It's known to all that having a cup of wine and beer is an essential part of gathering and celebration. There is no doubt that alcohol is a good catalyst for releasing emotion of human beings. As the people’s demands rising rapidly, their drinking is changing to taste and feel the quality of the wine and beer, which means they are now more particular about the ingredients, the produced district, and the age of the wine and beer.
However, do you really know the best drinking temperature of wine and beer? Let’s take a brief lesson to enlarge our knowledge.
To wine, the serving temperature is often overlooked by people, which is critical and crucial to unlocking the full flavor and aromas of wine. Actually, each wine has its ideal serving temperature and we can’t use one temperature for the whole wine.
Red wines like Bordeaux, Shiraz; Red Burgundy, Cabernet; Rioja, Pinot Noir; Chianti, Zinfandel, their best serving temperatures are 64˚F, 63˚F, 61˚F, 59˚F respectively.
White wines like Beaujolais, Rosé; Vioginier, Sauternes; Chardonnay; Riesling, their best serving temperatures are 54˚F, 52˚F, 48˚F, 47˚F respectively.
Sparking Wines like Champagne, Dessert wine, their best serving temperatures are 45˚F.
As a general rule, red wine should be uncorked for at least half an hour to an hour while white wine is best served cold.
To Beer, normally it should be served between 38-55˚F. Stronger beers are served warmer than weaker beers, and the darker beers are served warmer than lighter bears. Some general guidelines are shown below:
- 35–40°F (2–4°C): Mass market light lagers
- 40–45°F (4–7°C): Czech and German Pilsners, Munich Helles, wheat beers, and Kölsch
- 45–50°F (7–10°C): IPAs, American pale ales, porters, and most stouts
- 50–55°F (10–13°C): Belgian ales, sour ales, Bocks, English bitters and milds, Scottish ales
- 55–60°F (13–16°C): Barleywines, imperial stouts, Belgian strong ales, and Doppelbocks
Except that, a 10.4˚F bear cup is the soul to drink beer, I guess few of you have enjoyed this surprising experiences.
All in all, drinking wine and beer will show personal styles, this articles is just only for reference to help you better know the best drinking temperature of wine and beer. How wine and beer give you the most comfort and relaxing status for you is the key point.
