are wasting their money.

Blowing directly into a bottle of craft beer prevents the aromas from spreading out in the thin neck of the bottle, and the flavors are weakened by the fact that the beer goes straight down your throat, reducing contact with the taste buds on your tongue.

A competent drinker of craft beer will definitely require the appropriate glass. With the help of the right beer glass, different styles and brands of beer are often better represented in terms of flavor and character.

However, when it comes to beer glasses, many people are expected to think of a root beer glass like the one pictured below. In most people's memories, beer mugs look like this

This is just one of the many types of beer mugs

Root beer mugs

Root beer mugs are commonly found in barbecue and barbecue restaurants

It's generally big, thick, heavy, with a handle, two words to describe it is very strong, very suitable for drinking, thick walls just enjoy clinking glasses.

But for beers like craft beer

which emphasize taste and texture,

the root beer glass is not suitable.

There are more than a dozen types of beer glasses in use. Many breweries also offer matching beer glasses to maximize the individuality of their beers - Zebra Craft Beer, for example, offers a specialized German-style wheat glass.

Beer mugs lead to different flavors

In the picture below, two beer mugs and a cold beer, which mug do you choose when you're hungry and thirsty?

Pick A

When drinking beer from a pilsner glass, you usually need to tilt your neck up so the liquid travels faster through your throat to your belly, and instantly the whole world cools down.

Option B

With a tulip glass, to avoid the liquid standing in your face, you can't tilt your neck up and take a big gulp; you have to take small, slow sips. As a result, the liquid stays in your mouth longer and is exposed to more air, so your tongue can take full advantage and the flavors of the beer can unfold.

To summarize

Choose a flat-bottomed glass for beers that are meant to be enjoyed openly, and a tall glass for beers that are rich in aroma and complex in flavor.

The most important thing you can do is to drink the beer in a tall glass.

Changing your drinking vessel depending on the type of beer or the situation you're in is one of the joys of drinking beer - you're not just drinking beer, you're enjoying beer culture.

The American pint glass

One of the most common beer glasses, the American pint glass has a capacity of one pint, hence its name, and resembles a truncated cone.

English pint glass

In addition to the American pint glass above, there are many other derivatives of the pint glass, such as the unbreakable pint glass - on the basis of the original pint glass, there is an additional ring of protrusions, the advantage of easy to hold in the hand, not easy to get rid of the hand, so it is called "unbreakable". "

When a pint glass is not broken, it is not broken.

It is also easier to remove when multiple glasses are stacked. They are particularly common in American bars. The pint glass has an enlarged mouth, which is great for drinking.

Wheat Cup

As the name suggests, this glass is used to drink all kinds of wheat beer, so in fact, the shape also carries so much wheat feeling, slender cup shape, in the abdomen there is a waist curve.

Convenient to hold and drink, but also conducive to observe the color of wheat beer.

Pilsner glasses

Pilsner glasses are also one of the most common glasses, usually long and thin, wide at the top and thin at the bottom, which can show the aroma of the beer well, and at the same time, the long and thin shape is very suitable for drinking, and easy to observe the clarity and color of the beer.

It also holds a nice foamy shape well, and is named for the pilsner style of beer it was first used to drink. It differs from wheat beers in that it doesn't have a girth curve.

IPA Mug

The classic shape of this one is unforgettable, with a thin, short bottom and what would be a wide top. It's a great structure to hold in your hand for easy sipping and won't slip out of your hand even when you're drunk, and the wide top is great for retaining more foam, a type of cup that's only been invented in the last few years.

The heavy body of the glass is especially good for India Pale Ales; some people have found that it's also good for Seltzer beers.

In addition to these glasses,

there are also narrow-mouthed glasses, flute-shaped glasses, chalices ......

Summary of beer glass types

Pick the right glass for the craft brew you're holding and enjoy them!

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