TNL Poll: How Do You Hold a Mug?

[Anthony]

There's exceptions to anything, but I'm sticking with "extremely cold beer is usually masking shitiness".

I'm not disagreeing with that in the general, but there are some really great other beers out there that would be a shame not drink at the appropriate temperature.

[Some Stupid Japanese Name]

When was beer invented?
When were refrigerators and ice makers invented?

Beer was always meant to be piss warm.

[Doc Holliday]

Beer was meant to be drank at 98.6°F, the average cellar temperature of it's native Saudi Arabian hut.

[Toupee]

I'm not sure but I sure do spill a fucking lot.

Does anybody dabble in homebrewing? Just finished my last IPA last night. It was awesome.

[icarusfall]

Yeller speaks the truth. This reminds me of an article I read about using blue food coloring on your tongue to physically determine the depth of your palate. Basically a "Super taster" test. I shared it with all the QA guys at flying dog and they were all too chickenshit to take it.

The whole staff did that a while back. 1 in 5 were super tasters. Right in line with the science. I was one of 3.

We served all our beers with a pint glass and the original container. The customer was always asked if they would prefer chilled or room temp for the glass.

[AstroBlue]

When was beer invented?
When were refrigerators and ice makers invented?

Beer was always meant to be piss warm.

What's this "meant to" shit?

You do know there is cold fermented beer? It's not as old as warm fermented, but yeah. I understand that the temperature it's fermented at doesn't need to be the temperature it's served at; but that's the tradition.

[Some Stupid Japanese Name]

I was just (poorly) summarizing a conversation between Dream and Hob Gadling.

[Calliander]

Beer was originally made by Sumerians (well, ale).