Dave,

On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 16:33:58 -0500, David VanHorn wrote:

> > China   CHN     1,138.3
> > Germany DEU     4,203.1
> > New Zealand     NZL     4,378.6
> > United Kingdom  GBR     3,918.1
> > United States   USA     7,794.8
> >
> > Where's the crisis of falling back to, say, UK or even NZ levels?
> 
> 
> Is this why the brits drink warm beer?

We don't, we drink it at cellar temperature, usually about +10C (50F).  And the reason why, is so we can taste it!  I can't understand why anaesthetising your taste 
buds with cold is seen to be a Good Thing, but maybe the taste of the stuff is awful otherwise?  :-)

Cheers,

Howard Winter, card-carrying member of the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA)
St.Albans, England


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