Let's talk beer glasses...

[Dude]

I like certain styles of glasses....just for the cool factor.

Saw a style that I guess is English--but not positive on the name of it. I believe it is called a nonik....but not sure.

It looks like this:

What is the background on this? I typically only see them with English style pale ales....

What is the bulge there for? Aesthetics only?

 

[the_bird]

I thought the bulge (hehe, "bulge") was there to make it less apt to nick if you knocked it over.

EDIT:
From Wikipedia's entry on pint glasses...

"Conical" glasses are shaped, as the name suggests, as an inverted truncated cone around six inches tall and tapering by about an inch in diameter over its height. More often than not, the glass bulges out a couple of inches from the top; this is partly for improved grip, and partly to prevent the glasses from sticking together when stacked.This style of bulged conical glass is often termed "nonic" by suppliers[1]. This is the most common type of pint glass found in UK pubs.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pint_glass

 

[magno]

I think that they stack better with the bulges, as well as look cool.

- magno

 

[robnog]

I always heard that one of the reasons was that it allowed for stacking without the glasses sticking together. It's also easier to hold than a straight sided glass.

Note: I've never heard this from a reliable source, so it could be just another urban legend.

 

[Denny's Evil Concoctions]

Actually the bulge is [also] for hanging the glasses between two suspended rods above the bar.

An English Pub "Pint" glass. Also made by the French. They're hard to acquire. I see them less and less at pubs. There was one place online that was selling them for $8.00 usd a glass. If anyone finds a cheap source for these, please let me know!

Libbey glasware makes a american sized pint version of these for fairly cheap.


[EDIT:] Apprantly libbey makes the big ones now too.
http://www.restockit.com/20-Oz-English-Pub-Glass-Heat-Treated--(14801HTLIB)---ON-SALE-TODAY!.html

The authenic ones are 20oz and come from Britain or france and are stamped with the size on the bottom.

 

[Ryanh1801]

That is definitely one of my fav. styles of glass.

 

[Dude]

Interesting...thanks everyone. I wiki'd nonik and didn't come up with anything....

I need to get some of these, preferably with my logo on it.

 

[the_bird]

Interesting...thanks everyone. I wiki'd nonik and didn't come up with anything....

I need to get some of these, preferably with my logo on it.

That's 'cause you've got to spell it correctly

 

[user 574]

I got one of those 20oz one's Don't even know where I got it from but it's a Bass logo'd one. Nice glass, only I get to use

 

[Lil' Sparky]

I thought for a minute you were talking about the kind of beer glasses where the more you drink, the better ugly women look through your "beer glasses".

 

[ill.literate]

I thought those were known as beer goggles Sparky

 

[Denny's Evil Concoctions]

Damn it. Libbey only retails "sets" to the general public. Not much offered. There food service operators catalog though is very nice. But you have to order those through a distributer and in sets of 36!

http://www.restaurantsource.net/prodDetail.cfm/131343,Pub Glass 20 oz 3 Dz.,MX2

Cheapest I've seen yet. Hey, maybe we could organize some sort of HBT glassware resell thing? And perhaps a HBT english pub glass with the HBT logo on it could be sold to rasie money for the website?

 

[jdoiv]

Check this site out Dude. They'll even put your logo on the glasses.

http://www.pubglasses.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=PG&Product_Code=14UNB&Category_Code=BST

 

[BierMuncher]

Leave it to Jim Koch (or one of his minions) to take the beer glass to another level.

 

[Ryan_PA]

Check this site out Dude. They'll even put your logo on the glasses.

http://www.pubglasses.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=PG&Product_Code=14UNB&Category_Code=BST

Beat me too it. I have been meaning to put in an order there for a while.

FWIW, I have always referred to this glass as an imperial pint. I am not sure where or how I picked that up, but I was under the impression that was the proper term.

 

[jdoiv]

Beat me too it. I have been meaning to put in an order there for a while.

FWIW, I have always referred to this glass as an imperial pint. I am not sure where or how I picked that up, but I was under the impression that was the proper term.

That's what I thought they were called too. I like the ones with the GB weights and measure mark on it. Tells you exactly how much to pour and how much head you should have.

 

[Lil' Sparky]

I thought those were known as beer goggles Sparky

glasses... goggles... I'm also illiterate, so they mean the same thing to me.

 

[TheJadedDog]

Beat me too it. I have been meaning to put in an order there for a while.

FWIW, I have always referred to this glass as an imperial pint. I am not sure where or how I picked that up, but I was under the impression that was the proper term.

In the UK they are referred to as an Imperial Pint and contain the stamp of the royal family as assurance that they are the specified size (20oz). Here is a link for purchase:

http://www.pubglasses.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Category_Code=BST

I have 4 of these glasses and absolutely love them for drinking my traditional English ales.

 

[Baron von BeeGee]

Has anyone bought any of these Bodum glasses?:

I have some of the espresso glasses from this same line and they're awesome. But they were on a 50% off sale on Amazon...I haven't seen the beer glasses for that offer and they don't give them away.

 

[Dude]

Has anyone bought any of these Bodum glasses?:

I have some of the espresso glasses from this same line and they're awesome. But they were on a 50% off sale on Amazon...I haven't seen the beer glasses for that offer and they don't give them away.

I started a thread on those recently....I'm not reading good things about them. Supposedly they are made of stronger glass but are really fragile according to reviews.

Doubt I'm gonna fork out the bones for them now.

 

[Flyin' Lion]

Check this site out Dude. They'll even put your logo on the glasses.

http://www.pubglasses.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=PG&Product_Code=14UNB&Category_Code=BST

I've got four of these also, all it cost me was ingredients for a 5 gallon batch of heather ale (and sweat equity in brewing, bottling and transporting).

They're cool glasses to be sure, but I often grab one of my plastic (blasphemy) unbreakable glasses from Target for a pull on the ole' kegerator. Maybe I shouldn't have admitted that-please don't revoke my membership.

 

[Denny's Evil Concoctions]

Well, anywhere but the US a pint IS 20 oz's. lol. Thus, "English Pub Glass".

 

[eriktlupus]

here ya go dudehttp://www.h-e-d.co.uk/nonic-glass.htm
scroll all the way down
http://www.acemart.com/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=LIB14801:rockin:

 

[Kayos]

Leave it to Jim Koch (or one of his minions) to take the beer glass to another level.

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Got one of these from BevMo the other day. I like it a lot. The glass feels kind of thin, but curves perfectly to the lips.. Damn that sounded gay, huh?

 

[Mustangj]

Got one of these from BevMo the other day. I like it a lot. The glass feels kind of thin, but curves perfectly to the lips.. Damn that sounded gay, huh?

What is the name of this glass? Or can you post a link?

 

[Chrus]

I see them less and less at pubs. There was one place online that was selling them for $8.00 usd a glass. If anyone finds a cheap source for these, please let me know!

Any good pub down here in Oz that sells pints serves them in those glasses... really common down here.

And Ive said it before, and Ill say it again... the best way to get any beer glass you like is to take it from the pub... its the aussie way. The pubs in Oz expect you to take their glasses. Sure... they wont admit to it... but they do...

 

[Denny's Evil Concoctions]

**looks both ways** uhm..... thats how I got mine.

 

[fezzman]

Any good pub down here in Oz that sells pints serves them in those glasses... really common down here.

And Ive said it before, and Ill say it again... the best way to get any beer glass you like is to take it from the pub... its the aussie way. The pubs in Oz expect you to take their glasses. Sure... they wont admit to it... but they do...

We've bought glasses from pubs before if we see a 'special' one. I think the price pretty much depends on the 'tender's mood...usually under $2.

Now, those little 8oz Guinness glasses are a different story. The wife has a special fondness for those and *hangs head low* usually leaves the bar with a heavy purse. :cross:

 

[david_42]

I have a few noniks. Got them in 1978 when I was stationed in Antigua, TWA. For 25 cents US each. They are the only Imperial pints I have, even the Pinch pints are 16 oz.

 

[Rodge]

And Ive said it before, and Ill say it again... the best way to get any beer glass you like is to take it from the pub... its the aussie way. The pubs in Oz expect you to take their glasses. Sure... they wont admit to it... but they do...

So true my young friend. My finest glass comes from the local. Honestly who buys glasses