![]() I like it because it often brings out the best in a great beer, with a strong head and long lasting aroma. ![]() The tulip glass supports a large foamy head, provides a good view of the beer’s color and also captures volatile hop and malt aromas. The tulip is a stemmed glass with a tulip shaped head that retains the foamy head from its bulbous body. Perhaps my personal all-around favorite glass for serving beer. However many American wheat beers are served in them along with an occasional Pilsner. The weizen glass is most closely associated with Bavarian Weizen including Hefeweizen, Dunkelweisen, Kristal and Weizenbock. The tall glass and curved top helps trap the highly carbonated white head, and also locks in the banana-phenol aroma associated with the style. Weizen GlassĪ thin walled, tall glass closely related to the pilsner glass, except they have a slightly curved shape at the top to capture the fuffy white head associated with Bavarian Weat beers. These glasses are most closely associated with European and American Pilsners, though many European lagers are served in them including Bocks, Viennas, Helles, Dunkel and even some Wheat beers such as highly carbonated Witbier. Some highly carbonated beers are poured into the pilsen glass in stages, allowing them to settle a bit between pours to avoid excessive foaming. The tall glass also helps to capture volatiles, and enhances the hop and malt aroma of the finished beer. The taper highlights the color and clarity of the beer, while the tall narrow glass showcases the beer’s high carbonation level and enhances head retention. The taper ends with a narrow rounded bottom and flat base, though some European pilsner glasses also have a stem (called a Pokal glass). The pilsner glass is a tall, tapered, round, slender glass usually in a 12 oz size. These glasses are used with most American and English Ales including Amber, Pales, Porters, Stouts, Steam beer, Saison, Old Ales, IPAs, Browns, Barley wines and Scottish ales. ![]() Overall they provide a pretty neutral beer presentation, however. The straight wall provides a straighforward presentation of the beer, and wide mouth provides ample room for a crowning head. They are inexpensive, easy to make and easy to store. ![]() In the US the popular sizes are the pint (16 oz) and Imperial (Nonic) at 20 oz. It is cylindrical and comes in two variations, one straight walled and one with a slight rounded grip near the top. The pint glass is the workhorse of English and many American pubs. As a result, the tulip glass is great for highlighting both aroma and carbonation. For example the classic tulip glass (shown in the top right picture) has an inward taper at the top that tends to trap both carbonation and also aroma at the top of the glass. Volatile gasses, lost over time after opening a beer, can be captured in certain glasses. This showcases their high carbonation levels and enhances head retention.įinally the shape of the glass can affect head retention, as well as aroma retention. Highly carbonated beers like Weizenbier or Pilsners are served in tall thin, narrow glasses that allow the carbonation from a significant volume of beer to form in a narrow surface area at the top. The height of a glass highlights carbonation. Darker beers are often served in pint glasses that emphasize their dark color or complete opacity. The taper shows the clarity of the beer at varying diameter allowing you to perceive its full color spectrum. Pilsners are served in tall, thin tapered glass that highlights the light color of a the beer, as well as its clarity. The diameter of the glass obviously will affect the perceived color of the beer. Some knowledge of glassware and its use is critical for the discerning home brewer or beer judge. Glass choice impacts head retention, carbonation levels, aroma and perceived color of the beer. Follow in a glass? Hopefully a pint of your latest home brew! If we look beyond the obvious, your glassware choices for beer can heavily influence the presentation, character and finish of your beer.
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