Steve Carter wrote:
Is it true that
the bear is served warm??
We haven't server bear since the middle ages, preferring roast beef
nowadays. (ba-dum!) An important distinction is between lager, (or 'crap'
in some pubs) that is like european or american beer, golden and clear, and
'bitter' and 'real ale' which are served, and correctly appreciated, at room
temperature. These are darker brown and have their own community of
connoisseurs and advocates.
http://www.camra.org.uk/SHWebClass.ASP?WCI=ShowCat&CatID=1
An impressive and enlightening read! Some how I knew all that stuff - but without realsing it...
I made the mistake of leaving a bottle of Spitfire Ale outside at New Year - along with the rest of the beer. It tastes foul when cold! Yuck...
I always find it amusing when I get asked about the whole warm beer thing - I always invisage it being warmed up in a big vat... when basically - it's just not chilled in a fridge...
For a real British cultural experience, you should get drunk in the pub then
on the way home stagger into a curry house (any indian restaurant) and
sample decent british curry. It runs rings round the stuff I tried in
California, and is second only to fish-and-chips for national popularity.
Chicken Tikka Massala is our no.1 dish now is it not? More so than fish and chips - the curry is the thing to have! They can equally be both as greasy or as light as each other - so ask around in the pub where a good Indian is - someone is bound to know! In fact - after getting slightly tipsy/pissed/drunk in the pub on some proper English ale - best to go to the Indian and down some alcohol in the form of Cobra or Tiger beer with your CTM or Tandorri Chicken! Very nice it is too!
Do you have Hoegaarden in the USA? That's well worth a try too... although obviously not English... mmm creamy...
James
69 Signal Red Spit
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