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The best beer I think I've ever had was a 125 degree Busch Light that had been sitting in a box in the sun for hours. We had just finished moving and that was the only beer we had.
Man, it was most excellent.
Temperature kills flavor, so an "ice cold beer" only serves to dumb down what should be a nice balance of malt and hops. For an American lager this might not be a bad thing, as the balance is iffy to begin with and the temp is refreshing.
For better beers a bit warmer (cool but not warm like high 50's) is best, and some I even favor in the low 60's.
A really nice option for light beers or even NA beer when refreshment is the motive, is to pour over ice with a few squeezes of fresh lime. Hell damn rath me but I'll even drink a can off Coors N/A this way!
-spence
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