HOP-HEAD
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Any thoughts/opinions on the Sam Adams "Ultimate Beer Glass".... anyone try a set?
Taking your money....it's their job...
I have one, its not bad, but I prefer my Duvel tulip glass. The tulip seems to accent the aroma of most beers more.
Like this?
If so, I like it.
I was skeptical when I first saw a picture of the glass. It reminded me of the old phrase that "a camel is a horse designed by a committee".
Totally agreed. I think they are inexcusably ugly, so despite the neato laser-etchings, I will never buy one.
I really like the SA glass. I hate the logo on it and plan to remove it once I get rid of my laziness toward that project.
The duvel glass is too large and cumbersome to use on all beers, and a wine glass is to fragile. For 80% of beers we drink the pint is the best container.
I don't need to ogle it for its inner beauty, I just want to drink it.
I too am a glass snob, so I here where you are coming from. I prefer a nonic just because they look cooler and feel better in the hand.
I think most American beers tyles are best out of a standard pint, nonic or shaker. The simplicity, straight-forwardness, and proper heft of the glass is the best imo.
If it is something special, or has a particular quality that should be showcased, then I agree the proper glassware should be employed. But 80% of beers aren't that, they are Am. ambers, browns, pales, etc. Those go straight to a pint in my house.
I have also taken lately to using ceramic and pewter mugs more often. I like the feel, and for a beer I have drank a few times, I don't need to ogle it for its inner beauty, I just want to drink it.
I really like the SA glass. I hate the logo on it and plan to remove it once I get rid of my laziness toward that project.
I beg to differ. Glassware influences the perception of the aroma and flavor of beer and these glasses are no exception.I have one. It doesn't make the beer taste better.
What can I say...I love 'em. I don't think I've used another glass since I got mine. They really do enhance the beer to me but this is a taste thing and everybody's tastes are different.
I'm a simple beer drinker ... nothing fru fru for me. I have two pewter tankards that I bought with me from the UK. One courtesy of Wadworths brewery in Wiltshire and the other a present .... these work fine for my drinking habit. And if they are in the wash ... well I've got a few pub mugs to go on with.
I've only had them a couple of weeks.But.....If you are using those glasses exclusively, then you are probably tweaking your recipes to suit your tastes while using that particular glass. If you using, say, a nonic all the time, maybe your recipes would be very slightly different to be in tune with that glass? If that were the case, then it would be the beer that makes the real difference, and not the glass.
Simple beer drinkers run down to the store to buy cheap beer. If you make your own beer you are anything BUT a simple beer drinker imo. Making your own beer is about as fru fru as it gets.I'm a simple beer drinker ... nothing fru fru for me.
Good info. For those that haven't tried them...the bubbles from the etching on the bottom of the SA glasses I have are nowhere near the size of the bubbles from a typical weizen glass. And even typ weizen glasses don't noticeably make a beer go flat...not even .5 L ones that I may not kill that fast. The etching in these SA glasses I have is very light and the bubbles are very tiny.Detailed opinion/tasting thread from almost two years ago:
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f14/beauty-bunk-lets-put-new-sam-adams-glass-task-34559/
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