european's ...whats the deal w/ warm beer?

NY PJ1
NY PJ1 Posts: 9,533
edited December 2012 in All Encompassing Trip
stopeed in a french rest, yesterday for a beer
and i got a beer that was piss warm ...
i told the bartender,thinking it was just put on ice

to my surprise ,he tells me this is how we drink it ??/


wtf? and p.s. its gross
Post edited by Unknown User on
«134567

Comments

  • Gossard_Is_God
    Gossard_Is_God Posts: 1,031
    The french bartenders top up their beer with fresh piss
    Pearl Jam - London Astoria 20/4/06....One hell of a night :)

    Reading 2006 - WOOOOW!!!!!

    Paris 2006 - Fucking amazing

    Wembley 2007 :D
  • redrock
    redrock Posts: 18,341
    Beers are like wine, depending the kind you drink, they may be very chilled, slightly chilled or served at room temperature. But then again, maybe they had ran out of cold beers and saw a sucker of an american tourist!
  • Heineken Helen
    Heineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    don't ya mean 'French people'? We like our beer freezing almost... I don't remember getting warm beer in France, I doubt it but we'll have to get somebody else to clarify.
    The Astoria??? Orgazmic!
    Verona??? it's all surmountable
    Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
    Wembley? We all believe!
    Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
    Chicago 07? And love
    What a different life
    Had I not found this love with you
  • redrock
    redrock Posts: 18,341
    Gossard_Is_God wrote:
    The french bartenders top up their beer with fresh piss
    The americans do that.. american beer is nothing but piss (maybe cat's piss though!).
  • Collin
    Collin Posts: 4,931
    Never had a warm beer in France. And I had a lot of beers in France :D
    THANK YOU, LOSTDAWG!


    naděje umírá poslední
  • dunkman
    dunkman Posts: 19,646
    NY PJ1 wrote:
    stopeed in a french rest, yesterday for a beer
    and i got a beer that was piss warm ...
    i told the bartender,thinking it was just put on ice

    to my surprise ,he tells me this is how we drink it ??/


    wtf? and p.s. its gross


    did you leave a tip?

    p.s. i wish people would stop using p.s. :mad:
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • NY PJ1
    NY PJ1 Posts: 9,533
    im in nyc at a french restaraunt,,, not in france u nuts (why would i go there ?)

    anyway a few people confirmed this,, but now i hear from u cats different

    also a friend at work took a trip to the guiness factory in ireland
    he said they served it warm after the tour ??
  • NY PJ1
    NY PJ1 Posts: 9,533
    dunkman wrote:
    did you leave a tip?

    p.s. i wish people would stop using p.s. :mad:


    i didnt even take my money out ,, i had just arrived

    but yes i did leave a tip ,,as always
  • Collin
    Collin Posts: 4,931
    NY PJ1 wrote:
    im in nyc at a french restaraunt,,, not in france u nuts (why would i go there ?)

    anyway a few people confirmed this,, but now i hear from u cats different

    also a friend at work took a trip to the guiness factory in ireland
    he said they served it warm after the tour ??

    Well, I live in Europe and I've had beers in a lot of European countries, they were always chilled.
    THANK YOU, LOSTDAWG!


    naděje umírá poslední
  • NY PJ1
    NY PJ1 Posts: 9,533
    Heineken Helen wrote:
    don't ya mean 'French people'? We like our beer freezing almost... I don't remember getting warm beer in France, I doubt it but we'll have to get somebody else to clarify.


    nah i lump u cats all together

    europe is all one place :eek:
  • redrock
    redrock Posts: 18,341
    NY PJ1 wrote:
    im in nyc at a french restaraunt,,, not in france u nuts (why would i go there ?)
    To get beer served at the right temperature.


    "The temperature of a beer has an influence on a drinker's experience. Colder temperatures allow fully attenuated beers such as pale lagers to be enjoyed for their crispness; while warmer temperatures allow the more rounded flavours of an ale or a stout to be perceived. Beer writer Michael Jackson proposes a five-level scale for serving temperatures: well chilled (7 °C/45 °F) for "light" beers (pale lagers), chilled (8 °C/47 °F) for Berliner Weisse and other wheat beers, lightly chilled (9 °C/48 °F) for all dark lagers, altbier and German wheat beers, cellar temperature (13 °C/55 °F) for regular British ale, stout and most Belgian specialities and room temperature (15.5 °C/60 °F) for strong dark ales (especially trappist beer) and barley wine."

    Choose your beer accordingly!
  • Heineken Helen
    Heineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    NY PJ1 wrote:
    im in nyc at a french restaraunt,,, not in france u nuts (why would i go there ?)

    anyway a few people confirmed this,, but now i hear from u cats different

    also a friend at work took a trip to the guiness factory in ireland
    he said they served it warm after the tour ??
    :eek: really? It wouldn't be warm... guinness usually isn't as cold as other beers but rather a few degrees short of room temperature probably... but not WARM :eek: . Then we have guinness extra cold also.
    The Astoria??? Orgazmic!
    Verona??? it's all surmountable
    Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
    Wembley? We all believe!
    Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
    Chicago 07? And love
    What a different life
    Had I not found this love with you
  • dunkman
    dunkman Posts: 19,646
    NY PJ1 wrote:

    also a friend at work took a trip to the guiness factory in ireland
    he said they served it warm after the tour ??

    beer as in ale? cos lager shold always be served ice-cold.. but beer can be served at varying temperatures.

    i've been and done the Guinness tour and it wasnt warm... maybe your friend, being american, was too busy opening his 57 zips on his fanny pack and his beer went warm?

    p.s. you still tipped? just insane :D
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • Heineken Helen
    Heineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    NY PJ1 wrote:
    nah i lump u cats all together

    europe is all one place :eek:
    well of course YOU'D say that :)
    The Astoria??? Orgazmic!
    Verona??? it's all surmountable
    Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
    Wembley? We all believe!
    Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
    Chicago 07? And love
    What a different life
    Had I not found this love with you
  • surfanddestroy
    surfanddestroy Posts: 2,786
    There is nothing worse than warm beer.

    Saying that though if it's the only beer I can get I will drink it :o
    Astoria 20/04/06, Leeds 25/08/06, Prague 22/09/06, Wembley 18/06/07,
    Dusseldorf 21/06/07, Manchester 17/08/09, London 18/08/09, LA 06/10/09, LA 07/10/09.

    Ain't gonna be any middle anymore.
  • redrock
    redrock Posts: 18,341
    Heineken Helen wrote:
    :eek: really? It wouldn't be warm... guinness usually isn't as cold as other beers but rather a few degrees short of room temperature probably...
    Cellar temperature :D
  • patrickredeyes
    patrickredeyes Posts: 8,834
    NY PJ1 wrote:
    stopeed in a french rest, yesterday for a beer
    and i got a beer that was piss warm ...
    i told the bartender,thinking it was just put on ice

    to my surprise ,he tells me this is how we drink it ??/


    wtf? and p.s. its gross


    The times I traveled around Europe I never got a beer that was too warm. Most were never ice cold but all cool enough and refreshing to drink. :D Sorry to hear about your warm french beer.
  • redrock
    redrock Posts: 18,341
    patrickredeyes wrote:
    The times I traveled around Europe I never got a beer that was too warm. Most were never ice cold but all cool enough and refreshing to drink. :D Sorry to hear about your warm french beer.

    See.. his was served in the US, not in France.
  • NY PJ1
    NY PJ1 Posts: 9,533
    dunkman wrote:
    beer as in ale? cos lager shold always be served ice-cold.. but beer can be served at varying temperatures.

    i've been and done the Guinness tour and it wasnt warm... maybe your friend, being american, was too busy opening his 57 zips on his fanny pack and his beer went warm?

    p.s. you still tipped? just insane :D


    nah he is a irishman ,,so he was right at home (no fanny packs)
  • intodeep
    intodeep Posts: 7,249
    redrock wrote:
    The americans do that.. american beer is nothing but piss (maybe cat's piss though!).

    Perhaps if you are drinking the major distributors beer but most folks who enjoy beer here don't mess with that much.

    there are plenty of craft brews and mircro brews in the US that are wonderful.

    as many have pointed out some beers are made to be drank at warmer temp to help bring out their flavors.

    What kind of beer did the OP order at the resturant?
    Charlotte 00 | Charlotte 03 | Asheville 04 | Atlanta 12 | Greenville 16 | Columbia 16 |Seattle 18  | Nashville 22 | Ohana Festival 24 x2 | Atlanta 25 x2

Categories