Beer Crime (adding ice)

[STEVE G]

Actually in the UK and other parts of Europe, cider served with ice is becoming a popular drink on hot days.

[HansMartin]

SIGH

It is a pretty disgusting custom, but......

If I am by myself, no way.

But if I am with the male relatives and in-laws there is no option. Everyone insists on keeping my glass full at all times and if you are starting at noon this presents a problem. So ice serves a function and keeps one hydrated at the same time

[crazy88]

A cider shandy ,3 parts cider,1 part sprite served in a pint glass full of ice on a really hot day Waiting for some cider now to take fishing




Crazy 88

[stgrhe]

I have never ice in my beer because its get flat IMO and looses its taste. Nor do I want my beer very could as a preferred it to be served chilled at about 10 - 12 degrees C, which by the way is the perfect temperature for champagne too.

G.

[Vital Spark]

Absolutely, definitely not!

It changes the taste and takes out that lovely zing on the tongue with Chang when you get a goodie.

We've found a new Thai drinking establishment and they can't believe we don't want ice, so they freeze half an inch of water in the bottom of the mugs. When the iceberg has finally disengaged itself from the bottom I'm sucking beer through an ice float, and if I get it wrong the bobbing lump creates a kind of 'splash-back' (usually up my nose ).

VS

[STEVE G]

VS, you've definately been out in the sticks for a while when you start worrying about spoiling the taste of Chang!

[shunpike]

HuaHin Old School!!

Just having a quick look at the poll results it's apparent, that supping one beer or another, a whopping 35 percent of us will still insist on no nam kaeng.

That doesn't mirror my experience here, (Bkk) where only a small fraction of any gang of long noses I've met or stumbled into, adamantly refuse any ice of any kind.

Running the risk of being politically incorrect, I would posit that the older, on average, age of farangs in HH skews the results; ie more wedded to tradition, come hell or high water.

Any how, thanks for the replies!

[caller]

Actually in the UK and other parts of Europe, cider served with ice is becoming a popular drink on hot days.

I've noticed that, when you buy the mass produced stuff, they say, 'serve over ice.' I think in 90% of cases its to hide the crap flavour.

[Rolf Luettich]

no condom and most definitely no ice. then please no fake ass thai brewed heineken or a 5% to 13% chang even though the 13 sounds nice. no tiger and a leo-singha ratio of at least 1:6 with these tips u'll survive somehow, and still maintain some kind of integrity. by the way

[pitsch]

Hi Rolf. I agree with you, apart from the condom (why not?). I have more a 6:1 ratio of Leo-Singha. But most of the HHAD members are British or American and they seem to like Chang. I guess you are German and have another beer taste, like me.

[Korkenzieher]

San Miguel Pale (NOT light), Tiger, Leo, Chang, Singha, Heineken, anything 'Lite'. In that order. SM Lite is remarkable in so far as it is quite incredible that anything in a bottle could actually be worse than Heineken, IMHO, but it is.