I have been known to send a beer back if the glass is too cold. I will sometimes even ask the waitperson if they can give me the beer in a non chilled glass.

quote: Originally posted by beerguy101 I have been known to send a beer back if the glass is too cold. I will sometimes even ask the waitperson if they can give me the beer in a non chilled glass.

I don't mind a chilled glass... frozen seems a bit much though. I think it really depends on the circumstance. If it's hot out and I'm drinking a summer beer then I'm all for the chilled glass. But with a heavier beer, or during the winter I don't think I'd like it. But one's things for sure, I'd NEVER send the beer back because it was served in a chilled glass. C'mon... just suck it up and drink it, and make sure you say you don't want it chilled for the next one.

I'm with Southerncoronas. I'll just drink it; don't want some waitperson in a pissy humor to hawk in my beer because I sent it back. If they send out a chilled glass along with the bottle of beer, I invariably drink the beer directly from the bottle. Problem solved!

I too don't mind a chilled glass (please, no warm/hot ones right out of the dishwasher!), but frozen just sucks. The beer tastes watery and I really hate a skim of ice on top of the beer. You just can't taste the damned beer if the glass is too cold.

If I'm drinking a macro pale lager, I don't care how cold the glass is. Otherwise, frozen glasses are unacceptable.

I like frozen glasses if the beer is right. Maybe not so much for a great beer, but if someone's giving me a Miller Lite (which I don't mind), I'm all for it being frozen and having the Miller Lite slush.

I will say for reviewing purposes, chilled/frozen glasses make it a little more difficult.

I know it's a bad habit, but I freeze my favorite beer mug all the time and pour my first samuel adams into it all the time. Just depends on the beer, I chill my pint glasses (guinness, porters and stouts)-- but I don't freeze them. And for impy stouts I never use a chilled or frozen glass-- good ol' fashion American swill? I don't bother pouring it :)

I was thinking about that and couldn't find any reason for chilling glasses. Better to think more about beer.