How do you keep your drinks chilled?

I do exactly the same as Derek.

I also keep some beer glasses in the fridge.

For a hot summer’s day a chilled glass of good Riesling with a salad lunch is also very pleasant.

I also recommend a [very short] glass of Limoncello straight out of the fridge later in the afternoon on a really hot day .

Are people still drinking Prosecco? So 2010’s!

Absolutely Derek.

Actually, chilled drinks was always the reason for having a second fridge.

I was presuming ‘beer’ in the context of this convo includes lager.

I keep a Fino or Manzanilla sherry in the fridge. A small glass is very pleasant. A large glass equally so.

I had also assumed that, in the context here, `beer’ includes lager, see:-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lager

On a warm summer’s day, even real ales will require cooling, if they are to be served at a temperature of around 12°C. Hence I think this Convo is relevant to all beers and other cooled drinks.

For times before the sun is over the yardarm, I also keep bottles of squash and tap water in my fridge.

When extra cooling is needed, I also use a trick I learnt here (from alfa if I remember correctly) where old squash bottles are part filled with tap water and then frozen in the deep freeze. These can then be cycled into the fridge, after the balance of the bottle has been filled with tap water, so that ice cold liquid water is available from the fridge.

The Which? recommended method requires you to have a substantial stock of ice – more than your fridge can produce, so extra cost – and salt, whereas keeping bottles in the fridge gives instant access to a cold drink. Forward planning.

I’m not sure I’d want to drink beer/lager at near 0C, although the quality of many products might mean killing the taste, or lack of it, is a benefit. I believe fizz also detracts from taste, which is no doubt why many seem happy to drink cheap, poor quality, chilled Prosecco, and become happier. Our local brewery produces fizzless beer where the flavour can be savoured. I wouldn’t chill that.

Alfa – I was just giving my personal preference. Beer includes ale, which is top-fermented and lager which is bottom-fermented at a lower temperature.

Good trick that Derek, 🤗

If anyone else tries it, tilt the bottle on its side in the freezer, otherwise the bottle could split when the ice expands.

According to the temperature readings given for the different chilling methods in the article, beer kept on the bottom shelf of the fridge reaches 16.9°C [too warm for CAMRA!] but the data given does not say for how long the beer is in the fridge before serving.

On a hot day, beer does not need to be reduced to arctic temperatures, just enough to give the refreshing and cooling effects without impairing the flavour. Of course, if not consumed quickly the beer will heat up in the glass and spoil.

If left in the fridge for long enough the beer/lager should reach the set fridge temperature. It wasn’t left long enough. Patience and foresight needed.