Cool Glassware, Mt. Hood Pint Glass

https://www.kickstarter.com/project...Feb+05&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter

Got this in an email from Kickstarter today.

I'm a backer now! Supposed to ship in June.

Man I would love to get a few of those since my Blonde Ale is hopped exclusively with Mt. Hood hops, but I can't justify dropping $70 on 2 glasses.

It is kinda cool though. The light shining through that beer makes it look like the surface of Venus!

Seems to be plenty of nucleation point in that glass.

I really like the glass and I lived in Portland but $35 is a lot for a glass

I loved their generic not-really-saying-anything "Risks and Challenges" statement. I think their biggest risk is charging $35 for a glass...

So they have raised about $350K. WOW!

I would love one of these, but not for $35. $15...maybe...

unionrdr said:

It is kinda cool though. The light shining through that beer makes it look like the surface of Venus!

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There's a Uranus joke in there somewhere, but I haven't brewed a smoky porter in some time.

Cool glass, but I agree the price is a bit hefty.

It's an awesome looking glass, but my single glass cost limit is about 20 bucks below their price point.

I checked in on this thing again. I guess all the complaints about the price haven't held true to all the contributors in the kickstarter. They are up to 395K raised on a 15K kickstarter. This to me is simply amazing for the development of a single glass style.

The other thing that drives up the price is that they are hand made blown glass.

jimyson said:

I checked in on this thing again. I guess all the complaints about the price haven't held true to all the contributors in the kickstarter. They are up to 395K raised on a 15K kickstarter. This to me is simply amazing for the development of a single glass style.

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I think they are probably in for some severe growing pains trying to fill all these orders...but good for them! Those are pretty damn cool.

They want to make glasses for all regions. Funny that there are already a ton on the market for Central Indiana...
Yup... about as flat as they come.

Brettomomyces said:

I think they are probably in for some severe growing pains trying to fill all these orders...but good for them! Those are pretty damn cool.

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I added up all the rewards for June delivery: 7,549 glasses. Assuming 10 minutes per glass for creation (I've never blown glass, but that sounds like a low estimate) that would be 1,258 hours. I think they're going to find out why you don't see large production runs of hand-blown glassware.

Love it!

But I'm not paying 50 bucks to get a pint glass, coaster and shipping.


I'd pay up to 20 dollars for the pint glass though.