# Do not drink beer ice cold **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** beer\ **Created:** [January 23, 2007, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-drink-beer-ice-cold/389069 "2007-01-23T07:38:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2007, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-drink-beer-ice-cold/389069/61 "2007-01-25T04:49:31Z")
[QUOTE=Only Mostly Dead] Then I stand corrected, but it’s a State’s Rights issue, not the country as a whole. [/QUOTE] Well, I must admit that it did always sound like an Urban Legend to me, but in the days before the Internet, I couldn’t be bothered to go look it up, and since the Internet, I’d pretty much forgotten about it until now. But it can’t be nostalgia that makes the Singha in Hawaii taste different to me, because I’ve gone straight from Thailand to Hawaii and back again in a matter of weeks, so Ithe nostalgia effect didn’t have time to kick in. Dunno. I don’t much care for American beers, especailly Bud. MGD and Samuel Adams were my choice if I did drink some, followed distantly by Coors. This was in the days before micro-breweries. And there was not much in the way of imports where I grew up. There are some nice brews in Southeast Asia. Laos has a nice one in Beer Lao, which I’ve come to prefer over Singha. It’s just starting to pick up steam here in Thailand, too. Cambodia puts out a decent tipple called Angkor Beer; some people hate it, though, but I like it. And then there’s Tiger Beer from Singapore, which has come to be known as “the poor man’s premium beer.” Heineken has become popular here, but I’ve never been able to like it, try as I might. As for temperature, I generally like my beer COLD cold, but I admit there are some types that do taste better not too cold, or even at room temperature. ---
**Author:** ![Scubaqueen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@Scubaqueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scubaqueen)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2007, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-drink-beer-ice-cold/389069/62 "2007-01-26T00:27:38Z")
[QUOTE=Lil’ Mahoney] No, the “you should try it in Ireland” comment still holds truth, even for those of us on the other side of the Irish Sea. The Guinness that is sold in England is also _brewed_ in England, and for whatever reason, just isn’t the same. I expect it’s something to do with the water used, as I’m sure both breweries have access to the same hops, barley, etc. As for your problem with it tasting burnt in America, in my (limited) experience, beer, and Guinness in particular, just doesn’t travel well. With the black stuff as the example, it’s wonderful in Ireland, decent in France (the nearest country that imports from Ireland), blah in Spain and godawful in America. \>snip\< 😉 [/QUOTE] see? i told you! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2007, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-drink-beer-ice-cold/389069/63 "2007-01-26T03:16:27Z")
Back to the OP, I remember first discovering this phenomenon with Old Style. For whatever reason, I found that taking a case of beer out of the fridge and letting it warm for an hour killed the bite the beer otherwise had. I discussed this with a freind of mine, and he agreed after trying it. I miss Old Style. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-drink-beer-ice-cold/389069.md?page=3)