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Saw these tonight. Some may not offer much more than standard quality glasses, but they still look like very nice glasses. The dual beer glass looks like a cool / useful one.
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I’m not so keen. I think a nice meal should be served on a good quality plain white plate, so you can see the food. I don’t like a woman in highly patterned clothing, as all you see is the clothes, and you say “wow look at that dress” rather than “look at that woman, isn’t she stunning”. I don’t like a shiny, highly patterned frame, or a cheap frame on an oil painting, although an old gold embossed frame is ok. I thing a glass should be a glass, nicely shaped and simple so you focus on the beer and not the glass. It should complement the beer and not pull your eye away from it so you think my God that’s a fancy glass. A glass should make you think, My God! that’s a good looking beer.

That's an interesting concept though, and an idea for a thread. What is your go-to beer glass, that you use more often than not? For 500 ml or pints/growlers, mine is a real UK PInt glass, a Fuller's one I acquired from a pub in London, but I don't like using that for a standard size beer (I like it to be full!.Otherwise, I like using an old style draft glass for sharing beer (remember back in the 80's and early 90's Halifax, the 7 - or was it 8 - oz ones?) or my Sam Adams glass for a regular bottle of beer. It is a little pretentious, but it has a nice feel to it.

I agree. The shape of the glass should be more about complimenting the 'nose' and taste of the beer inside it and nothing more.

Samuel Adams' glass supposedly does that, but I'm not sure if it's true in their case or just a marketing ploy.

I try to match the glass style to the beer, otherwise I use a tulip or stout glass since they curve inwards at the top to concentrate aromas

I also try to match the glass to the style. These days, in some cases, hoppier brews taste better from a can (think Heady Topper, for example), if they come in one. Otherwise, the SN/Dogfish IPA glass or a tulip is great. I have a few Spiegelau tulips that are my go-to for just about everything. Those Sam Adams glasses are good - that "bent" lip creates a bit of turbulence in the beer that releases aromas towards your nose, which is good design - they've done the same with their new cans. Also, the thin bottom means you transfer less heat to it from your hand.



I like the look of all the glasses in the above link. One would be great for drinking Haandbryggeriet beers (due to the logo mostly). I really like the idea of the dual-beer glass, though. Lots of opportunity for neat hybrids / mixes, and unique in that the aromas of both can be smelled at the same time in one glass.

Where did you find your Spiegelau tulips, Steve? Somewhere local?

I got them at the mall that's attached to the Lord Nelson, near Premier - forget the name of the store / mall. I got my first two there, anyway. I've also bought / received some Spiegelau glasses from Norton's in town.

I think it's called Fluid, or Liquid.

Sandy

The Bay had some of the SN/DFH IPA glasses and other Spiegelau beer styles

I'm also in love with my Duvel glass, tho we don't get Duvel in NB