[LM24 Race] The Le Mans 2013 Traditional Ten-Tenths Cheese-Fest Meeting Thread

[GT6]

As a CAMRA (campaign for real ale) I tend to go to old fashioned pubs and beer festivals so get used to beer at a certain temperature.

[vincegail]

I visited this yesterday:
http://www.horal.be/en/toer-de-geuze
Very nice

[GT6]

Now that is my sort of coach trip

[Aysedasi]

Originally Posted by GT6

Cold beer is OK for some but bitter is meant for those that enjoy the taste and should be drunk at room temperature not ice cold, but the modern way is for beer to get colder and colder to avoid people finding out that the processed mass produced stuff has little or no taste at all

Agreed. This modern fashion for ice-cold beer which you can't taste is a mystery to me.....

[vincegail]

Drinking and serving freezing cold beer is indeed a disgrace. But to drink Kronenbourg or 1664 at "campsite temperature" is the other side of wrong.

[GT6]

In TR as you will find several people have fridges so you can get a cold one if you get to know people, we used the old trick of utilising the washing up bowl, fill it with cold water from the shower block and put it in a nice shaddy spot then put bottles in it. However i do tend to drink a lot of red wine in the campsite as it does not need to be cold

[isynge]

Originally Posted by vincegail

"The other myth is that English beer is served at room temperature, or “warm”. It’s not. It is served at cellar temperature, which is between 12-14C. Room temperature is 21C. That’s a big difference. "

http://www.ratebeer.com/Story.asp?StoryID=479

As a Belgian Vince might appreciate the revelation I had at Le Mans in 2007, when allowing Orval, which I had previously had from the fridge, and regarded as a little disappointing, to warm up and drink by the Esses revealed it to be one of the finest beers I have ever encountered.

Icily cold is sometimes very much something to be avoided.

[GT6]

that is the beer you had last year, very nice it was to

[vincegail]

Orval and all other beers should indeed be drunk at a higher temperature than lager or pilsner style beers.

Drinking Orval at Le Mans?

[Simmi]

I am learning all sorts here.

[vincegail]

Originally Posted by vincegail

Orval and all other beers should indeed be drunk at a higher temperature than lager or pilsner style beers.

Drinking Orval at Le Mans?

Trappist Beers

[GT6]

Now now i thought it was very nice

[vincegail]

Must be missing something here?

[GT6]

In English trappist sounds like an insult rather than a type of religious community.

[vincegail]

tres ****ed?

Stupid censorship!

tres p.i.s.s.e.d.?

[GT6]

well not the word i was thinking one of my none beer drinking mates always replaced the T with a C

[Mal]

In England I love bitter and always drink it in the pubs except for the hottest days and including my annual visit to the biggest beer festival in Olympia or Earls court ..... but when in Rome.... in the balmy weather of the Sarthe I love a cold beer and hence we take draught beer, flash cooler and 80 pint kegs to indulge in...... I just have to pict which brand to take this year tough job but someone has to do it.

[Elaviel]

Think I will stick with warm lemonade

[PascaLM]

Today, I count around 30 persons intending to get to the meeting, including the first timers frostie, Alex and his two friends, tmaier (Travis) and his father, and maybe DMM.
Nice score !

[Aysedasi]

We'll rely on you to remember all the names then Pascal!

[tmaier]

Yes. Travis (me) and Marty will be there. I don't believe we'll be able to bring any fine American spirits with us on the plane, but will find something to contribute.

[Beetle]

Originally Posted by PascaLM

Today, I count around 30 persons intending to get to the meeting, including the first timers frostie, Alex and his two friends, tmaier (Travis) and his father, and maybe DMM.
Nice score !

I'll be there and provided NON-alcoholic refreshments.

I'm coming all the way from Texas with my dad. No, we aren't rednecks, thank you, Mr. Hindhaugh!

It's my first time in Europe. I've been to Montreal, Canada once for the F1 race in '07, when I was a wee little tyke... that's just about all the French exposure I've ever got.

[GT6]

Well it looks like 2013 meet will be a very international group again with perhaps a larger number of cross atlantic guest than last year

[Le Vieux]

Originally Posted by Beetle

It's my first time in Europe. I've been to Montreal, Canada once for the F1 race in '07, when I was a wee little tyke... that's just about all the French exposure I've ever got.

Calling a visit to Canada "French exposure" is like saying I've been to Texas, so I know England



I'm surprsied Pascal hasn't felt the need to reply in a similar vein!

[GT6]

i think there is a town called England somewhere in Texas