Well, I'm not a Brit, but I play one about once a year - slogging my way
around the place looking for Neolithic sites.
First, take your tongue, place it between your teeth and bite it. Guinness
is *Irish*
If you wanna piss off an Irishman, confuse him with an Englishman (double
for Scots, and at your mortal peril with a Welshman, although the two are
technically "Brits" - not the Dubliners who brew Guinness though. No way no
how).
Next, warm wouldn't be acurate, really. Purveyors of REAL beer on tap keep
it in cellar, and it doesn't get too hot or cold in the UK, so that keeps it
at a pretty nice 50 degrees or so - pretty much year round. Room
temperature, and the room is naturally cool...
The rule of thumb is:
Lagers - cold
Stouts and Porters - coolish
Ales - 50-55 degrees F.
Although I like 'em all in the 45-50 degree range. Makes it easier.
Best rule is to drink it the way you like it and tell the other folks to
piss off if they give you any grief.
Cheersh matesh (*hic*),
Alex Maiolo
Chapel Hill NC
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kirk Hillman" <kdhillma@telusplanet.net>
To: <lro@works.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2001 10:36 AM
Subject: LRO: Guinness (was Acetone and Rain-X)
> Okay, all ye Brits. I have a very serious question to ask. Last night
> while out for dinner a friend ordered a Guinness... but only if this
> establishment served them cold. My friend understands that the proper way
> to drink this fine ale (in Britain) is cold, contrary to what we
understand
> you drink most of your beer. I thought you drank it warm. So what's the
> real scoop?
> LR content? When I took this friend and another out in the 88" for
the
> first time, we had just returned from a nice camping trip. We were still
in
> the mood for fun so we hopped in the rover and I played up and down on the
> treed hillsides of the farm. They were drinking Guinness at the time (I
> don't drink when I drive, ride or otherwise operate any kind of
equipment.)
> It's probably a good thing they were drinking too, I am quite sure at
least
> one of them would have soiled his shorts if they hadn't. I was out
walking
> the other day and looked at some of the places we went. I am clinically
> insane! One hill we traversed down at a 45 degree angle... and the
> inclinometer reads 45 degrees. The rover felt stable too (to me at least
> ;-)
>
> Kirk
>
>
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