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To think it's weird serving all drinks at room temp and no ice

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Rosepetalgeranium · 26/12/2018 11:55

Mil does this. She leaves drinks in the gaurage overnight then brings them all inside during the morning.

Then acts like I'm being crazy for wanting to but a bottle in the freezer for half an hour or asking for ice as "they've been in the guarage all night so are cold" they aren't cold at all - next to the oven and in the warm kitchen for hours.

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DrWhy · 26/12/2018 23:49

I’m going to mess up the generational hypothesis by admitting that it’s only just occurred to me that my mum keeps her mixers and soft drinks chilled and she and her friends all serve their G&T with ice in. I don’t drink fizzy drinks so only get them in for guests and it doesn’t occur to me to try to squash them into the fridge. I drink real ale and can’t stand larger. White and sparkling wine are always refrigerated but the rest of the bottle space in the fridge is used up by milk and fruit juice that would actually go off if left out, not coke and things that won’t. I certainly don’t have freezer space for ice! I have been torturing my guests with lukewarm drinks for years!

chatwoo · 27/12/2018 04:21

We keep the gin in the freezer

AdoreTheBeach · 27/12/2018 05:49

We don’t keep drinks in fridge either (right now though there is milk, juice, Baileys and white wine in fridge). If guests coming, wine in fridge. I have a cupboard with soft drinks, mixers and booze. BUT we have plenty of ice and use my freezer to make ice in advance e of parties to have plenty on hand. For us, it’s about fridge space. Used to have a second fridge/freezer that used to house drinks. As we no longer have space, it’s now the cupboard and ice when needed.

IDismyname · 27/12/2018 08:35

I recall going to the States about 30 years ago and being really taken back by how cold all the drinks were. Came home with a taste for chilled drinks which I’ve Never lost.

I wonder if it’s an American thing we’ve picked up??

MrsJBaptiste · 27/12/2018 09:12

Every drink has to be ice cold in this house - wine, prosecco, lager, real ale - and if it's not old enough from the fridge, it goes in the freezer for half an hour to get to a better temperature❄

I always ask for my white wine with ice in too just to get it extra cold 🥂

hugoagogo · 27/12/2018 10:59

Wine with ice in is an abomination! It's probably down to people like you and withnail fans that I keep being asked if I want ice in my cider.

RestingBitchFaced · 27/12/2018 11:21

My mum does this too, and even if I do put stuff in the fridge I have to turn the temperature control to make it colder, because she doesn't even have the fridge very cold! God knows why. My sister actually bought her a new fridge freezer as she thought hers wasn't working properly. She gets a half opened bottle of wine off the wine rack, and offers me some - I'd rather do without

RestingBitchFaced · 27/12/2018 11:22

I also put an ice cube in my wine to keep it cold while I'm drinking it (only one!)

DrCoconut · 27/12/2018 11:29

I don't like icy drinks unless it's exceptionally hot weather. Room temperature all the way!

NanaBot · 27/12/2018 11:42

MIL's usual drinks order is tonic water AND NO ICE.

She shouts it out just like that, and without a please or thank you.

Seems her preferences are more common than I thought .

ThanksItHasPockets · 27/12/2018 11:44

Fizzy drinks go flat much more quickly at room temperature.

TurkeySandwichAnyone · 27/12/2018 11:46

Ice is dluting.

In the US I always plead for no ice.

Jsmith99 · 27/12/2018 12:08

Real ales should be served at cellar temperature which is around 12C. Definitely not room temperature, which is far too warm.

I prefer mine on the cooler side, so I usually remove from the fridge about 30 mins before drinking.

80sMum · 27/12/2018 12:25

IDismyname I recall going to the States about 30 years ago and being really taken back by how cold all the drinks were. Came home with a taste for chilled drinks which I’ve Never lost. I wonder if it’s an American thing we’ve picked up??

I think it most probably is! One of the many quirks of the UK that Americans used to complain about was the room-temperature drinks and a complete absence of ice!

80sMum · 27/12/2018 12:41

It's very much a British thing (or used to be) not to serve ice-cold drinks, as this article from The Guardian seems to confirm.

JessieMcJessie · 27/12/2018 12:55

It shouldn’t be about habits though, should it? It’s about basic courtesy. People are talking here about relatives who have been told time and again that their guests like their drinks cold and/or with ice, and who have fully-functioning fridges and freezers, yet who insist on serving them up how THEY like them. I abhor milky tea but I know to make it extra-milky for my sister in law, and I always keep instant coffee for my Mum even though I hate it. I cook my cousin’s steak well done and my own bleeding. It’s not difficult, it’s just polite.

OlennasWimple · 27/12/2018 12:59

White wine, prosecco / champagne / cava etc, lager should always be kept in the firdge

Most spirits are fine kept at room temperature, either because the mixer (eg tonic, coke) should be kept in the fridge and will cool the drink down, or because the taste is impaired if they are too cold (eg whisky)

Real ale and most red wine should be cool not cold - what "room temperature" used to mean before we lived in centrally heated houses

If there's no space in the fridge for a 2 litre bottle of Coke / Sprite etc, make space in the freezer for ice cubes instead. Bought ice cubes seems to last longer than home made ones for some reason!

I'd guess that Americans have commonly had bigger kitchens with bigger appliances, so they have more space to keep things in the fridge and freezer. Plus lots of the country gets properly hot for much of the year, where ice cold drinks are appreciated more than in the UK, which is pretty mild most of the time

sparkli · 27/12/2018 16:41

I can just about cope with room temp fizzy juice, even a g&t, if I have to, but I cannot stomach white wine that isn't chilled. Yuck!

PreseaCombatir · 28/12/2018 13:07

It’s not difficult, it’s just polite
I agree. If you don’t have space in the fridge for the drinks, at least make space in the freezer for a bag of ice, or you get a load of ice and an ice bucket so it doesn’t melt as fast. Ice is a couple of quid for a massive bag, so less than a fiver to fill an ice bucket.

bellsbuss · 28/12/2018 13:21

Went to a neighbours for Christmas drinks once and she served room temp prosecco, I asked if I could have some ice and I shit you not she got my glass and topped it up with cold water from the tap

AutoFilled · 28/12/2018 13:26

Well that’s because there isn’t room in the fridge. To the PP who compared it to Oz. We have beer fridges in the garage. And most garages are internal access. It’s not the same thing.

JustKeepSwimmingJustKeepSwimmi · 28/12/2018 15:25

It really isnt a polite thing. I never knew it was something people got worked up about .

Ive served juice with breakfast not cold before to guests as I had no idea it worried people!!!

LiveSleepSnore · 28/12/2018 17:10

I hate very cold drinks so I would be happier with non chilled juice.

PreseaCombatir · 28/12/2018 18:12

It really isnt a polite thing. I never knew it was something people got worked up about
I don’t think people get worked up about it per se. But for a lot of people it will be the difference between ‘oh yes please, that’s just what I fancy’ and ‘no, I’m okay thank you’.

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