As a counterpoint to that, "How is drinking American beer like making out in
a row boat? They are both *&%$!^) close to water."
--
Ian
62 TR4
-----Original Message-----
From: triumphs-bounces+lbc.resto=comcast.net@autox.team.net
[mailto:triumphs-bounces+lbc.resto=comcast.net@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of
Dave1massey@cs.com
Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2007 1:32 PM
To: Brian.L.Jones@gsk.com; triumphs@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [TR] Lucas
In a message dated 8/16/2007 8:59:33 AM Central Daylight Time,
Brian.L.Jones@gsk.com writes:
> The American joke about Lucas making refrigerators being the reason why us
> Brits drink warm beer (actually it's cellar temperature, around 55 Degs
> Fahrenheit), always makes me smile. It reminds me that, unlike American
> beer, British Ale needn't be chilled to the point of freezing in order to
> hold it in your mouth long enough to swallow it.
>
Spot on.
Or, as Satch Carlson, who used to write for Autoweek, said (and I paraphrase
since it was many years ago) "It is not true that the British drink warm
beer.
The Brits drink beer at room temperature. And since the whole country is
heated with Lucas furnaces they drink COLD beer.
Dave
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