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12/14/2008 8:36:47 PM

a good red you'll want opened at around 55-60 degrees. It allows the wine to open up better as it comes to room temp. Most decent restaurants in the area will serve their reds slightly chilled.

12/14/2008 9:08:35 PM

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"oh, and according to people's style edition...pairing wines is OUT, drinking what you like is IN i can drink red with fish guilt free now! w00t!!!"

drinking whatever you want whenever you want is always in

the one guiding principle of my life has always been

"drink what you prefer"

12/14/2008 9:12:55 PM

fucking heathens

12/14/2008 9:24:13 PM

of course it's okay! i never bought in to that...just posted that cause it was funny to me when i read it the other day and esp since the thread had gone "worldly"

[Edited on December 14, 2008 at 9:27 PM. Reason : ]

12/14/2008 9:26:24 PM

12/14/2008 9:28:47 PM

This has to be one of the funnier self pwns I've seen lately.

This was posted

http://www.wineintro.com/basics/temperatures.html

And the immediately following comment was this

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"God you people are fucking idiots. I love it when you post an example of your idiocy for safe keeping though, keep that up."

Then a couple minutes later this guy says this

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"Reds are to be served at room temperature Omar. Unless you live in an igloo, I'm gonna guess the 50's isn't room temperature."

Apparently oblivious to the link posted just before his nerd rage that has this information:

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"So throw out the old "refrigerate all whites, drink all reds at current room temperature" adage."

There is one thing we can all agree on though

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"I love it when you post an example of your idiocy for safe keeping though, keep that up."

12/14/2008 9:33:52 PM

I just think Red tastes nasty cold - - But I wouldn't trade for the difference of cold/room temp white.....

12/14/2008 9:34:58 PM

The better the alcohol the more important temperature is. For example if you have a really good scotch you want to serve it at room temperature and clean your pallet before trying it. People who put whiskey in the freezer are hilarious. Same with wine, cold red wine is just nasty. With beer it depends on the beer. Some beers taste horrible chilled, and are supposed to be served close to room temperature. Shit beer is usually better ice cold because it gets rid of most of the flavor.

12/14/2008 9:34:59 PM

screw the ice, i just keep the bottle in the fridge

12/15/2008 9:56:02 PM