are Coors light and Miller though and they only sell the 9 pack. They just "taste" fresh?!

Btw Coors lights is the shit! Very first domestic I got hooked on. We would get cases of Longnecks back in the day from a friend who worked graveyard shift at 7-11. Never payed a single dime.

Had some Killians tonight...one of those best at mid cold

Does Coors even have a beer? Whats its name? I'm sure you have great micro breweries but American domestic is crap.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HI9eYxUSeEU

Beer is OK in the winter at whatever temp it is in my garage, I keep a case or 2 there and the rest goes inside into my beer 'fridge. When the weather is hot beer is best icey cold. When I drink it, whether it's summer or winter, I usually drink it (a 12 oz bottle for example) in 2 to 3 separate gulps. I'm not one to nurse a beer for long, the longer it sits the flatter and more flavorless it gets.

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Does Coors even have a beer? Whats its name? I'm sure you have great micro breweries but American domestic is crap.

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? - that's the name of the beer = Coors or Coors light.

Some of the American domestic brews are pretty good, you've just got to know what you're looking for and there's hundreds of domestic brews to choose from.

REAL Ale. The clue is in the name. You don't need ridiculous facial hair, a cardigan or to be a grandad to enjoy it. Having said that, I did not start drinking real ale in my baby faced 20's either :-P

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REAL Ale. The clue is in the name. You don't need ridiculous facial hair, a cardigan or to be a grandad to enjoy it. Having said that, I did not start drinking real ale in my baby faced 20's either :-P

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I have you no my cardigan is lovely , my facial hair makes me look distinguished, 2 pints of Bert's best
bowl cleaner please.;D

Lager should be cold; very cold. It isn't a drink that tastes very nice warm. It needs to be cold to have that crispness and sense of being nice and fresh. I wouldn't drink it warm and I would certainly never put any in the kettle.

Schlitz
Old Milwaukee
Miller High LIfe
Olympia

these are/were awesome mass produced American beers.

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Schlitz
Old Milwaukee
Miller High LIfe
Olympia

these are/were awesome mass produced American beers.

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You must be joking, except for Miller Draft in bottles, the other 3 are putrid swill.

Ive been told the Belgium's have 2000 different, beers I would like to try each one.:drinker:

Depends on what it is, but like Lyle said, however they serve it.

A fun fact Portland Oregon has the most microbreweries and stripclubs of any city in the world, the most popular beer there? PBR ;D

I have a hard time drinking mass brewed beer most of the time, it's usually just watered down lager with gimmicky cans.

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Depends on what it is, but like Lyle said, however they serve it.

A fun fact Portland Oregon has the most microbreweries and stripclubs of any city in the world, the most popular beer there? PBR ;D

I have a hard time drinking mass brewed beer most of the time, it's usually just watered down lager with gimmicky cans.

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I can remember drinking Pabst Blue Ribbon out of those stubby bottles, Budweiser too, it seemed to taste better. It's surprising that PBR would be the most popular beer in Portland, Pabst or whoever owns the company must have a brewery on West coast somewhere.

Today I have mostly been drinking Abbot Ale. A 2010 gold Quality Award winning Ale in the world beer awards winning the award for Europes best premium pale ale. It isn't particularly pale, more sun splashed mahogany with a rich malty taste. It has a sour finish but would be quite acceptable even to those used to sweeter beers as it is fruity and quite light for those unaccustomed to the joys of Ale. It is brewed in the Greene King Brewery established in 1799 in Bury St Edmunds, England and although this particular Ale was first made in the 1950's, brewing in Bury's Abbey actually started back in 1086. It is a modest 5% and would be nice with food, maybe a pork and apple pie or some cheese and pickle.


Cheers

In the pub cold.

At home ill have a box or 2 sat somewhere so its not cold but surprisingly not too warm, it's just right. Summer time i'll stick a few in the fridge so i can sit in the sun and appreciate how refreshing it is.

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Schlitz
Old Milwaukee
Miller High LIfe
Olympia

these are/were awesome mass produced American beers.

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You must be joking, except for Miller Draft in bottles, the other 3 are putrid swill.

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how dare you sir, say Schlitz "Just the Kiss of the Hops" is putrid swill :puncher::nono::plthumbsdown::shocking:

Olympia IS swill I meant to say Ballantine IPA. Miller High LIfe kicks ass. Old Milwaukee sucks in a way, you are right.

Buut do NOT talk shit about Schlitz

I love to take the piss and get a warm beer in the pub on a hot summer's day.

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