Beer glass

[Foxholer]

Next time you complain about the price of a pint, think about the overheads that have to be paid for. Like replacing stolen glasses.......

Er...They get (at least almost) all of them free!

So it's merely the inconvenience of getting them replaced that's involved! Pubs certainly break/dispose of far more than are stolen!

That said, I purchased the San Miguel ones that are my vessel of choice.

 

[oxymoron]

Er...They get (at least almost) all of them free!

So it's merely the inconvenience of getting them replaced that's involved! Pubs certainly break/dispose of far more than are stolen!

That said, I purchased the San Miguel ones that are my vessel of choice.

Are you sure about that ? My family used to run pubs untill about 7 years ago and unless things have changed we used to have to buy the glasses . That is the landlord run pubs i am on about, the managed houses were different but the brewery supplied them, so i guess you could say they paid for the glasses .

 

[chrisd]

I currently work at a club and, yes we do get some free glasses, but, when we sit down with the area rep and discuss freebies of all types, if we didn't have to regularly ask for more glasses we would be more able to talk about better prices etc which may be more beneficial to All of the members rather than just the thieves.

 

[Fish]

Are you sure about that ? My family used to run pubs untill about 7 years ago and unless things have changed we used to have to buy the glasses . That is the landlord run pubs i am on about, the managed houses were different but the brewery supplied them, so i guess you could say they paid for the glasses .

I play with quite a few publicans and they very rarely get any glasses Free now, not beer towels, mats etc.

 

[Kellfire]

I just know my two Cloudwater V3s will taste better in my Spieglau IPA glass than in my Gordon's thistle glass. But I did pay for them both.

 

[User20205]

It’s a volume based give away usually, in lieu of a actual discount. The amount that you get for free depends on volume sold. The issue is that the brands control the serving experience, eg if you order a San Miguel it must be in a san mig glass, this is a problem if someone has nicked them all.
Replacements in a given time period are chargeable unless there is a problem with the glass, or you’re Wetherspoons. Being nicked doesn’t include this.

Ultimately the cost of the glass is wrapped up in the cost of your pint, but I also think the breweries don’t mind em being nicked, it gets the brand out there to a degree. Publicans & bar staff will mind as it’s a pain for them if they’ve no Stella glasses left.

The glass will enhance the specific drink, it’s designed with the experience in mind, shape/nucleation stem/no stem all enhance taste/smell/carbonation, but also personal preference comes into. Some people just prefer a straight sided pint glass.

 

[Deleted Member 1156]

Er...They get (at least almost) all of them free!

I can't believe you just posted that. Do you think glasses appear like magic out of thin air? If the pub isn't paying for them then the brewery is and whoever picks up the tab, the cost still gets factored in somewhere to the price Joe Public pays for his pint

 

[Kellfire]

The glass will enhance the specific drink, it’s designed with the experience in mind, shape/nucleation stem/no stem all enhance taste/smell/carbonation, but also personal preference comes into. Some people just prefer a straight sided pint glass.

In beers such as macro, generic lagers like San Miguel and Stella their glass shape will not provide much difference if any to the experience. They're a branding rather than an attempt to alter the sensation of the beer to any perceivable degree for the average drinker.

 

[User20205]

In beers such as macro, generic lagers like San Miguel and Stella their glass shape will not provide much difference if any to the experience. They're a branding rather than an attempt to alter the sensation of the beer to any perceivable degree for the average drinker.

Shape enhances smell, the San Miguel glass mirrors a Bordeaux wine glass, designed with narrow rim relative to the body of the glass, this is proven in wine tasting, admittedly more subjective in beers

Your spiegelau glass or a Rastal Teku glass, employs the same principles.
The principles are proven, whether it enhances a San Miguel is entirely subjective, and yes distinct branding is the over riding driver behind their glass, but drink a San Miguel for the sake of argument, from a nucleated, stem glass with a narrow aperture and then from a ‘standard’ straight sided pint glass. The experience will be different.

 

[Kellfire]

Shape enhances smell, the San Miguel glass mirrors a Bordeaux wine glass, designed with narrow rim relative to the body of the glass, this is proven in wine tasting, admittedly more subjective in beers

Your spiegelau glass or a Rastal Teku glass, employs the same principles.
The principles are proven, whether it enhances a San Miguel is entirely subjective, and yes distinct branding is the over riding driver behind their glass, but drink a San Miguel for the sake of argument, from a nucleated, stem glass with a narrow aperture and then from a ‘standard’ straight sided pint glass. The experience will be different.

In those sorts of lagers there is very little aroma, beyond the chemically sensation given off by the cheap produce inside. I don't think any mainstream lagers have anything worth capturing in that regard. There'll be extra retention of carbonation, certainly, because as we all know fizzy lager is the mainstay of the every day pub drinker but for me it's definitely a marketing ploy ahead of any attempt to make for a good beer experience. If they wanted that, they'd brew good beers which they don't. It's acrid swill.


Spiegelau is my go to for IPAs for head retention and to capture the hop aroma. My Tekus are my go to for my big stouts and sours where I want more interaction between air and beer and where I'm happy for the temperature to rise a little more in the glass. I have schooners for when I have company as serving everyone in the same glass seems like a good host thing to do!

 

[User20205]

You can’t be too dismissive of the mainstream lager, consider them a gateway drug. no one starts on a sour beer unless they were born with a beard & riding a micro scooter.
It’s only a small jump from San Miguel to an IPA after which the world is your lobster.
Carling drinkers on the other hand ......

 

[Kellfire]

You can’t be too dismissive of the mainstream lager, consider them a gateway drug. no one starts on a sour beer unless they were born with a beard & riding a micro scooter.
It’s only a small jump from San Miguel to an IPA after which the world is your lobster.
Carling drinkers on the other hand ......

Haha, I actually used to drink San Miguel and Kronanberg but my gateway beer was Franziskaner.

San Miguel is nothing like any decent IPA I've ever had. San Miguel, as a lager, is supposed to taste clean and malt driven. An IPA by definition should be influenced hugely by hops - whether that's mainly for bitterness in a west coast IPA, or for juicy, haziness in an east coast.

 

[Deleted member 1418]

IMO if you cannot drink a beer in less than 10 seconds then you shouldn't be drinking them at all and should probably be drinking wine!! 😉😂

 

[patricks148]

I have a fair few Belgian Trappist ale Goblets, paid for every one of them.

The beer does taste better out of its own glass as as far as i can tell with these types of beer.

 

[Kellfire]

I have a fair few Belgian Trappist ale Goblets, paid for every one of them.

The beer does taste better out of its own glass as as far as i can tell with these types of beer.

There's a certain element of "drinking with your eyes" that adds to the experience. Drinking a Kwak from the correct paraphernalia is an experient. I have a couple of trappist glasses but I want to get them all. My Westmalle ones are spilling machines!

 

[User20205]

It is interesting though, the beer choices that people make. This is completely off topic!! I don’t profess to be any kind of expert on beer, but I’m driven by taste
I have always drunk historically a stronger European lager as the cheaper, weaker stuff, is just that. I would have a pint of best occasionally, king & Barnes, hogsback were always favourites, however warm beer put me off them slightly. I reckon I moved onto an IPA because I was looking for more taste than something like San Miguel would give me. The move is pretty easy in some pubs because of the branding & the taps being close together.
I still would go back to lager occasionally but the more (perceived) craft options, but my drink of choice would now be IPA, my current issue being too much choice!! Lagunitas were the last I tried, that I quite liked. Also tried some red church sour beer, that I wasn’t fussed by.
I’d recommend anyone who usually orders lager to trade up. One of the many IPAs being a starting point

 

[Kellfire]

It is interesting though, the beer choices that people make. This is completely off topic!! I don’t profess to be any kind of expert on beer, but I’m driven by taste
I have always drunk historically a stronger European lager as the cheaper, weaker stuff, is just that. I would have a pint of best occasionally, king & Barnes, hogsback were always favourites, however warm beer put me off them slightly. I reckon I moved onto an IPA because I was looking for more taste than something like San Miguel would give me. The move is pretty easy in some pubs because of the branding & the taps being close together.
I still would go back to lager occasionally but the more (perceived) craft options, but my drink of choice would now be IPA, my current issue being too much choice!! Lagunitas were the last I tried, that I quite liked. Also tried some red church sour beer, that I wasn’t fussed by.
I’d recommend anyone who usually orders lager to trade up. One of the many IPAs being a starting point

Right now, any of the Cloudwater, Verdant, Magic Rock, Northern Monk, Black Iris (could go on FOREVER) IPAs will tickle my taste buds. Lagunitas is one I enjoyed in the past but it's normally too old and poorly kept and loses its hop characteristics.


If you aren't already on it, you should get Untappd, an app to track the beers you drink and you can use it to find beers, see their ratings etc. Really handy.

 

[Fish]

I've arranged a 'Beer tasting evening' at my club in a few weeks where a local micro brewery is supplying us with beers to taste :cheers:

 

[richart]

Why would you want to?


2 - Does drinking San Miguel from a San Miguel glass make it taste any better than say from a glass bought from Ikeas

. No but it tastes better drinking it in Spain.:cheers:

It is stealing. Do those that think it is not just walk out holding the glass aloft, or do they hide it somewhere hoping to not get caught ?

 

[Kellfire]

I've arranged a 'Beer tasting evening' at my club in a few weeks where a local micro brewery is supplying us with beers to taste :cheers:

Now that is a good golf club event! What is the brewery, out of interest?

Twisted Barrel are from Coventry and have done some stunning beers recently.