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Every style of beer has its own glass: finding the perfect match for your favorite drink

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It would seem that there is no difference: beer is beer in any glass, and you can pour it in a glass cutter - the essence does not change. It turns out that there is a difference: every kind of beer has its own peculiarities, and a competently chosen shape of the container contributes to the proper disclosure of taste and aroma of a particular kind, as well as retention of foam - in the way it was conceived by the manufacturer. This is an important nuance, because the foam cap works like a lid, preserving all the useful substances and taste nuances of your favorite drink.

Today there are dozens of forms of glasses for different kinds of beer. Some appeared centuries ago, others - invented not so long ago, but in any case - so far these are the best of the existing options. And now - more details.

From pint to tulip

The pint is perhaps the most popular glass seen in bars around the world. It is handy, practical, easy to clean, and holds almost half a liter of drink (0.47 in the U.S. and 0.56 in Britain). Suitable for such varieties as pale, amber and brown ales, IPAs, stouts, porter, light lagers, English bitters and others.

Pilsner is usually poured in special glasses, narrow and tall, which better retain the foam and organic matter inside the drink. The container is suitable for any kind of pilsner - American, Baltic, German, Czech.

Snifter - a glass with a specific round shape - originally used for cognac and brandy. The container allows you to retain the aroma and enhance the smell of hops while drinking. Snifter is suitable for such varieties as Belgian tripel and quadrupel, Bock beers, imperial stouts, ales and porter, as well as for all varieties with a strength above 7 %.

The tulip glass is shaped like a famous flower and is most often used for Belgian ales and fruit lambics. From a regular beer mug you can drink American, German and English ales and lagers. The chalice-like goblet glass promotes long standing foam and is suitable for those drinks that are drunk in large sips. These are Belgian dubels, tripels and quadrupels, imperial stouts and German sides. But a glass called stenge retains not only the foam but also the flavor, and is therefore ideal for drinking bok, German kölsch, gose, gueuze.

Finally, the Weizen Glasse, a glass from Bavaria, thanks to its narrow shape and ability to retain the foam and aroma for a long time, is ideal for drinking gose as well as dark and light wheat ales.

You can order your favorite foamy drink in the right glass in the beer restaurant Come to any of our brasserie and get maximum pleasure from the rest!

 

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