ice ice but sans vanilla

[seryn]

Why is there a huge prejudice against putting beer over ice?

I don't drink a lot of beer. I usually have some in the pantry, but I'm not going to keep even a six-pack in the refrigerator when I drink about one per month at most. Sometimes I plan ahead and can chill a bottle overnight, but usually when I decide I should get a beer is after I've ordered the pizza.

So I put some ice in a glass and pour the beer over, just like I do with cans of Coke. (Also kept in the pantry because of rare drinkage.)

I guess it gets a little watery, but I tend to buy the dark&malty kinds of beer anyway, which leaves me some leeway before it gets to the Coors or Budweiser state.

The other thing I put over ice is hard cider. I do prefer it cold, and I would drink enough of it to make it worthwhile keeping it in the 'fridge, but prefer to artificially limit my consumption by not having chilled bottles tempting me every time I look for a beverage.

Comments

[thistleingrey]

Makes one pee more/earlier than without. Most people who drink beer don't drink just the one bottle/can at a time.

I grew up with room-temperature beer, and refrigerated beer (never mind the harsher immediacy of ice in a glass) still tastes wrong to me....

[seryn]

I put the other half the bottle in the 'fridge for today, so not only do I drink it one at a time, it's actually more like half at a time. And I like it better with extra water.

When the weather is cold, I don't mind room temperature beer. But when I'm looking for a chilled non-caffeinated beverage... I'm just glad I'm more flexible than most people.

Weirdly though, I cannot stand ice in rootbeer. That's just nasty.