I usually don’t find many drinking establishments (including brewpubs, good beer bars and restaurants) serving their craft brew with proper glassware. At home I am fortunate enough to have a small collection of beer glassware to accompany the various styles of beers that are being poured. Below is a list of beer glassware including preferred styles that can or should be served in each glass
USING PROPER GLASSWARE: Serving BeerFlute Glass
This champagne style beer glass will keep the bubbly going longer and is intended to be served with any beer style that has lots of carbonation including:
* American Wild Ale
* Bière de Champagne / Bière Brut
* Bock
* Czech Pilsener
* Doppelbock
* 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
Goblet (or Chalice)
There are technically three different styles of Goblets for serving your beer including…
Banquet Goblet Glass
Schooner Goblet Glass
Teardrop Goblet Glass
The majestic Goblet or Chalice is designed for big head and deep sips with the wide mouth! The thicker wall version is really the chalice while the taller stemmed, more delicate version is referred to as a Goblet. The Goblet or Chalice is supposed to be especially reserved for these style of beers:
* Belgian IPA
* Belgian Strong Dark Ale
* Dubbel
* Quadrupel
* Tripel
Mug or Stein
This large glass has the potential to hold ALOT of beer, always has a handle and can be both serious and fun! Available in a huge varieties of sizes and shapes from barrel to straight to curved. Maybe the best glass to clink together for a great cheers! Usually a stein is referred to as a beer mug with a lid and both beer mugs and beer steins should specifically used to feature these great beer styles:
* American Amber / Red Ale
* American Amber / Red Lager
* 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
* Milk / Sweet Stout
* Märzen / Oktoberfest
* Oatmeal Stout
* Rauchbier
* Roggenbier
* Sahti
* Scottish Ale
* Scottish Gruit / Ancient Herbed Ale
* Smoked Beer
* Vienna Lager
* Witbier
Pilsner Glass
This tall and skinny glass is usually shaped like a horn, small at the bottom and gradually getting bigger at the top. Certainly not a short glass., this tapered glass is intended to highlight the sparkle and clarity that comes with a light hued style beer. Like with mugs and steins, there are many different styles of Pilsner glasses available but here we will feature just three:
Footed Pilsner Glass
Hourglass Pilsner Glass
Pilsner Glass
The Pilsner glasses should be used to feature a brilliant sparkle of beer from these styles:
* American All-Malt Lager
* American Amber / Red Lager
* American Double / Imperial Pilsner
* American Macro Lager
* American Malt Liquor
* 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
Pint Glass – Conical
, Imperial
or Tulip
A pint glass can be barely tapered as in the conical pint glass or more like a pilsner glass in the case of an Imperial glass and comes in many similar but unique shapes. The imperial pint glass is sometimes called the pub style pint glass which has a bump just below the rim. A conical pint glass is typically flared is most common and a tulip pint glass is more like a trumpet shape. Pint glasses are usually available in 16 and 20 ounce sizes. Other names for the pint glass are the Becker glass which is a German style pint glass and the Nonic glass which is a 20 ounce imperial style pint glass (with the bump-out just below the rim).
Always remember that use of the proper beer glass will be someone blurred by beer style but do your best…for example, here are all the styles of beer which can be served best in your favorite pint glass:
* American Amber / Red Ale
* American Amber / Red Lager
* American Barleywine
* American Blonde Ale
* American Brown Ale
* American Dark Wheat Ale
* American Double / Imperial Stout
* American IPA
* American Macro Lager
* American Malt Liquor
* American Pale Ale (APA)
* American Pale Wheat Ale
* American Porter
* American Stout
* American Strong Ale
* Baltic Porter
* Berliner Weissbier
* Black & Tan
* California Common / Steam Beer
* Chile Beer
* Cream Ale
* English Barleywine
* English Bitter
* English Brown Ale
* English Dark Mild Ale
* English India Pale Ale (IPA)
* English Pale Ale
* English Pale Mild Ale
* English Porter
* English Stout
* English 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
* Milk / Sweet Stout
* Märzen / Oktoberfest
* Oatmeal Stout
* Old Ale
* Pumpkin Ale
* Russian Imperial Stout
* Rye Beer
* Sahti
* Saison / Farmhouse Ale
* Scotch Ale / Wee Heavy
* Scottish Ale
* Scottish Gruit / Ancient Herbed Ale
* Smoked Beer
* Winter Warmer
* Witbier
For more information about how to serve your favorite beer or what is the correct glass to use when serving up a beer, refer to:
Glassware for Beer by BeerAdvocate.com
Also for reference of where to find cool images to show different glasswares:
Drinking Glasses images on Wikipedia
Informative beer glassware shopping website which is not necessarily recommended by Fatty Matty Brewing as we have never experienced a purchase from this beer glass sales website from PubGlasses.com.