"This will be easy to see," said Annelise, our guide, flipping off the lights in the chilly sandstone beer cellar that had been converted to an air-raid shelter during World War II.
It has its roots in England, land of warm beer and chilly manners.
The pub even provides "snugglepacks", for when it gets a bit chilly out in the beer garden.
Of course, I like a very chilly glass of cider or beer, moisture condensing pleasingly down the side of the glass, as much as the next parched person.
This afternoon he went to a tailgate party at the Iowa State-Nebraska football game in Ames, Iowa, shaking hands with chilly football fans huddled around beer kegs.
(The guy's reaction is so chilly that Mr. Thompson can feel the beer in his own hand getting colder).
The 2007 smoking ban drove regulars onto chilly backless benches in hastily improvised beer gardens, or into the street, or simply home (1,409 pubs closed in 2007 1,9733, post-ban, in 2008).
Sausages, sauerkraut, pretzels and beer were being savored in the chilly air, while a few hardy passengers played in the heated pool, beers in hand.
"I think that you are the chilliest man in the world," Bart tells him, "and I want the chilliest man in the world to try the best beer in the world".
If it's too chilly to sit outside, hunker down inside with a bottle of regional beer.
