Nucleated Tasting Glasses

[Homercidal]

How does this work? Do the ridges in the bottom of the glass serve as more "jumping off" points for bubbles at the bottom?

Yes.

10 chars FTW

 

[earlytimes]

I was just thinking about this the other day. I enjoy drinking out of my etched glasses more than the non-etched glasses and was thinking of how I could etch my own. the first thought was a screw or nail or something and going ape-shoot on the bottom of the glass, but I soon realized that was a dumb idea. Then I remembered that I bought a small dremel-like rotary tool a few years back that I haven't used yet. I bet with the proper tip on it it would scratch up the bottom of the glass. It might be ugly, but I bet it would work. I'll try it this weekend and let you know how it goes.

 

[Hoosierbrewer]

I might try that also. I think I have a sanding bit for a dremmel. if it works, it may not be a bad idea for a coupld of glasses.

 

[Hoosierbrewer]

So I took a Dremmel and a thin drill bit. I scratched the suface of the bototm of a glass. I made sure the bottom was wet with water and I had to push hard to see the scratch. I then rinse the glass well and filled with my American Wheat. The spot where the scratches were continuously released bubbles. I decided to leave about 3 ounces of beer in the glass for about 20 minutes. It was still carbonated.

 

[IrregularPulse]

So I took a glass into work to etch the bottom inside with my brew logo. After discussing with the sample guys there we decided NOT A GOOD IDEA with a standard Co2 laser. It causes tiny micro-fractures and would be fine unless I wanted to actually drink out of it afterwards without ingesting tiny glass shards! I'm sure this isn't how these guys are doing it, but I am not able to do it the lasers I have available like I was hoping.

 

[bottleopener]

Of course you should glass. What are you talking about?

 

[BigKahuna]

So I took a Dremmel and a thin drill bit. I scratched the suface of the bototm of a glass.

I tried this....no better beer, but it scratches the hell out of the table now. Thanks guys.

 

[GloHoppa]

I have the Sam Adams glasses, and theyre really nice for serving beer. However, if I want to release the CO2 and the hop aromas/fruity esters, I am gonna go the path of least resistance and im just gonna swirl the beer in my glass and shove my nose in it...even with my SA glasses!

 

[earlytimes]

Well, I got my dremmel tool out this weekend as well. I carved a crude smiley face in the bottom of one of my glasses. I washed it and rinsed it out real well afterwards and then poured in an APA. You should have seen this thing bubble. It was glorious! I'd never seen anything like it in my life! It literally created a vortex of bubbles in my glass immediately after pouring. I had a bubble tornado in my beer glass! It was one of the coolest things I ever saw in my life!:rockin:
(not really, but it was still pretty cool)

Anyway, I had a nice healthy head on my beer for the duration of my drinking it. Then I rinsed it out and poured in another beer. This time - nothing. nada. zilch. well, there were maybe a couple of bubbles, but nothing like before. After that beer, I not only rinsed it, but washed it by hand, and poured another beer. Again - nothing. Fast forward to today. I got it out of the dishwasher where it had been washed and dried. Poured my Irish Red into it and it was bubbling like crazy again. Finished that and poured myself another - nothing.

What's going on here? Can anyone exlpain this? Why is only the first beer affected?

Regardless, this improved my drinking experience, so I will be doing this to all my plain glasses and would recommend it to everyone.

 

[Hoosierbrewer]

I noticed the same thing. I put mine in the dishwasher yesterday and took it out. It bubbled. I thin poured another glass and not much at all. It still had some, just not as much.

I was impressed though (first pour) that it kept my beer carbonated for longer.