If you thought that all it required was just any old glass to pour out your favourite beer and toss it down, think again. There are as many types of beer glassware as there are varieties of beer itself.
The reason why there are different styles of glassware for different styles of beer is that each glass enhances the beer's aromatic volatiles, and overall appearance. And, contrary to the popular image of a typical beer tankard, many beer glassware come with a stem that helps prevent the beer inside getting affected by the warmth generated by the drinker's hand.
Here are ten of the most commonly used glasses for drinking beer:
1. Wheat Beer Glass - Beer that has been brewed with large proportions of wheat or malted barley is usually served in such a glass. The wheat beer glass originated in Germany. This glass goes from a narrow bottom to being slightly wider at the top.
2. Pilsner Glass - The lighter varieties of beer (including pale lager or pilsner) are usually served in what is known as a pilsner glass. A pilsner glass is generally smaller in size than a pint glass. The shape is slender and tapering. The ideas is that the colour and carbonation of the beer will be revealed better through the slender
glass while the broad top will help give a full beer head.
3. Beer Stein - Typically German in design and origin, the beer stein is a traditional German beer tankard or mug, often made of pewter, silver, wood, porcelain, earthenware or glass. The stein comes with a hinged lid that flicks open at the touch of a levered thumb lift.
4. Flute Glass - Although a flute glass is typically associated with champagne and sparkling wines, some varieties of Belgian lambics and fruit beers are served in these flute glasses. Thanks to the narrow shape of this glass, carbonation remains intact as does the aroma.
5. Pint Glass - Beer is strongly associated with a pint glass. Pint glasses come in four distinctive shapes - nonic, conical, jug, and flared top. Pint glasses are used for drinking dark beers and pale ale.
6. Goblet or Chalice - While chalices have strong medieval associations, a goblet is its more modern alternative. However, both are fairly large, stemmed, and bowl-shaped glasses and are perfect for serving heavy Belgian ales, German bocks, and other sipping beers. Thickness is the one big distinguishing feature between a goblet and a chalice. A goblet is more thin-walled than a chalice which is usually heavy and thick.
7. Snifters - Great for serving brandy and cognac because of its shape, a snifter effectively captures the volatiles of aromatic Belgian ales, barley wines and wheat wines.
8. Tulip Glass - A tulip glass is perhaps one of the most suitable of all beer glasses for creating a perfect, frothy head of beer. Apart from trapping the aroma, that is. The body is like a bulb with a flared-out top that helps in head retention. It is great for serving Scottish ales, barley wines, Belgian ales and other aromatic beers.
9. Stange and Becher - The German word for 'stick' or 'rod', a stange is traditionally used for Kolsch, a local beer brewed in Cologne, Germany. A becher is used for serving altbier, another top-fermented German beer.
10. Beer Boot - Beer boots are among the most interesting of all beer glasses, with a rich history behind them. Also known as Bierstiefel, the legend goes that a military had a glassmaker fashion a boot-shaped glass from which his troops could drink beer for their success in battle. Beer boots have become quite a rage in the US now.
So, now you know just which glass needs to be used with which beer. Enjoy!
Daya is an experienced former journalist who brings her considerable creative writing experience to the UK gift industry. Her forte is wedding anniversaries, the tricky etiquette involved in relationships and romance, gift giving and entertaining. Here, she guides you to choosing fun and unusual wine glasses from the hottest range of Lolita wine glasses. Daya also helps you pick the ideal cocktail glass for your woman from this original and exclusive collection of Martini cocktail glasses by Lolita
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