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[Derrel]

Yes--work on that beer list, Sharon!!!! Get a decent thermometer that can tell you the accurate temp...get a few good beer glasses...find a supplier where the beer supply they sell is fresh, and has been properly refrigerated,etc.etc.. Many brews are really best at a notably higher temperature than many peoples' refrigerators are set to.

Had the chance to watch some of that Florida-Tennessee replay last night on ESPN Replay...oh...my...goodness...wow, what a horrible snooze-fest.

Strad--I LOVED that 1992 "Manson" clip from The Ben Stiller Show. The Lassie send-up was hilarious.

 

[limr12]

I have always enjoyed spicy sausages and high-grade hot dogs cooked in beer, ever since the 1977 Trail Blazers run to the NBA Championship. I have used beer as pan deglazing liquid, instead of water, when making gravies and sauces...it can be alright, yeah, sure. It has an interesting character in savory sauces.

I cook with wine. Lots and lots of wine.

Oh wait, by "cook with" you mean put it IN the food? Because I do that too. Some of the wine does make it into the food.

And Sharon, not liking beer: are you drinking your beer in larger drinks? Bittereness registers primarily on the front of the tongue. I see many women sip beer, wince, and proclaim they don't like it...beer is not meant to be drunk in small sips, but in mid-tongue-placed, fairly large mouthfuls. Keeping the beer off the front portion of the tongue minimizes beer's inherent bitter nature...and also, many establishments serve beer at farrrrr too low a temperature for any flavor or aroma to be optimal.

YES!!! Beer isn't supposed to be ice cold. Well, unless you need to disguise the taste of crappy beer. It's often the same with white wine. Red wine, on the other hand, is often served too warm.

 

[Derrel]

I cook with wine too!!! Usually, I keep the glass in my left hand, and stir, flip, and tend to the food with the right hand... Wine getting into the food??? Naw, I'm usually not that drunk when workin' with the stove or the oven...

 

[sm4him]

Yes--work on that beer list, Sharon!!!! Get a decent thermometer that can tell you the accurate temp...get a few good beer glasses...find a supplier where the beer supply they sell is fresh, and has been properly refrigerated,etc.etc.. Many brews are really best at a notably higher temperature than many peoples' refrigerators are set to.

Had the chance to watch some of that Florida-Tennessee replay last night on ESPN Replay...oh...my...goodness...wow, what a horrible snooze-fest.

Strad--I LOVED that 1992 "Manson" clip from The Ben Stiller Show. The Lassie send-up was hilarious.

Oh sure, hit me with a reminder of that godawful TN/FL game…THAT will make me want to drink!!
I said, even before Florida ever scored, that whole game was like both teams were working harder at LOSING the game for themselves than they were working at trying to actually beat the other team.

 

[KenC]

It's often the same with white wine. Red wine, on the other hand, is often served too warm.

So, then, it's OK to put an ice cube in red wine, but not in white wine? I'm just trying to understand the etiquette here.

 

[limr12]

It's often the same with white wine. Red wine, on the other hand, is often served too warm.

So, then, it's OK to put an ice cube in red wine, but not in white wine? I'm just trying to understand the etiquette here.

Ack! No ice cubes in either one!!

 

[astroNikon]

It's often the same with white wine. Red wine, on the other hand, is often served too warm.

So, then, it's OK to put an ice cube in red wine, but not in white wine? I'm just trying to understand the etiquette here.

Ack! No ice cubes in either one!!

Yeah, you gotta use shredded ice and make a Red Wine Ice Cone .. the best of both worlds.

 

[limr12]

You're killing me.

 

[Stradawhovious]

So, then, it's OK to put an ice cube in red wine, but not in white wine? I'm just trying to understand the etiquette here.

It's only OK to put ice cubes in Red Wine if the wine is in a styrofoam Gas Station Coffee Cup, and you can't tell it's actually wine.

Otherwise they kick you out of your kid's 6th grade basketball game for some reason.. even if you're the coach!

 

[Stradawhovious]

Strad--I LOVED that 1992 "Manson" clip from The Ben Stiller Show. The Lassie send-up was hilarious.

Yeah, it didn't suck.

As far as your beer snobbery... download untappd for your smartphone so you can log and rate all the beers you try... then look me up on there so we can see what each other is filtering through their liver.

 

[sm4him]

It's often the same with white wine. Red wine, on the other hand, is often served too warm.

So, then, it's OK to put an ice cube in red wine, but not in white wine? I'm just trying to understand the etiquette here.

Ack! No ice cubes in either one!!

Shoot. If you can't put ice in it, I'm out.

 

[pgriz]

Well, if you gotta cool it, why not use the ice stones? (http://tiwibzone.tiwib.netdna-cdn.com/images/whiskey-ice-cube-stones.jpg)

 

[sm4him]

Well, if you gotta cool it, why not use the ice stones? (http://tiwibzone.tiwib.netdna-cdn.com/images/whiskey-ice-cube-stones.jpg)

Because I'd rather have THESE instead: http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/f247/

or these:

 

[Stradawhovious]

Because I'd rather have THESE instead: http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/f247/

or these:

Nerd.

 

[Gary A.]

It's often the same with white wine. Red wine, on the other hand, is often served too warm.

So, then, it's OK to put an ice cube in red wine, but not in white wine? I'm just trying to understand the etiquette here.

Story time ... (I have a million of 'em) ... I was at a party at Domaine Chandon, a maker of sparkling wines. It was a hot August afternoon. Robert Mondavi just happened to be at the same party. He had his minions/groupies all around him so I just ignored him. But I noticed that when a bucket of ice passed his way he grabbed a handful of the cold stuff and dropped into his red wine. All the groupies went silent, their mouths wide open as they gazed in horror at what their leader, their God, just performed. Mondavi looks up at them and says "... on hot days I like my wine like this." Ever since then I drink wine how it best tastes to me.