tonrob

Depends on the style. Lagers should be served colder, just not sub-zero. Lower temperatures also suppress flavour (which is why you should go on serving Bud as cold as you like), and I think a lot of American craft beers are brewed at least partially with this in mind. Many of the flavours over here are much bolder/less subtle than those of their European parents (double triple imperial oak aged IPA that makes Special Brew look like it's for poofs etc....)

another bloody yank

You've failed to take into account that room temperature in England is about 50F...

tonrob

And it's cellar temparature, not room temperature...

ugacrew

Touche!

ugacrew

Yeah yeah Mr. Clarity.

tonrob

Well it's a little bit cooler...

Steerpike

Not 'room temperature' but rather, 'cellar temperature'. if you imagine an un-heated basement of a typical building in a cooler climate, that's your ideal cellar temp. not totally different from the fridge

'cellar temperature' beer seems somehow appropriate when I'm in UK; goes with the ambience of the pub and the nostalgia. Doesn't work for me here, though. It's all about what you get used to.

tonrob

The beer's brewed with consideration of the way in which it's supposed to be served (see my earlier post about temperature).

Works in other ways too - Hence why beer from the north of England should be served with a head and that from the south absolutely not (the presence of the head knocks some of the bitterness out of the beer and this is allowed for in the respective recipes).

surly

The world's greatest beer.

http://www.surlybrewing.com/index.php

dgsyd1

That makes me want to move to Minneapolis.

Hiro11

Plenty of good beer in MI.

http://www.michiganbrewersguild.org/
http://beeradvocate.com/beerfly/city/8
http://beeradvocate.com/beerfly/city/43

I particularly like:
Arcadia
Bell's (Kalamazoo Brewing Company)
Founder's

dgsyd1

Bell's do make great beer. I'm not familiar with the others though, although I fully intend to change that.

Thanks