YurtYurtBaby t1_isnsn3p wrote on October 17, 2022 at 11:14 AM

Reply to comment by stevesmittens in TIL that before the invention of regfrigeration in 1851, ice had to be imported to Australia from Boston, Massachusetts. The ice blocks travelled through the tropics inside ships insulated with timber, straw, peat, and sawdust by stumcm

Wrong, cask ales are served at cellar temperature.

stevesmittens t1_isnvx1g wrote on October 17, 2022 at 11:49 AM

Fine, but not "cold", which I'm pretty sure has a lot to do with the stereotype, going back to when that style of beer was more common in the UK (and non-existent in North America).