Schooners - the beer glass

[balikian]

I live in Seattle, but find myself in Jasper, IN for a few weeks. Yesterday, my wife and I went to the nearby town of Ireland, IN just for something to kill time. How often can you say that you drove to Ireland? Anyway, we stop into this place to grab lunch and each order a crappy pint of beer, but it's hot and I finish mine before my wife does. I don't want another full pint, so I ordered a schooner. See, in the PNW, a schooner of beer is smaller than a pint. Maybe 10 fl. oz. Not so here. It's a large round, heavy glass on a stem. Maybe 22 oz.

I did some investigating to try to explain the difference but couldn't really find anything specific to the PNW. I'm running into problems searching as well because of the brewery in Seattle called schooner exact. Anyway, from what I can tell the only place a schooner glass is smaller than a pint is in Australia. As far as I know, the pacific northwest doesn't have strong ties to that area.

Can anyone fill in the gap about this? Just interested for some stupid reason.

 

[kh54s10]

Found this:

Newcastle Brown Ale is traditionally served in a half-pint glass called a schooner, or 'Geordie schooner'. In the United States, "schooner" refers to the shape of the glass (rounded with a short stem), rather than the capacity. It can range from 18 oz. (532 mL) to 32 oz. (946 mL).

 

[balikian]

Maybe the PNW schooner is a geordie schooner? I dunno. The glass looks nothing like the one pictured, though. No stem. It's almost like a very short weissbier glass. Actually searching for "Australian schooner beer glass" seemed to do the trick. Seems that it does come from Australia though their schooners seem to be 15 Oz. So maybe we have what they call a "pot" or a "middy" or even a "schooner" seems to be about 285ml. Still wonder why that exists in the PNW and why we don't use the general schooner glass associated with the US (and I think even Canada)

 

[Hanglow]

A schooner in the uk is 2/3 of an imperial pint (13 and a bit ozs/ 380ml or so)) It's been a legal measurement here for about five years or so, before that I think draught beer was only allowed to be sold by the half pint/pint

Not many places offer them but a lot of new craft places do as the beers tend to be stronger. It's not really enough to satisfy someone wanting a pint of bitter but it's better for a 7% IPA.

 

[triethylborane]

Rigazzi's in STL has 32oz fish bowl. Reminds me of the schooner.

 

[CGVT]

I grew up in Michigan. When I read your thread title, I immediately thought of the glass you show in your picture.

 

[betarhoalphadelta]

I grew up in Michigan. When I read your thread title, I immediately thought of the glass you show in your picture.

Same here. Went to college in Indiana and "Schooner night" at the bars was always that big round (very large) glass.

 

[Quadrupled]

Same here. Went to college in Indiana and "Schooner night" at the bars was always that big round (very large) glass.

Same again. Went to Purdue (West Lafayette, IN) - once you bought the schooner glass you could get a 32 oz fill for something like two bucks on schooner night.

 

[betarhoalphadelta]

Same again. Went to Purdue (West Lafayette, IN) - once you bought the schooner glass you could get a 32 oz fill for something like two bucks on schooner night.

Yep... I was there 1996-2000 (of legal drinking age 99-00). I forget the name of the bar at the time but it was the places way out on the west side of campus across from McCutcheon hall...

I still have my schooner, although it pretty much just sits in the cabinet now.

 

[triethylborane]

Another STL place, Lacledes skipped the schooner and just gave you a 50oz pitcher of beer. Damn boulevard wheat is so drinkable.

 

[Sailingeric]

Doing a quick google image search and it brings up your glass pic in question most often, which is not what I have always called a schooner. Now I must get some!

 

[Peruvian802]

While I lived in Seattle for 10 years, I am from 'back east' and currently live in New England. I've always referred to this as a schooner.

 

[Sailingeric]

While I lived in Seattle for 10 years, I am from 'back east' and currently live in New England. I've always referred to this as a schooner.

Same here

 

[Quadrupled]

Yep... I was there 1996-2000 (of legal drinking age 99-00). I forget the name of the bar at the time but it was the places way out on the west side of campus across from McCutcheon hall...

I still have my schooner, although it pretty much just sits in the cabinet now.

2001-2007 for graduate school.

Chumley's is where we'd go for the variety they offered - they had something like 50 taps but the $2 schooner fill was for domestics. I still have two schooners doing the same as yours.