CSN, I agree the glass matters. I’ve just recenly read about
how much the glass matters for wine, red in particular.
There’s a company that makes a different wine glass for every
type of grape. crazy.
I like my beers kinda on the sweet side, lots of malt. I can deal
with a fairly bitter beer if it’s still plenty malty but I really don’t
care for IPA’s and wheat’s make me want to puke from the smell.
but I drink more liquor and wine in the winter anyway.
I’m getting thirsty. The glass has to be really clean with no soap residue to kill the head.
I agree, depends on the beer, but about a 1/2 inch is probably a safe average. But a real beer, like Wadworth 6X for example, shouldn’t have any head at all.
And has anyone noticed that the more beer you drink, the more head you want… but not on your beer.
Originally posted by Chang Style Novice
Now - how important is the shape of the glass to you? I have a set of pilsner glasses at hope for bottom fermented beers (lagers), and a set of wider, shorter pint glasses for top fermenters (ales.) I don’t have any goblets for the Trappist styles, though.
Sorry, I’m new to this.
I have some pilsners (I think). I have the tall glasses that are skinny at the bottom and wider at the top. Those are pilsners, right? I’ve heard you’re supposed to drink white beers out of that kind of glass. But, I drink all my beers out of those because that’s the only glasses I have in my apartment. (Unless I’m drinking from the bottle).
Can I have a description of the other types of glasses?
IronFist
About 1/2inch of head on most beers is good. I like more on Guiness because I love watching the head disappear 
Personally, I prefer a cool “Stein” mug with the Lid.
sounds like you’ve got pilsners, alright. Here’s two fairly typical pilsner designs
http://www.1andonlygifts.com/j_charles/jc_4_1_a.jpg
Some goblets
http://www.barrelsandbottles.co.uk/images/beer_glasses.jpg
Not sure of the proper names of these, but they’re the shorter wider pint glasses I mentioned
http://www.tufts.edu/webcentral/presentations/ssi/images/lg-include-beer-4pack.jpg
There are also mugs, sometimes called steins
http://calgaryonlinestore.com/images/CPS-K-IC-Beer-Mug-Glass-set-image-6-a_details.jpg
Which, I think if you put a hinged top on 'em become tankards.
That’s most of it. I think that classifications are even more refined than that sometimes, too.
That last pic is indeed a stein, or a mug. It’s also a tankard, the inclusion of a lid is not relevant. A tankard is usually metal, silver or pewter, lidded or not. That pic is really a glass tankard, which the German’s call a Stein. A Bierstein usually is a litre glass though. The chicks at beerfests that can carry several 1 litre Biersteins in each hand really turn me on!
Often the classic English pint glass is called a jug, sometimes a pot. That’s the one that’s like a fat version of CSN’s tankard pic with square dimples all around. That’s the best type of glass for ales imo.
Originally posted by Serpent
[B]That last pic is indeed a stein, or a mug. It’s also a tankard, the inclusion of a lid is not relevant. A tankard is usually metal, silver or pewter, lidded or not. That pic is really a glass tankard, which the German’s call a Stein. A Bierstein usually is a litre glass though. The chicks at beerfests that can carry several 1 litre Biersteins in each hand really turn me on!
Often the classic English pint glass is called a jug, sometimes a pot. That’s the one that’s like a fat version of CSN’s tankard pic with square dimples all around. That’s the best type of glass for ales imo. [/B]
Someone once told me that the dimples were really important for generating a good head on the beer and the pewter also does something for the taste of the beer.
This isn’t the best example, but it’s the only pic I could find of the classic dimpled mug:
And this is the classic modern English tall pint glass:
Then again, if you want to get really old school, you could always try a drinking horn!
That second one is a beauty!
A guide to the various shapes and uses of beer glassware. Strangely, Horns, Pots and Tankards are not mentioned among the Boots, Chalices, Thistles, Pilsners, Flutes, Mugs, Imperial Pints, Nonick Pints, Tulips/Snifters, Quaker Pints, Stiens/Krugs, Tumblers and Weizen.
Originally posted by Chang Style Novice
A guide to the various shapes and uses of beer glassware. Strangely, Horns, Pots and Tankards are not mentioned among the Boots, Chalices, Thistles, Pilsners, Flutes, Mugs, Imperial Pints, Nonick Pints, Tulips/Snifters, Quaker Pints, Stiens/Krugs, Tumblers and Weizen.
Well, I imagine that Pots and Tankards are just regional dialectical variations covered by Mugs and Steins (though I’m surprised the Tankard is not included).
The omission of the horn, however, is a heinous, unforgiveable crime.
I’m such a sucker.
I hadn’t thought of drinking horns in years, and now that they’re on my mind I totally want a big fucking drinking horn, with a quart capacity, enamel lining, and ornately detailed stand and hinged lid (with a thumb-lever for easy opening.)
It’s the ultimate in useless, conspicuously consumptive boozy paraphenalia.
This one looks perfect, and only $259!:rolleyes:
Originally posted by Serpent
That pic is really a glass tankard, which the German’s call a Stein. A Bierstein usually is a litre glass though. The chicks at beerfests that can carry several 1 litre Biersteins in each hand really turn me on!
Actually, I’ve always been told that German’s don’t call those “steins.” Like, ok. “Stein” (with a capital s, like all nouns in German) is the German word for rock or stone. But the drinking vessel that you refer to as a stein isn’t a German word.
That’s what I’ve been told.
And if you’re curious, the German word Stein (rock) is pronounced like “Shtein” (rhymes with English “pine.”).
IronFist
Originally posted by Chang Style Novice
[B]I’m such a sucker.
I hadn’t thought of drinking horns in years, and now that they’re on my mind I totally want a big fucking drinking horn, with a quart capacity, enamel lining, and ornately detailed stand and hinged lid (with a thumb-lever for easy opening.)
It’s the ultimate in useless, conspicuously consumptive boozy paraphenalia.
This one looks perfect, and only $259!:rolleyes: [/B]
Do what I did.
Buy an actual horn, unworked, unfinished.
Sand down the edge so you can drink out of it without gouging your lips, and cover the inside with food-grad sealant.
Voila! A drinking horn.
I use mine on camping trips, 'cos I can dig the point into the ground next to me so it doesn’t fall over.
dunno - I don’t drink beer
Originally posted by IronFist
[B]
Actually, I’ve always been told that German’s don’t call those “steins.” Like, ok. “Stein” (with a capital s, like all nouns in German) is the German word for rock or stone. But the drinking vessel that you refer to as a stein isn’t a German word.
That’s what I’ve been told.
And if you’re curious, the German word Stein (rock) is pronounced like “Shtein” (rhymes with English “pine.”).
IronFist [/B]
OK, I’ll give you that. I don’t know if the Germans actually refer to it as a Stein, but in England a Bierstein is a big, glass 1 litre beer glass from Germany, which is also used in many other European countries.
And those chicks that carry loads of them around at beerfests still turn me on.