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lonepiper

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So I was watching an old British Pathe and they showed an old man putting a hot poker ina glass of ale. They called it mulled ale. I was wondering what exactly is that? Does anybody know how it’s made?
 
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elessar

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Schell's brewery does something similar at Bockfest. You can get "poked" where they stick a hot poker in your bock beer. Brings out some more caramel sweetness. Worth a try, though it isn't mulled ale.
 

mawnansmiff

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Some folk would say our British pubs sell mulled ale at their pumps on a daily basis :rolleyes:

Warm Beer Myth Making​

"Americans and ex-Prime Minister John Major (“Fifty years on from now, Britain will still be the country of long shadows on cricket grounds, warm beer, invincible green suburbs”) might have you believe otherwise, but Brits don’t really enjoy their beer warm, and never have.

This popular myth is believed to have first taken root during the Second World War when American GIs stationed in Britain were disgruntled to find the refreshment on offer at the end of a hard day’s battle was not the crisp cold lager they were nurtured on, but rather the less chilly cask beer popular locally at the time."

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Jay.
 
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Merton

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Some folk would say our British pubs sell mulled ale at their pumps on a daily basis :rolleyes:

Warm Beer Myth Making​

"Americans and ex-Prime Minister John Major (“Fifty years on from now, Britain will still be the country of long shadows on cricket grounds, warm beer, invincible green suburbs”) might have you believe otherwise, but Brits don’t really enjoy their beer warm, and never have.

This popular myth is believed to have first taken root during the Second World War when American GIs stationed in Britain were disgruntled to find the refreshment on offer at the end of a hard day’s battle was not the crisp cold lager they were nurtured on, but rather the less chilly cask beer popular locally at the time."

Regards,

Jay.
Happy Christmas jay, always enjoy reading your posts. Hope you are well
 

OzPiper

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If it is good brew, why ruin it with superfluous ingredients ?

If it was "piss weak" then I can see the point of giving it a boost with rum or brandy (perfect waste of a cognac).

Serving a hot "brew" makes sense in the depths of winter or if you have trudged miles in a snow storm, but not in the middle of an Oz summer.

And if the ale was sour or badly brewed the spices can only improve the flavour