Wine Temperature,I have purchased a dual temperature wine cooler. Can someone tell me the correct temperature for setting it. I currently only purchase white wines. I would like to use the other compartment for beer. What would be the correct storing/cooling temperature for beer.
Rex // Jul 5, 2010 at 4:09 pm
60 to 70 degrees
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Daryl T // Jul 5, 2010 at 4:09 pm
Depends on how you like your beer. Here in Canada we generally like it to be a few degrees above freezing. Australia is similar. European countries like "cellar temperature" sometimes called room temperature, which is a misnomer. Their "room temperature" is much lower than ours. We have central heating and tend to keep the rooms around 72 F, or 20 C. Much of Europe, when the phrase was coined, lacked central heating and their homes were much cooler than ours. So don’t drink 72 degree wine just because of the expression "room temperature". And Europeans would encourage you to drink beer that is only slightly chilled. They say that it brings out the full body and taste of the beer, and chilling it destroys that. Personally, I like to cool myself down with the beer, rather than drinking something that reminds me of warm p*ss.
Weeklywinenotes // Jul 5, 2010 at 4:09 pm
I run a wine shop and we recommend that wine be stored as close to 55 degrees as possible. That is what is often called ‘cellar temperature’. Beer can definitely be treated in a similar manner. Serving temperature is a little different. Most beer and white wine should be served at around 50 degrees, red wine around 60 degrees. If your fermented goodies are served colder than that the aromatic properties will shut down and you don’t get too much flavor out of them and that is the fun part.
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stevem54 // Jul 5, 2010 at 4:09 pm
It depends on what kind of beer you drink, and how cold you like it. Fuller bodied beers generally taste better when not served ice cold. (Probably the best beer I’ve ever had was a variety of German beers we enjoyed at Springtime "auto trunk" temperatures – really. They’re very flavorful, so taste best at 50 degrees or so. Light beers taste best when really cold – around 40 degrees (F).
Now, about that wine cooler – in my experience, wine stashes seem to grow regularly over time, so you may want to keep that extra space for more wine, and stash the beer in the regular fridge or a spare fridge in the basement. Beer doesn’t need the humidity control and precise temperature control that wine does, so can be stored in a much less expensive unit.