H17windbtch,
Having to drink "bilge beer" is one of the downsides of cruising, whether on small boats or large. Cruising boats have a much bigger problem, because they have to carry a LOT more beer and have no way to keep it cold, so they store it in the bilge in an effort to keep it a little bit cooler than the air temperature topside. The best idea is to develop a taste for certain European beers that supposedly are designed to be drunk warm. That way if you don't like it, you can at least appear worldly and sophisticated.