Beer on ice? ... Come on

Zebra3 · 22-05-2011 06:14PM

Einhard wrote: »

Some people just like the taste of Miller and Bud, some don't.

Miller and Bud have a taste? :eek:

Mensch Maschine · 22-05-2011 06:18PM

Well yeah. If you seem someone drinking Budweiser it tells me: A) they might just like it. B)They're not very adventurous when it comes to beer C)They are not very cultural. D) It's the drink of knackers mainly and underage working class drinkers because of it's light, brewed with rice flavour.

I'm a total snob. Nah, American beer is just pretty rank. Miller tastes really light and sweet, Budweiser leaves me with a raging headache.

Give me, Becks, Guinness, Smithwicks, Lech anything but Bud.

I_am_LOST · 22-05-2011 06:44PM

Einhard wrote: »

LOL, I love the fact that, as well as social, music, and all the other types of snobbery, we now have beer snobbery! Some people just like the taste of Miller and Bud, some don't. If you're in the latter camp, it doesn't make you some form of refined, superior connoisseur...it just means your taste buds are wired differently!

I don't like Miller or Bud myself, but yeah, I've seen loads of beer snobbery on boards.ie

Luckily, doesn't seem to happen in real life. Let people drink whatever the fúck they want to

That said, I WILL slag any man who drinks alcopops

Benny_Cake · 22-05-2011 06:46PM

Ice in beer is quite the done thing in Thailand. In addition to keeping the beer cold for longer in the tropical heat, it also helps in masking the taste of the local brew! Never have I seen it done here - grounds for execution surely?

boardfriek · 29-01-2014 10:03AM

Actually this post was more around in issue in general. Not really connected to a certain brand. But I guess a few of the guys here would see it differently once someone got served ice cubes in a Guinness

oldyouth · 29-01-2014 10:09AM

I never get ice in ANY drink in a pub. Dirty filthy stuff in most of them

Ihatecuddles · 29-01-2014 10:09AM

Did you just forget about this thread for 2 years?

boardfriek · 29-01-2014 10:11AM

Yeah...I did. But you did not

Sir Arthur Daley · 29-01-2014 10:12AM

The ice cubes are surely melted by now :rolleyes:

joolsveer · 29-01-2014 10:14AM

boardfriek wrote: »

Nope. It happened with Budwar, Miller, Budweiser.......

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budweiser_Budvar_Brewery

Budvar is a good beer.

The Backwards Man · 29-01-2014 10:14AM

You take a jump to the left. . . .

sawdoubters · 29-01-2014 10:14AM

is for girly men

years an years ago the Brazen Head would bar you if you asked for a cold beer

I still like my women cold
and my beer warm

Frank Lee Midere · 29-01-2014 10:15AM

Einhard wrote: »

LOL, I love the fact that, as well as social, music, and all the other types of snobbery, we now have beer snobbery! Some people just like the taste of Miller and Bud, some don't. If you're in the latter camp, it doesn't make you some form of refined, superior connoisseur...it just means your taste buds are wired differently!

Or they pretend they are. Some of my friends are craft beer snobs and the amount of crap I'm forced to drink. They hate bland - well after tasting some Irish craft beer stout I have learned to love bland lovely smooth Guineess, a stout whose aftertaste is not reminiscint of rusting razor blades.

joolsveer · 29-01-2014 10:15AM

Keep the beer from freezing.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/01/28/267772060/illinois-train-conductor-s-challenge-keep-beer-from-freezing?utm_content=socialflow&utm_campaign=nprfacebook&utm_source=npr&utm_medium=facebook

Banjo String · 29-01-2014 10:32AM

Anyone that drank in the empire bar in Belfast during the late 90s (my student days) might remember the beer they sold called 'arc'

The bar person placed a special shaped pint glass on a disc shaped rubber mat that spun the glass round furiously, while ice cold water was drizzled on the outside of the glass. Meanwhile, the beer filled the glass which was ice cold and had little ice particles in it (not slush puppy consistency, but had ice in beer), the end result was an ice cold pint, that remained kinda ice cold for the best part of 3/4hour or so.

Can't recall the strength of the beer, or if it was even nice (i was a student goddamit, all beer was nice then) but the novelty was something else.

Good times.

29-01-2014 10:43AM

Beer snobbery is the latest manifestation of the hipster mentality.

And it's very tiresome :rolleyes:

Cienciano · 29-01-2014 10:43AM

The right way to serve a beer is to serve it the way the person who's paying for it wants it

Matt_Trakker · 29-01-2014 10:50AM

Cienciano wrote: »

The right way to serve a beer is to serve it the way the person who's paying for it wants it

Naw, customers are idiots.

minidazzler · 29-01-2014 11:02AM

Cienciano wrote: »

The right way to serve a beer is to serve it the way the person who's paying for it wants it

This x100. I more often than not will give a lady a glass with ice when she orders a bottle of coors light, because in my experience more often than not they will request it after I'm done serving them anyway. But other than that, it's only Cider that automatically gets a glass with ice.

Now, if you ask for it, I'm giving it straight away.

xxyyzz · 29-01-2014 11:04AM

Deleted User wrote: »

Beer snobbery is the latest manifestation of the hipster mentality.

And it's very tiresome :rolleyes:

TBH, I wouldn't consider it snobbery that people are willing to be adventurous and sample new and different beer. Granted there are some holier than thou folks out there ramming their opinions down your throat in the same way that there is the typical Irish attitude of putting people down for trying something different.

The big beer brands are all pushing these extra cold beers because it numbs the tastebuds and you don't actually have to taste the beer. Try a room temperature budweiser and see how you get on. If you are happy drinking the big brands, fair enough, but there are far better beers out there. This is a fact, not snobbery.

FTA69 · 29-01-2014 11:22AM

Deleted User wrote: »

Beer snobbery is the latest manifestation of the hipster mentality.

And it's very tiresome :rolleyes:

I agree with you to an extent. For instance a friend of mine works in the biggest ale pub in London and he's insufferable. He would spend £17 on a bottle of ridiculous chocolate beer and will only drink his beer from a wine-glass in the pub. When you chat to him about beer he goes on long rambling stories about Belgian brews and continually corrects you when you make a point. That type of person is what you're on about.

However, not wanting to drink the same identical p*ss night after night and choosing to support a good-quality local product doesn't make you a hipster arsehole. Wanting to drink a decent ale as opposed to a tasteless ready-mix is no more snobbish than preferring a proper home-made burger over McDonalds.

Dr. Kenneth Noisewater · 29-01-2014 11:28AM

FTA69 wrote: »

I agree with you to an extent. For instance a friend of mine works in the biggest ale pub in London and he's insufferable. He would spend £17 on a bottle of ridiculous chocolate beer and will only drink his beer from a wine-glass in the pub. When you chat to him about beer he goes on long rambling stories about Belgian brews and continually corrects you when you make a point. That type of person is what you're on about.

How the hell are you friends with this guy? I love my beer and enjoy trying different brews from all over the world (usually from the off licence as there aren't many pubs where I live that do craft beers etc), but I hate being made to feel like a dope just because I'm having a Heineken.

FTA69 · 29-01-2014 11:46AM

Dr. Kenneth Noisewater wrote: »

How the hell are you friends with this guy? I love my beer and enjoy trying different brews from all over the world (usually from the off licence as there aren't many pubs where I live that do craft beers etc), but I hate being made to feel like a dope just because I'm having a Heineken.

He's a drunken philandering mess like myself and we get on tremendously. He also gives me loads of free beers. I agree though, I have taken to punching him in the ribs when he starts his carry on.

I love a bag of Dutch Gold as much as the next man, but there's plenty who would call you a ponce for drinking a bottle of Hobgoblin.

Valetta · 29-01-2014 11:59AM

xxyyzz wrote: »

If you are happy drinking the big brands, fair enough, but there are far better beers out there. This is a fact, not snobbery.

It's an opinion, not fact.

xxyyzz · 29-01-2014 12:26PM

Valetta wrote: »

It's an opinion, not fact.

Not if you have opened your mind to craft beer

dyeti · 29-01-2014 12:30PM

FTA69 wrote: »

I love a bag of Dutch Gold as much as the next man

A bag of Dutch Gold? Where can I get this?

Banjo String · 29-01-2014 12:32PM

Valetta wrote: »

It's an opinion, not fact.

Its my opinion that a Ferrari 458 is a vastly superior car to, say a Ford Ka.

It's Prob a fact too mind.

Beefy78 · 29-01-2014 12:35PM

Mensch Maschine wrote: »

I'm a total snob. Nah, American beer is just pretty rank. Miller tastes really light and sweet, Budweiser leaves me with a raging headache.

Actually, America produces some of the best beers in the World.

Banjo String · 29-01-2014 12:36PM

Beefy78 wrote: »

Actually, America produces some of the best beers in the World.

Dogfish head ftw.

o1s1n · 29-01-2014 12:42PM

I've come to the conclusion that ice in cider is wrong too. It's kind of alright in all those mad different flavoured ciders like Kopperberg, Rekorderlig etc as the 'fruit' tastes are so strong...

But it really kills the flavour of standard ciders and just makes them taste watery.

A bottle of cider sits in a fridge, why does it need to have ice?

Beer on ice? ... Come on

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