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The beer boot glass is thought to be a German creation formed in the military. There is also evidence the boot shaped beer glass originated in England in the 1800's. A boot glass comes in sizes ranges from 500 ml up to 5 liters.
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German Lager
German Pilsner Oktoberfest |
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Chalice aka Goblet
Majestic pieces of work, ranging from delicate and long stemmed (Goblet) to heavy and thick walled (Chalice). The more delicate ones may also have their rims laced with silver or gold, while the heavy boast sculpture-like stems. Some are designed to maintain a 2-centimeter head. This is achieved by scoring the inside bottom of the glass, which creates a CO2 nucleation point, and a stream of eternal bubbles and perfect head retention as a result. |
Belgian IPA
Belgian Strong Dark Ale Berliner Weissbier Dubbel Quadrupel (Quad) Tripel |
Benefits: Eye candy. Designed to maintain head. Wide-mouthed for deep sips.
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The world of champagne lends elegance to certain types of beer. Long and narrow bodies ensure that carbonation doesn't dissipate too quickly and showcase a lively carbonation or sparkling color. Stems will often be a bit shorter than the traditional champagne glass, but not necessarily.
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American Wild Ale
Bière de Champagne / Bière Brut Bock Czech Pilsener Dortmunder / Export Lager Eisbock Euro Strong Lager Faro Flanders Oud Bruin Flanders Red Ale German Pilsener Gueuze Lambic - Fruit Lambic - Unblended Maibock / Helles Bock Munich Dunkel Lager Munich Helles Lager Schwarzbier Vienna Lager Weizenbock |
Benefits: Enhances and showcases carbonation. Releases volatiles quickly for a more intense upfront aroma.
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Majestic pieces of work, ranging from delicate and long stemmed (Goblet) to heavy and thick walled (Chalice). The more delicate ones may also have their rims laced with silver or gold, while the heavy boast sculpture-like stems. Some are designed to maintain a 2-centimeter head. This is achieved by scoring the inside bottom of the glass, which creates a CO2 nucleation point, and a stream of eternal bubbles and perfect head retention as a result.
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Belgian IPA
Belgian Strong Dark Ale Berliner Weissbier Dubbel Quadrupel (Quad) Tripel |
Benefits: Eye candy. Designed to maintain head. Wide-mouthed for deep sips.
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Heavy, sturdy, large and with handle, the mug is a fun and serious piece of glassware that comes in many sizes and shapes. The best part of using a mug is that you can clink them together with more confidence than other types of glassware, and they hold loads of beer. Seidel is a German mug, while a Stein is the stone equivalent that traditionally features a lid, the use of which dates back to the Black Plague to prevent flies from dropping in.
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American Amber / Red Ale
American Amber / Red Lager American Black Ale American Blonde Ale American Brown Ale American Dark Wheat Ale American IPA American Malt Liquor American Pale Ale (APA) American Pale Wheat Ale American Porter American Stout American Strong Ale Baltic Porter Black & Tan Bock California Common / Steam Beer Chile Beer Cream Ale Czech Pilsener Doppelbock English Bitter English Brown Ale English Dark Mild Ale English India Pale Ale (IPA) English Porter English Stout English Strong Ale Euro Dark Lager Extra Special / Strong Bitter (ESB) Fruit / Vegetable Beer German Pilsener Herbed / Spiced Beer Irish Dry Stout Irish Red Ale Keller Bier / Zwickel Bier Maibock / Helles Bock Märzen / Oktoberfest Milk / Sweet Stout Oatmeal Stout Rauchbier Roggenbier Sahti Scottish Ale Scottish Gruit / Ancient Herbed Ale Smoked Beer Vienna Lager Witbier |
Benefits: Easy to drink out of. Holds plenty of volume.
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A nonic glass is an English style pint glass that has a curved lip about two inches from the top of the glass. A nonic typically holds an imperial pint or 20 oz. This glass is typically used with English ales and English Lagers.
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American Adjunct Lager
Amber / Red AleLager Black Ale Blonde Ale Brown Ale Dark Wheat Ale IPA Malt Liquor Pale Ale (APA) Pale Wheat Ale Porter Stout Strong Ale Baltic Porter Berliner Weissbier Black & Tan California Common / Steam Beer Chile Beer Cream Ale English Bitter Brown Ale Dark Mild Ale India Pale Ale Pale Ale Pale Mild Ale Porter Stout Strong Ale Euro Dark Lager Extra Special / Strong Bitter (ESB) Fruit / Vegetable Beer Herbed / Spiced Beer Irish Dry Stout Irish Red Ale Low Alcohol Beer Märzen / Oktoberfest Milk / Sweet Stout Oatmeal Stout Old Ale Pumpkin Ale Rye Beer Sahti Saison / Farmhouse Scotch / Wee Heavy Scottish Ale Scottish Gruit / Ancient Herbed Smoked Beer Winter Warmer Witbier |
Benefits: Cheap to make. Easy to store. Easy to drink out of.
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Typically a tall, slender and tapered 12-ounce glass, shaped like a trumpet at times, that captures the sparkling effervesces and colors of a Pils while maintaining its head. A Pokal is a European Pilsner glass with a stem.
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American Adjunct Lager
American Amber / Red Lager American Double / Imperial Pilsner American Malt Liquor American Pale Lager Bock California Common / Steam Beer Czech Pilsener Doppelbock Dortmunder / Export Lager Euro Dark Lager Euro Pale Lager Euro Strong Lager German Pilsener Happoshu Japanese Rice Lager Light Lager Low Alcohol Beer Maibock / Helles Bock Munich Dunkel Lager Munich Helles Lager Schwarzbier Vienna Lager Witbier |
Benefits: Showcases color, clarity and carbonation. Promotes head retention. Enhances volatiles.
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Near cylindrical, with a slight taper and wide-mouth. There are two standard sizes, the 16-ounce (US Tumbler - the pour man's pint glass and most common) or the 20-ounce Imperial (Nonic), which has a slight ridge towards the top, a grip of sorts and helps in stacking them. The 20-ounce version is preferred to accommodate more beer or beers with large crowning heads. A Becker is the German equivalent, tapering at the top.
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American Adjunct Lager
Amber (Red) Ale / Lager Barleywine Black Ale Blonde Ale Brown Ale Dark Wheat Ale Double / Imperial Stout IPA Malt Liquor Pale Ale (APA) Pale Wheat Ale Porter Stout Strong Ale Baltic Porter Berliner Weissbier Black & Tan California Common / Steam Beer Chile Beer Cream Ale English Barleywine Bitter Brown Ale Dark Mild Ale India Pale Ale Pale Ale Pale Mild Ale Porter Stout Strong Ale Euro Dark Lager Extra Special / Strong Bitter (ESB) Foreign / Export Stout Fruit / Vegetable Beer Happoshu Herbed / Spiced Beer Irish Dry Stout Irish Red Ale Low Alcohol Beer Märzen / Oktoberfest Milk / Sweet Stout Oatmeal Stout Old Ale Pumpkin Ale Russian Imperial Stout Rye Beer Sahti Saison / Farmhouse Scotch / Wee Heavy Scottish Ale Scottish Gruit / Ancient Herbed Ale Smoked Beer Winter Warmer Witbier |
Benefits: Cheap to make. Easy to store. Easy to drink out of.
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"A wine glass for beer!?" Yep, an oversized 22oz wine glass will be most suitable for serving most Belgian Ales. Its size allows for headspace, while the open bowl creates an amazing nose. A lot of smart beer bars are now serving their Belgian Ales in these. It also makes for a great crossover conversational piece. "Is that wine that you're drinking?" And you reply, "No, it's De Ranke XX Bitter from Belgium. Wanna try?"
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American Black Ale
American Double / Imperial IPA American Double / Imperial Stout American Wild Ale Belgian Dark Ale Belgian IPA Belgian Pale Ale Belgian Strong Dark Ale Belgian Strong Pale Ale Bière de Garde Braggot Eisbock English Barleywine Old Ale Saison / Farmhouse Ale Wheatwine |
Benefits: Replacement for a Tulip or Goblet. Conversational.
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Typically a tall, slender and tapered 12-ounce glass, shaped like a trumpet at times, that captures the sparkling effervesces and colors of a Pils while maintaining its head. A Pokal is a European Pilsner glass with a stem.
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American Adjunct Lager
American Amber / Red Lager American Double / Imperial Pilsner American Malt Liquor American Pale Lager Bock California Common / Steam Beer Czech Pilsener Doppelbock Dortmunder / Export Lager Euro Dark Lager Euro Pale Lager Euro Strong Lager German Pilsener Happoshu Japanese Rice Lager Light Lager Low Alcohol Beer Maibock / Helles Bock Munich Dunkel Lager Munich Helles Lager Schwarzbier Vienna Lager Witbier |
Benefits: Showcases color, clarity and carbonation. Promotes head retention. Enhances volatiles.
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Used for brandy and cognac, these wide-bowled and stemmed glasses with their tapered mouths are perfect for capturing the aromas of strong ales. Volumes range, but they all provide room to swirl and agitate volatiles.
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American Barleywine
American Double / Imperial IPA American Double / Imperial Stout American Strong Ale Belgian Dark Ale Belgian Pale Ale Belgian Strong Dark Ale Belgian Strong Pale Ale Braggot Eisbock English Barleywine Flanders Oud Bruin Flanders Red Ale Foreign / Export Stout Gueuze Lambic - Fruit Old Ale Quadrupel (Quad) Russian Imperial Stout Scotch Ale / Wee Heavy Tripel Wheatwine |
Benefits: Captures and enhances volatiles.
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A traditional German glass, stange means "stick" and these tall, slender cylinders are used to serve more delicate beers, amplifying malt and hop nuances. Substitute with a Tom Collins glass.
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Altbier
Bock Czech Pilsener Faro Gose Gueuze Kölsch Lambic - Fruit Lambic - Unblended Rauchbier Rye Beer |
Benefits: Tighter concentration of volatiles.
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Used for Scottish Ales
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40 / 60 / 90 Scotch Ale
Wee Heavy |
Benefits: The glass is shaped like a Thistle blossom.
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A tumbler or tub beer glass that looks like a wide rocks glass.
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Berliner Weisse
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Imperial Pint aka Tulip Pint
Commonly used in Ireland and England to serve ales. The glass is flared from the middle to the rim of the beer glass. |
Irish Stouts
Irish Ales Porters Red Ales Cream Ale English Ales |
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A stemmed glass, obviously tulip-shaped, wherein the top of the glass pushes out a bit to form a lip in order to capture the head and the body is bulbous. Scotch Ales are often served in a "thistle glass," which is a modified tulip glass that resembles Scotland's national flower.
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American Double / Imperial IPA
American Wild Ale Belgian Dark Ale Belgian IPA Belgian Pale Ale Belgian Strong Dark Ale Belgian Strong Pale Ale Bière de Garde Flanders Oud Bruin Flanders Red Ale Gueuze Lambic - Fruit Quadrupel (Quad) Saison / Farmhouse Ale Scotch Ale / Wee Heavy |
Benefits: Captures and enhances volatiles, while it induces and supports large foamy heads.
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A tumbler or tub beer glass that looks like a wide rocks glass.
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Berliner Weisse
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Weizen Glass
Nothing beats serving your Weizenbier (wheat beer) in an authentic Bavarian Weizen Glass. These classy glasses, with their thin walls and length, showcase the beer's color and allows for much headspace to contain the fluffy, sexy heads association with the style. Most are 0.5L in size, with slight variations in sizes. Forget the lemon garnish, the citric will kill the head. |
American Dark Wheat Ale
American Pale Wheat Ale Dunkelweizen Gose Hefeweizen Kristalweizen Weizenbock |
Benefits: Specifically produced to take on volume and head, while locking in the banana-like and phenol aromas associated with the style.
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Willy Becher aka Willibecher aka German Pint
The willybecher (or willibecher) is the standard beer glass in Germany. They typically hold 500 millilters or 16.9 ounces of beer. A willybecher has a think glass bottom and is tapered in the middle. |
German lagers
German black beer Schwarzbier Marzen Oktoberfest Rauchbier Pils / Pilsner Maibock Helles / Helles Bock |
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