In a message dated 4/6/02 4:45:15 PM, gchallis@CENTUM.COM writes:

<< Ideal serving temperatures for U.S./N.Z./Oz

lagers: 45 degrees F >>

To each his own.  When I had a tavern, the refrigeration men would set up the
beer coolers at 36-38 degrees F.  They seemed to have intimate knowledge of
their field of endeavor since the good ones were invariably also alcoholics.
Occupational hazard, I guess.  A guy I knew who ran a place which had been
owned by his family for more than a hundred years once told me that the ideal
temperature for bottled beer is achieved by chilling it in a tub of ice.  I
could offer no argument to his opinion.

Rich