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[lanforod]

Can i just have more beer?

[SimonH]

What's everyones favourite tipple at the moment ?

 

Im currently enjoying Cat 12's Juicy Data and Driftwoods New Growth pale ale.

[gstc84]

I've been a fan of Lighthouse's Nightwatch Coffee Lager for a few years, but now that it's available in six-packs, I'm enjoying it much more regularly.

[Matt R.]

Salt spring ales mango raspberry sour is so good.

Matt.

[JohnsonStBridge]

If I can only pick a limited number Whistle Buoy's Coastality Pale Ale, Category 12's Isometric IPA, and Herald St's These are the Haze have been a few favourites of late.

[Rob Randall]

I've been a fan of Lighthouse's Nightwatch Coffee Lager for a few years, but now that it's available in six-packs, I'm enjoying it much more regularly.

 

They also have it in their mixed-case 12 pack.

[pontcanna]

Lately I've been a fan of Phillips Brewing "One and Done" Black Lager. I believe it's only available at the brewery store for a short time.

[FogPub]

That beer passport thing would be quite walkable - and thus enjoyable - except that one of the breweries is in Central Saanich and one is by the airport.  So much for walking...

[pontcanna]

Why does beer have to be served cold?

Times Colonist 29 Jun 2021

Bike lanes, urban deer, cruise ships, dandelions in lawns: All pretty serious stuff, but in my opinion just piffle when compared to the tragic fact that it seems an impossibility to be served a room temperature ale or beer in any of the dozens of pubs and restaurants in British Columbia.

 

Full letter: https://digitaltimes...281719797560470

 

David Smith, Victoria

 

 

[amor de cosmos]

^ he describes it as "gum-numbingly" cold which i think is not far from the truth. it's harder to taste cold things, and in the days before the whole craft-beer thing when people didn't pay as much attention to clean glassware, clean draught lines, proper handling & storage, i think serving beer ice-cold would tend to minimise the perception of the nasty flavours that would develop. just my theory anyway. trappists, barley wines & other beers are probably best at cellar temperature, ~10-12 degrees(?)

Edited by amor de cosmos, 29 June 2021 - 08:04 AM.

[lanforod]

12 degree beer is fine. room tempurature is ugh, but i know some like that. The answer to his question though, is simple: there isn't enough demand here for that.

[Rob Randall]

My girlfriend's late grandad, who was born in Yorkshire in the 1920s had a huge problem with ice cold beer. His solution when we dined out in restaurants was to order a Sleeman's in a warm glass. That would take the edge off the coldness a bit so it was drinkable in his view. But you'd be surprised how many servers couldn't comprehend his request and they'd give him an icy chilled glass so he'd rarely get to experience the true cellar temperature of his youth unless we went to a true pub. 

[todd]

In the summertime I like cold beer I do have a tendency to get a bit of the “asian flush” but the rest of the year I really don’t care.

[JohnsonStBridge]

Serving warm beer is a niche taste that is suited to a select beer style so it is no surprise places don't focus on it. Most beer served warm is just going to turn people off. Its also way more susceptible to spoilage. Your average pub or restaurant doesn't have the luxury to dump product if it doesn't sell in its (shorter) shelf life nor cater to a limited group.

 

That said the writer is on to something that traditional ales will taste great at room temperature. He should just head over to Spinnakers and enjoy one of there daily casks where they have the expertise to serve the craft.

[Mike K.]

Imagine being so upset by this, that you took the time to write into the paper of record.

[Wayne]

A very good beer is Old Jalopy. Only a few spots have it on tap. Hillside Liquer Plus carries it in tall cans

 

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[Rob Randall]

Captain James Cook mandated that his ship Endeavour be loaded with unrefrigerated beer

 

 

Unlike that cold-beer loving Captain Vancouver that always kept the ship fridge stocked with cold ones.

[FogPub]

My girlfriend's late grandad, who was born in Yorkshire in the 1920s had a huge problem with ice cold beer. His solution when we dined out in restaurants was to order a Sleeman's in a warm glass. That would take the edge off the coldness a bit so it was drinkable in his view.

Poor man was fighting an utterly unwinnable battle there, as Sleeman's is never drinkable no matter what you do to it or how you serve it.

[Rob Randall]

Yeah, I tried to wean him over to something more "authentic" but the guy liked what he liked. 

[pontcanna]

-I never thought that the original letter would have "legs", but here we go in today's paper:

 

Times Colonist (Letters to the Editor) 2 July 2021

What temperature is room temperature?

British ale is traditionally served at room temperature.

But as my dad liked to point out, that means traditional British room temperature.

In other words, “very chilly.”

Malcolm Dew-Jones, Victoria

Before craft beer, cold beer was OK

It used to be that beer in England was served at cellar temperature, which over there is about 57 F. Nowadays, using temperature control, it is kept at 50-57 F.

If beer is too cold, its flavour is lost — mind you, until craft beers came to North America, it would not have been missed, and so the practice of serving too cold beer became accepted.

I ask for my beer to be served in a warm glass.

John Binsted, Victoria
 

 

Yes, warm beer is the best beer

Having lived in Bavaria for quite a while, I am familiar with the concept of warm beer.

First of all, it gives you more taste than cold beer.

Just like we do not serve good scotch over ice! Sacrilege!

In most places where beer is served in Bavaria, we had the option of having it warmed up.

For that there is a little metal tube, about the size of a good cigar, that is filled with hot water and then clipped inside the beer mug.

If somebody wants to get such a “beer warmer,” I am sure the tourist offices in all Bavarian cities could get you one. Or write directly to the Hofbrauhaus in Munich

Prost!

(or)

Oans - zwoa - gsuffa!

I.F.L. Schmidt-Ostrander, Brentwood Bay

Another vote for beer at room temperature

Kudos to David Smith who asked: Why does beer have to be sold cold?

I totally agree! I am a fan of Guinness and other good beers and ales and can’t drink them when they are so cold. The flavour is completely lost.

Why can’t they just keep some out of the fridges for those of us who appreciate the good ones meant to be drank at room temperature?

Pat Rose, Victoria

 

Time will take care of this major problem

A letter asked: Why does beer have to be served cold?

Let it sit!

Mike Holt, Victoria