Newcastle Beer

[highlife]

...tastes alot better at room temp. Also if it is too cold, it fizzes up alot when you open it no matter how careful you are.

anyone agree?

[AZK]

standard.

[AZK]

certain beers aren't meant to be served ice cold. Coors and other crap advertise ice cold because the beer is such crap.

[miajag]

[ QUOTE ]
certain beers aren't meant to be served ice cold. Coors and other crap advertise ice cold because the beer is such crap.

[/ QUOTE ]

The slogan "Taste the Cold" always cracks me up. WTF, you can't taste cold!

[citanul]

i like newcastle a little colder than room temp, probably closer to white wine temp, but maybe as warm as red wine temp. who knows.

only [censored] beer should be imbibed "ice cold."

[James Boston]

IIRC, The German Beer Purity Law of 1516 decreed that beer could only be sold at full price if it was brewed during the coldest months. (There was no refrigeration at the time, so the outside temperature had to be cold enough for optimum brewing) Optimum temperature generally occured during the month of October, hence Octoberfest.

Unless I'm completely wrong, beer should be served cold. That's the point I was trying to make.

[highlife]

[ QUOTE ]
IIRC, The German Beer Purity Law of 1516 decreed that beer could only be sold at full price if it was brewed during the coldest months. (There was no refrigeration at the time, so the outside temperature had to be cold enough for optimum brewing) Optimum temperature generally occured during the month of October, hence Octoberfest.

Unless I'm completely wrong, beer should be served cold. That's the point I was trying to make.

[/ QUOTE ]

yes but not TOO cold, which was my point. like only as cold as beer they serve on tap at a decent bar.

[SackUp]

yeah newcastle is better not as cold as most other beers, but still in a cold mug.

[inlemur]

[ QUOTE ]
IIRC, The German Beer Purity Law of 1516 decreed that beer could only be sold at full price if it was brewed during the coldest months. (There was no refrigeration at the time, so the outside temperature had to be cold enough for optimum brewing) Optimum temperature generally occured during the month of October, hence Octoberfest.

Unless I'm completely wrong, beer should be served cold. That's the point I was trying to make.

[/ QUOTE ]

This is because German beers are mostly lagers, which must be brewed cold because that is the temperature the yeast likes. Ales are brewed at a warmer temperature. Back in the day before yeast was really understood, multiple yeasts were present, and the temperature determined which yeast dominated in the fermentation.

That said, lagers should be served colder (not ice cold) and ales warmer (not warm) in general. A better rule of thumb is the darker the beer, the closer to room temperature it should be served. This of course has exceptions, but is a pretty good rule.

[The once and future king]

[ QUOTE ]
Unless I'm completely wrong, beer should be served cold. That's the point I was trying to make.

[/ QUOTE ]

No couldnt be more wrong. Beer should be served at room temprature. Lagers should be served cold.