The average "yank", as you put it, drinks beer too cold because they have to
mask the taste of the mass produced commercial crap that we collectively
call popular American beer. There are exceptions - and as many of us know
fine examples of good beer in the Microbrwed variety. Most of that
Macro/Commercially made stuff is really bad though.

On 2/13/07, Matt Gould <itwasalan@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Mike is right.  Yanks drink their beer too cold.  If your palate is numb
> you won't be able to discern the subtle flavors in the beer.  Of course with
> some beers, this can make them much more dinkable, but not enjoyable.
>
> Matt (another amateur zymurgist)
>
> Michael Hart <mjhart853@YAHOO.COM> wrote:
> Least impact to the earth would be to adopt the previous suggestion
> to drink your beer the correct way (room temp).
> A Brit speaking.
> Mike
> '87 Westy
>
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Jeff
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