From Vietnam To Costa Rica, Putting Ice In Beer Is Nothing New | Letters

In nan tropics, crystal successful your brew is normal (Ice cubes successful beer: is this celebrated pub bid atrocious – aliases ingenious?, Pass notes, 2 September). In Vietnamese restaurants, servers rotation astir taking partially melted crystal blocks retired of your solid and replacing them pinch caller ones. Of course, this is good pinch low-cost options specified arsenic 333, Bia Saigon and moreover Tiger. The brew stays cold, and successful immoderate lawsuit it is drunk alternatively quickly pinch small chance of immoderate meaningful dilution. Would I put crystal successful a pint of Pasteur Street Jasmine IPA aliases Heart of Darkness Dream Alone ray ale? I would not. But would I shun and shame personification who does? Certainly not.
Chris Howe
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

I enjoyed your article connected crystal cubes successful brew and its evident root successful France. Well, I tin attest that, while serving arsenic a Peace Corps unpaid successful Thailand much than 40 years ago, you would spot locals successful bars and restaurants (even successful nan astir distant parts of nan country) doing nan same. So, I’d opportunity nan root is up for debate.
Curt Borden
Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, US

Were I to jump connected to nan ice-in-beer bandwagon, fixed nan propensity of barroom unit to put crystal successful drinks by nan shovel full, really overmuch of nan pint of brew that I ordered would I really receive?
Malcolm Woods
Southend-on-Sea, Essex

I wonderment what Pass notes would make of a michelada successful Costa Rica? Beer, lime, a brackish rimmed solid … pinch ice. Very refreshing!
Emma Bass
Sidcup, London

At past a break for our beleaguered publicans. Imagine. Drinkers volunteering to h2o their ain beer.
David Chaloner
Oldham, Greater Manchester