CORRECT BEER GLASS

[MUL-BRU]

Hi all,
I've often wondered, as we are all brewing our own, does it REALLY matter what glass we use for OUR Beer.
I seem to try a few of my own with my Wheat Beers and have found that the typical Weizen Glass seems to work well.
That was until I was in receipt of two other glasses (Beer Mugs) which seem to hold the head better.
They are the last two on RHS.


Don't get me wrong I would drink it out of an ol wellington boot, if I was stuck, but there is just something about using the correct vessel that seems right.

Your views please

[TheSumOfAllBeers]

Weizen glasses allow you to drink a highly carbonated beverage without getting a face full of beer towards the end.

The tulip glass is a great all rounder. Concentrates the head for a longer retention.

Also the brandy glass shape allows it to warm up easier and drive off more aromatics

[irish_goat]

Hoppy beers definitely benefit from being put in a snifter type glass. You can judge for yourself by pouring a nice IPA into 2 different style glasses and comparing the difference.

[Will_D]

The point of the English style dimpled, be-handled and heavy pint pots is that due to the thermal mass of the glass the beer stays at a steady (warmish) temperature and the handle means that you don't add any heat to the glass.

The same holds for cold beer in a German Maβ or Stein

[Acott]

Your friendly neighbourhood IPA glass

Designed to showcase the complex and alluring aromatic profiles of American "hop-forward" IPA beers, preserve a frothy head, enhance taste and mouth feel, and present a comfortably wide opening for the drinker to savor each beer, Spiegelau's latest design is the go-to vessel for enjoying IPA.

- Source

[Garry]

Everyone knows that tea tastes better from your favorite cup, beer for me tastes better from a plain tulip glass. I hate the big jugs you get when you order a Franciscan Well beer at the pub, I always ask for a plain pint glass. However, if it's not my round, I have to put up with the jug. My buddies reckon if I want to drink quare beer then I have to drink it out of a quare glass!

While I'm moaning, them new hipster IPA glasses are stupid looking!

[delzep]

Hoppy beers definitely benefit from being put in a snifter type glass. You can judge for yourself by pouring a nice IPA into 2 different style glasses and comparing the difference.

Duvel glasses are good for hoppy beers I find 

[Bubbles]

While I'm moaning, them new hipster IPA glasses are stupid looking!

+1

Who wants to drink beer out of those ridiculous things?!

[Bubbles]

Great subject. As time goes on, I'm amassing a collection of glassware that would put the Porterhouse to shame. But I do have a few favourites. I'd say, ignore the "rules" and drink out of whatever glass enhances the experience for you.

Case in point, I can't bring myself to drink a saison out of a straight glass, which seems to be the norm. Some of the prominent saison producers (like Dupont, for instance) have branded glass that is straight. I prefer to drink a crisp saison out of a stemmed glass. I have a "Chouffe" glass that I love drinking Belgians out of. The Duvel glasses are really nice to drink out of too, but I haven't got one yet.

I'm not fond of the Belgian goblets, I have to say..

[DEMPSEY]

My favourite go to glass is the NHC ones that we got a few years back.

[Bubbles]

I got a couple of these some years ago, love the tall tulip glass in particular. I broke the second one I had on its first use..

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dartington-Three-Cheers-for-Beers/dp/B009CWKD3Q/ref=sr_1_5?s=kitchen&ie=UTF8&qid=1438179336&sr=1-5&keywords=beer+glasses+dartington

[molc]

I love the tall tulip you get in Galway Bay pubs. Great for aroma tests as well.

[Qs]

Hoppy beers definitely benefit from being put in a snifter type glass. You can judge for yourself by pouring a nice IPA into 2 different style glasses and comparing the difference.

Duvel glasses are good for hoppy beers I find 

Yep thats my favourite glass for an IPA too.

My problem with the tall weizen glass is that I find them a bugger to clean to my liking so I pretty much only use them for giving guests beer.

I like those straight shaker glasses for most types of beer too.

I've an awful weakness for new glassware.

[MUL-BRU]

I have a love hate relationship with THE STEIN.
Each Christmas we travel to the PAULANER BEER TENT in Galways Eyre Square for a few festive bevvies.
LOVE:
The contents
The Volume
The feel of it
Cuts the number of times you have to goto the bar in 1/2.

HATE:
When you are near the end of the glass you go for the final "GULP" only to discover that there is probably 1/2 - 1/4 pint still left in it....BIG GULP.
I always seem to drink the first one fast....almost as if its a pint....
The weight of the bloody thing. Sometimes you dont have the luxury of a table to be sitting at.

Oh BTW this has turned out to be a very interesting thread.....Cheers for all the input.....taking it all on board.

[LordEoin]

I asked the barman in the Bierhaus to put mine in a normal pint glass. He looked at me like I had 2 heads and said "I suppose that depends on what YOU consider a normal pint glass"