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Subject: [Leica] Belgian Ale test
From: Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com (Frank Dernie)
Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:35:40 +0000
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Cellars are normally around 12 deg. What part of the country did you find 
the cellars to be warmer than that? Did you try many pubs? Did you stay long 
and travel widely or just a short local trip?
I am lucky in having the best beer pub in the south of England (according to 
CAMRA) within walking distance, and my favourite beer is taken from the 
barrel in the cellar so does not need to travel through a nasty pump!
I am not fond of the cold fizzy concoctions, "aged in plastic vats for 20 
minutes" to quote a comedy sketch, which my son and his friends drink. He 
calls my favourite old-mans beer...
cheers,
Frank
BTW I consider beers like wines, different types have different temperatures 
for optimum taste, with cold reducing the taste, which can be a very good 
thing.

On 24 Feb, 2010, at 18:49, Vince Passaro wrote:

> Cellar temperature would be fine but the Brits must have the warmest 
> cellars
> on earth.
> 
> On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 1:34 PM, Frank Dernie
> <Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com>wrote:
> 
>> Americans may well prefer an American version of Belgian beer modified to
>> suit American taste, just like they like American Pizza rather than 
>> Italian,
>> and English like the Anglicised versions of Indian food and so forth.
>> I, funnily enough, prefer English beer, served a cellar temperature, to
>> lagers served cold ;-)
>> Frank
>> 
>> On 24 Feb, 2010, at 16:04, Lawrence Zeitlin wrote:
>> 
>>> The New York Times wine critic conducted a blind taste test of 20 Belgian
>>> style ales and was blown away by their quality. Surprisingly the panel
>> found
>>> that three of the top four came from the US. What does the collective
>> wisdom
>>> of the LUG think. Should we give up single malt Scotch?
>>> 
>>> http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/24/dining/reviews/24wine.html?th&emc=th
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Larry Z
>>> 
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