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I'm English. A lot of beer here was traditionally served at cellar temperature even though today, most beer is served cold. I've been known to complain about the temperature of beer too.

This well-written tale should be a salutary lesson to me about getting too fixed in my opinions :)

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> today, most beer is served cold

It depends what you're drinking & where you're drinking it. Almost all the beer I order is served at room temperature.

Eg it would be quite a waste to drink the 16.1% ABV Mikkeller Black (https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/mikkeller-%E9%BB%91-black/8383...) straigth from the fridge.

'Room temperature' is a funny thing - people say you should drink most red wines at 'room temperature' but apparently people's ideas of room temperatures has changed and increased by more than a couple of degrees over the last century. A small and hot dinner party kitchen certainly isn't what is intended by 'room temperature.'

Many sommeliers really recommending serving 'room temperature' red wines closer to cellar temperature or have fridges that just reduce temperature by a couple of degrees from the dining room in order to get what they want.

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