selecting the right glass can make all the difference in enjoying your beer. Check this out more in depth on herestobeer.com.
Flute
Narrow design maintains carbonation and forces aromas upward.
Use with lighter crisp beers with either floral or fruity aromatic character.
ex: Great Divide’s Samurai
Goblet
Wide body opens malty sweetness of the beer, while the narrow opening concentrates aromas and helps maintain head.
Use with intense, malty, full bodied beers
ex: New Belgium’s Abbey Ale
Mug
Traditional drinking glass, holds larger quantities. Thickness helps insulation so the beer stays colder longer.
Use with lighter bodied, crisp beers with medium to low bitterness and balanced maltiness.
ex: Michelob Marzen
Pilsner
Tall and narrow to maintain carbonation, force hop and malt aromas upward to the nose, and showcase color and clarity.
Use with light bodied beers with low hop bitterness and aroma
ex: Budweiser
Pint
Cylindrical, slight taper, and wide mouth for letting intense aromas spread, opening the complexity of highly aromatic beers.
Use with beers that have a medium body, and are high in hop aroma and bitterness.
ex: Odell’s IPA
Tulip
Wide base for opening malt sweetness, narrow neck to maintain head, flared out opening to showcase aroma.
Use with beers light to medium in body, and mild hop bitterness and aroma. Good for barrel aged beers.
ex: Goose Island Boubon County Stout
Weiss
Larger volume, narrow at the base to force fruity flavors upward, flare out and wider opening to spread aromas.
Use with beers that are low in hop profile, cloudy and fruity. Perfect for wheat beers
ex: Widmer Brothers’ Hefeweizen
~Sláinte
This is actually great info for me, since I actually hate drinking beer from the bottle or, even worse, the can.
I usually just go with my normal Fat Tire glass (since I drink mostly Fat Tire). I also think it’s pretty classy and effective to drink beer from a recycled jar, ala The Pickle Barrel off of Laurel.