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But I suppose they are catering to the 'mass pissed up market' who suddenly decide to impulse buy an expensive beer. Sure the reaction to most of the people on the street when you just talk about bitter is 'warm flat beer? are you MAD?!?!' - budweiser etc have a lot to answer for with their ice cold fizzy tastless muck being seen as 'the way it should be' ...

I wouldn't mind but they didn't even have fridges when Guinness was 'invented', never mind that Extra Cold nonsense.

"kenmc":3agotezs wrote: I wouldn't mind but they didn't even have fridges when Guinness was 'invented', never mind that Extra Cold nonsense.[/quote:3agotezs]
"Wait now, wait now!" said Mr. Henchy, getting up quickly. "Did you ever see this little trick?"

He took two bottles from the table and, carrying them to the fire, put them on the hob. Then he sat down again by the fire and took another drink from his bottle. Mr. Lyons sat on the edge of the table, pushed his hat towards the nape of his neck and began to swing his legs.

"Which is my bottle?" he asked.

"This lad," said Mr. Henchy.

Mr. Crofton sat down on a box and looked fixedly at the other bottle on the hob. He was silent for two reasons. The first reason, sufficient in itself, was that he had nothing to say; the second reason was that he considered his companions beneath him. He had been a canvasser for Wilkins, the Conservative, but when the Conservatives had withdrawn their man and, choosing the lesser of two evils, given their support to the Nationalist candidate, he had been engaged to work for Mr. Tierney.

In a few minutes an apologetic "Pok!" was heard as the cork flew out of Mr. Lyons' bottle. Mr. Lyons jumped off the table, went to the fire, took his bottle and carried it back to the table.

-- James Joyce, [i:3agotezs]Ivy Day in the Committee Room[/i:3agotezs]

Grrrrr I hate when that happens, I bought a SN Celebration Ale the other day in PH and was given it by the neck..... he was puzzled when I asked for a glass, then gave me a half pint glass and asked if I wanted ICE!!!! Grrr

Also, to a lesser extent, it boils my piss when you order a Guinness and get it in a Bud glass or even worse, I was in a pub onetime that served me a Guinness in a tall Carlsberg glass (you know the ones I mean...) or getting beer in a piping hot glass straight from the dishwasher... aggghh I could go on but I should stop as I am getting wound up!

Yes, we'd all like our beers served at an appropriate temperature, in the appropriate glass, but sometimes you have to make do.
My local hasn't the space of a super pub to have a dedicated cellar temp fridge, so everything is either from the cooler or the shelf. If the shelf is too warm, then a bottle from the cooler, when half way through the previous one gives it a chance to warm up nicely. It's not rocket science.

But yes, being offered a bottle and [i:2b8b67nc]no [/i:2b8b67nc]glass is just rude.

"TheBeerNut":23t455kw wrote: Hobbela hobbela hobbela
-- James Joyce, [i:23t455kw]Ivy Day in the Committee Room[/i:23t455kw][/quote:23t455kw]
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&amp;quot;noby&amp;quot;:ygylkgwl wrote: Yes, we'd all like our beers served at an appropriate temperature, in the appropriate glass, but sometimes you have to make do.
My local hasn't the space of a super pub to have a dedicated cellar temp fridge, so everything is either from the cooler or the shelf. If the shelf is too warm, then a bottle from the cooler, when half way through the previous one gives it a chance to warm up nicely. It's not rocket science.

But yes, being offered a bottle and [i:ygylkgwl]no [/i:ygylkgwl]glass is just rude.[/quote:ygylkgwl]

I agree. But this was the Porterhouse. I just expected a little more from them