By Devi Poojari
August 3, 2023
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Unlike most other cocktail glasses or wine glasses, it is uncommon for the type of glass to have any direct impact on the flavour of your beer; however, how long a glass can retain the chill temperature or fizz, is what makes or breaks the beer glass.
True to its name, form and function, a tulip glass is an upside-down, bell-shaped glass most commonly found in micro-breweries or craft beer places.
One of the most commonly found types of beer serving glasses in dive bars, the dimpled pint is a textured cup with a handle, that helps avoid touching the surface of the glass directly, and increasing the temperature of the drink.
The Weizen or Hefeweizen, is an hourglass-shaped glass for beer was created with the purpose of visually amplifying the amber colour of the beer.
A product of the 80’s, the beer mug, also known as ‘stein’ in German, was initially made with stone and was later typecast in other materials such as wood, glass and silver.
A variation of the tulip glass, the thistle is a relatively taller glass, meant to hold a higher volume of drink.
Tall and slim like the stange, but tapered at the bottom, the pilsner is designed to allow beer bubbles to rise to the top of the glass, while the wide head allows the foam to be captured, trapping the aroma of the drink.
Unlike the American pint glass, which is just a regular-shaped glass for serving beer, the Imperial pint is its British counterpart that is typically used to serve beer and cider.
The stange is a slender, perfectly cylindrical glass whose origins trace to the Cologne region of Germany, where they are served out of kranz trays – a tray that doubles up as a cup-holder.