Can the choice of beer mug be so varied?
We all know that different kinds of wine need different glasses, but did you know that different kinds of beer need different kinds of glasses? Most people are under the impression that draft glasses are the standard of beer, but in fact, draft glasses are just one of many types of beer glasses.
Beer glasses will be divided into different types according to the shape, cup wall thickness, choose the appropriate beer glasses, different styles, brands of beer, often can better reflect its flavor and characteristics, so choose the right glass is also a key step to drink beer.
Today I will give you a list of some common beer glasses:
1. Draft beer cups
Features: Large, thick, heavy, with a handle of the cup, no matter what shape, what capacity, is very strong, convenient to clink glasses, long time to hold the hand because of the thick cup wall does not affect the low temperature of beer, very suitable for free drinking. It is also the main recommended beer mug today.
Applicable beer: American, German, European, and most of the world’s beer.
The reason why it is named for draft beer cup must also be used for and draft beer, draft beer is a kind of natural, no pigment, no preservatives, no sugar, without any flavor of quality wine, so the taste is more fresh and pure. While ordinary canned beer is not made of pure wheat and barley, many beers can be called “industrial beer”, such beer impurities are very much, so the need to filter, so draft beer naturally became a lot of wine friends in the heart of the white moon.
2. Straight cup
Characteristics: A very traditional German-style straight glass, basically a long, thin cylinder, used to hold thoroughly fermented beer. This glass can be used to observe the bubbling inside the beer and drink more freely.
Applicable beers: Czech Pilsen beer, German underfermented beer, Belgium Farro, mixed beer, fruit beer, German Bock strong beer, etc.
3. Pint glasses
Features: Close to cylindrical shape with mild vertebral characteristics, the mouth will be slightly larger, close to the mouth of the cup has a circle of protrusions, easy to grasp, protrusions can also help the foam and the aroma of the wine itself to retain longer.
Beer: English Ale, India Pale Ale, American India Pale Ale, American Pale Ale, etc., all work well with this pint glass, as do many strange, upfermented old beers.
4. Pearson Cup
Features: It is thin and long, with a small conical bottom, and the wall is relatively thin, because it emphasizes the view of Pearson’s crystal clear color, and the process of bubbles rising, and the wide mouth is to preserve the appropriate foam layer at the top, and ensure its retention time, basically in line with the original design intention of Pearson, clear, golden, bubbly, suitable for drinking.
Suitable beer: Pearson beer, because the golden body of Pearson beer is best reflected in the glass, American pale beer, like German under fermented beer, European pale beer, this glass shape is also suitable for drinking beer freely.
5. Wheat beer mugs
Features: The wheat cup is a German wheat beer style beer cup, the shape is close to the shape of wheat, slender, narrow bottom, wide head, opening and closing, emphasizing the cloud appearance and color of wheat beer itself, the top of the big opening is small to let more foam to stay on, while wheat beer unique fruit flavor. With this glass, you don’t have to worry about a sip of beer will drink foam, as long as you confidently lift the glass, the liquor will flow into your mouth, and the foam will not go in too much, if not at all, the premise is to drink the glass boldly.
Suitable for beer: this type of cup is less applicable, German wheat beer, semi-yeast type wheat beer, wheat stout, strong wheat, and so on are suitable, there is part of the American wheat beer.
6. Black beer mugs
Features: The shape of the cup is similar to a mushroom cloud, short at the bottom and wide at the top, which is a very convenient handheld design. Moreover, the short design at the bottom allows you to observe the color of the stout itself, while the wide design at the top is designed to retain more foam.
Suitable beer: German underfermented stout, and some similar beers from other regions.
Drinking beer can be a fun thing with all these shapes in mind. Sometimes beer tastes bad because you didn’t choose the right shape.