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] Date Posted: 19:52:37 11/16/04 Tue In reply to: Jim (Canada) 's message, "I am sorry Brits, but I tried room-temperature beer and I found it awful. I like it cold. However, I like everything else British." on 14:18:42 11/16/04 Tue The British do not drink room temperature beer! Most British beer, like Guinness, has been brewed for centuaries to taste at its best at cellar temperature, usually a small number of degrees below room temperature. Publicans that sell room-temp beer (and those that sell just-above-freezing point larger-beers too) take no pride in their jobs and should have their licences revoked. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] |
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Author: Ian (Australia) [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 21:44:22 11/16/04 Tue I remember being told that red wine should never be served chilled, always at room temperature. Yeah, right, when your room is at 39 degrees Celsius? [ Post a Reply to This Message ] |
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Author: Ed Harris (Venezia) [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 22:40:52 11/16/04 Tue I expect that the rule about not chilling vino rosso probably predates the existence of substantial wine drinking populations outside Southern Europe, where the temperature is seldom more than 80-90 degrees. [ Post a Reply to This Message ] |
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Author: Kevin [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 01:28:52 11/18/04 Thu I believe Guinness is from Ireland [ Post a Reply to This Message ] |
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Author: Ed Harris (Venezia) [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 14:51:02 11/18/04 Thu Not that I ever drink the much, as it is foul in the extreme, being essentially a species of alcoholic mud, but I was under the impression that Guiness is just an Irish company which makes stout, which is a British thing. Not that it matters, as Guiness is a global thing these days. One of my ambitions in the near future is to do the Inca trail from Lima to Machu Pichu, but I suspect that when I get to the summit I will find amongst the Inca ruins a MacDonalds, a Starbucks, and an Irish theme pub with posters of cheery Irishmen holding up pints of Guiness. Ditto trekking in Nepal and reaching the summit of Everest. [ Post a Reply to This Message ] |
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Author: Dave (UK) [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 14:59:44 11/18/04 Thu I believe the Irish invented stout, but this itself was a breed of the English porter... It may be a global brand, but it certainly does not taste the same. I like proper Guiness, but the chilled stuff you get here isn't very good. It's a good source of iron you know ;-) [ Post a Reply to This Message ] |
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Author: Ed Harris (Venezia) [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 15:39:30 11/18/04 Thu So are the Derbyshire Dales, but I'm not eating them. [ Post a Reply to This Message ] |
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Author: Dave (UK) [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 16:16:23 11/18/04 Thu [ Post a Reply to This Message ] |
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Author: Dave (UK) [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 16:49:01 11/18/04 Thu Talking of Starbucks, don't they have joint franchises with Conservative Central Offices these days? Extra shot of Conservatism to go please... [ Post a Reply to This Message ] |
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Author: Paddy (Scotland) [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 15:44:16 11/18/04 Thu Irish beer does not taste any different from british beer and Guinness was created when Ireland and Britain were one and the same thing. Also, Guinness is owned by Diageo, a British company, to which all of the profits go. I find it very amusing to see on St. Patrick's day in Boston all of these "Irishmen" (actually they are all Eastern-Europeans masquerading as Irishmen in the hope of fitting in better) drinking themselves silly on Guinness only for the profits to go back to London! [ Post a Reply to This Message ] |