Ice In Lager

[Ric.ror]

Should I or shouldn’t I?
It’s cold but not frosty

[melv16]

Put the glass in the freezer.

[cashier]

I wouldn't.

[Ken4155]

Why would you want to water your ale down, Ric? If it's in a can, stick the can in the freezer for a while, never mind the glass.

[Toorak]

It’ll melt and dilute it. Why not pop both lager and glass in the freezer for a few minutes?

[Patsy33]

Make some lager ice cubes?

[Ric.ror]

I don’t have a fridge but loads of ice - don’t ask

I use pop in mums freezer for a bit - turns cider into a delicious slushy
I only eat pizza and curry with larger so I’m downing this one and then on to G&T

Btw - any leftover wine is a nice thing to freeze for a wine & soda

[Buenchico]

I haven't got a fridge. I sometimes chill beer by putting it in the freezer for a bit but I find that the better quality lagers (such as almost anything from Poland or the Czech Republic) are actually quite acceptable at a coolish room temperatures. (My local Co-op has excellent air conditioning, with their bottled beers being kept in the coolest part of the store. I tend to buy my beer just before I intend to drink it, so that it's fairly cool to start with).

I most definitely would NOT put ice in lager. (I tried it many years ago and vowed 'Never again!').

[Buenchico]

>>>> leftover wine ????

Can there ever be such a thing? Surely not!

;-)

[ummmm]

I currently have a bottle of wine in the freezer.

[Peter Pedant]

go on do it!
My brother puts ice in his red wine - wrecking a good red - but hey who cares?- and red wine isnt lager- I agree

[Peter Pedant]

// >>>> leftover wine ???? //

foo! yeah - didnt someone last week say that a bottle of white is a challenge
and I thought 'blimey - "more like an aperitif!"

[Buenchico]

^^^^ I really, really, really hope that you're only lightly chilling your wine, Ummmm.

A decent white wine needs to be served at around 8C (or perhaps around 12C if it's an oaked wine). Serving it at lower temperatures simply destroys the flavour.

My local Co-op keep their white wines in the same cooler that they use for canned lagers. I need to leave them to warm up for at least an hour after purchase, and preferably double that time, in order to enjoy them at their best.

Even a domestic refrigerator (at around 4C) is far too cold for white wines. Again, they need to be left out at room temperature for at least an hour before being served.

[Ric.ror]

I really cannot drink white wine unless it’s really cold - I know it kills the flavour but there we are
I also cannot drink red wine at anything less tha room temp (and that’s a warm room too)
I like. G&T very cold and an ameretto with one cube - other than that I’m tea total

[ummmm]

It won't be in there for long. I also have frozen grapes to use as ice cubes. I don't drink very fast so the grapes come in handy.

[tonyav]

Never ever put ice in lager, I'll drink anything but wine so I'm as tea total as Ric ;-)

[Buenchico]

I'll have to introduce you to the white Rioja in Gordon's Wine Bar in London one day, Ric.ror. After sampling that (at the perfect temperature) you'd never want to overchill wine again!

https://gordonswinebar.com/

[woofgang]

If you like your lager with ice in then put ice in it. I like white wine over ice, also champagne over ice. I figure its my drink and my mouth so my choice.

[jno]

just don't forget to take it out, ummmm, otherwise you get that loud cracking noise in the middle of the night that means the bottle's exploded.

Frozen grapes, brilliant idea.

[woofgang]

I tried frozen melon balls but they thaw and look like teeny wizened brains in your drink