It is also a pot if you are in Queensland.

regards  ...  Terry

At 02:07  11/06/99 +1000, Shane Devereaux wrote:
>Wow Joe...my hat is off to you...you know your beer/ale ! If we ever meet the
>first pint will be my shout..or if it Australia then it could be the first
>schooner or midi...of course that is if we are NSW...in Victoria it will be a
>pot or a glass...err I'm struggling here but it could be a pony in South A. !
>
>Joe Geiser wrote:
>
>> Shane writes,
>>
>> > Got to stand up here for the Poms out there...'warm beer' it is really
>> > served at Cellar temperature and there is quite difference between brewed
>> > beer ( 'Real Ale' ) and most of the chilled 'beer' drunk in places like
>> > Australia and North America
>>
>> Ales and Bitter are served at what we call Room Temperature - or as Shane
>> writes, Cellar temperature -- about 64-67 degrees Fahrenheit.  It's not
>> warm, it's not ice cold.  Also, a real pub will "draw" the pint with no CO2
>> propellant, and therefore, it will *not* be carbonated.
>>
>> Cheers (with *real* pint glass raised on high - oh yeah - the UK pint is
>> bigger than the UK pint ;)
>>
>> Joe
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