Everything in it's right glass

steveland?

Is anyone else, like me, very fussy about the glasses they drink a drink in...

I know most people will say it's the liquid inside that matters but it always bugs me when I get a pint of Bud or something in a poxy stacker glass...

Bud glass all the way for Budweiser... it just tastes wrong from any other glass...

I brought a load of promotional glasses home from work today and their correspoding alcaholic beverages to enjoy

Got a lovely Hoegaarden glass, a wine-glass-esque Leffe glass, a tall Weistephaner glass and a gold coloured rimmed Tiger glass for this evening...

This is to go along with my collection of Starbrono, Franziskanner, Kronenburg, Bud, Miller, Bass, Carlsberg etc glasses that I don't have room for...

So, anyone else a glass nazi?

Zaph

TBH, all the widely available draught beers taste exactly the same no matter what you drink them from. I drink Heineken when I'm out, and I don't care what it's served to me in, as long as it's a pint glass. However, at the more specialised end of the market many of the glasses are designed to enhance the flavour and smell of the beer. The Belgian beers are the most obvious example of this, with the likes of Leffe, Duvel and Chimay having their own goblet style glasses to allow the right amount of head on the beer to be retained.

steveland?

I missed my chance the other day to get this deadly Erdinger Oktoberfest goblet in work...

We got two in but they were both "claimed" before I got in

Seriously though I can taste a difference between Budweiser in a Heineken glass and Bud in a Bud glass...

Could just be a touch of OCD though... I can also only drink out of a glass between the two logos with the datestamp on the opposite side to my mouth...

Zaph

steveland? wrote:

Could just be a touch of OCD though... I can also only drink out of a glass between the two logos with the datestamp on the opposite side to my mouth...

Could be a touch of OCD?

Oriel

Ohhh, I'm exactly the same. When I get a pint of Guinness is a generic pint glass, I'm tempted to send it back saying "Sorry, I ordered a pint of Gunniess!
Fair enough, if they have no other glass then that's fine, I'm not going to take it out on the bar staff, but it's when the ***** couldn't be arsed to reach that few feet further to get the proper glass...

But, get this - I worked in a hotel bar, and a guy I worked with always poured every pint into a standard pint glass, until I told/asked him just to put the extra effort in. Two weeks later, a guy came up and asked for 2 pints of Bass, so, folloing my advice, he served them in Bass glasses. The guy then handed a token for a free party keg of Beer! He was a representative from Bass giving free kegs to people who poured beer in the proper glasses!

I was working that night too... that was not nice.

S.

steveland?

Yeh we used to have the Bass rep in all the time when I was working in a pub and he used to buy a pint for each of the bar staff in the bar (not the lounge... haha, screw you and your room to manouver) whenever we served him a pint of Bass in an unbranded glass (we never had Bass glasses at the time, wonder what we would've gotten if we had ...)

OT, I remember at Christmas a couple of years ago a rep was in and asked for a pint of lager, he started pulling a pint of Carlsberg and the rep said "It's a pity, if you'd poured a pint of Heineken you'd have gotten a free tray of cans", yer man said "This isn't for you" and poured out a pint of Heineken afterwards

Got his tray and all...

Talliesin

steveland? wrote:

Bud glass all the way for Budweiser... it just tastes wrong from any other glass...

Is there a shape of glass that would make it taste like beer?

Blub2k4

Talliesin wrote:

Is there a shape of glass that would make it taste like beer?

I was just thinking the same, but there is no such glass I fear

bonkey

steveland? wrote:

Is anyone else, like me, very fussy about the glasses they drink a drink in.
.....
So, anyone else a glass nazi?

Absolutely.

I insist my glass be clean, unchipped, and not filled with some muck like Bud

Seriously though....the only drink where I'd I have any sort of glassism is whisk(e)y, and even then its not really that important.

Oh...hang on...thats not true. There's two others...

Champagne must be in a flute, and wine should be in a wine-glass of some description.

jc

JungleBunny

I hate it when you order a shot and they give it to you in a tall glass.
Who serves shots in tall glasses? That's what shot-glasses are there for or am I wrong?
Can't drink shots in Dublin coz nobody serves them in shot-glasses.

Any why can most places not serve Martinis in Martini-glasses??? (used to love that stuff)
Makes perfect sense to me?!?!

WizZard

I too am a glass Nazi. I used to hate when I got served Guinness in a stacker, and have sent it back. That used to lead to some fun.

I also hate being served red wine in a white wine glass, and vice versa.

Tazz T

I hate getting Guinness served in a Bulmers glass. It's just... ugh... nasty.

Beruthiel

Talliesin wrote:

Is there a shape of glass that would make it taste like beer?

lol
that's exactly what I was thinking

yes
I am also a glass nazi,
wines shoud be in wine glasses
shots in the little tiny shot glasses
martinis in the med size glasses
etc....

Talliesin

WizZard wrote:

I also hate being served red wine in a white wine glass, and vice versa.

That's a much more extreme case than the wrong sort of pint glass.

WizZard

Talliesin wrote:

That's a much more extreme case than the wrong sort of pint glass.

Depends on how you look at it I suppose

Bateman

Wouldn't say I am a glass nazi, but I do like to collect glasses, and I do like to drink from the glass that the makers intend.

Incidentally, I also collect shotglasses with football crests on them.

garthv

Id drink wine out of a plastic cup tbh...
Glasses dont bother me unless its Guinness. A pint of Guinness has to be in a Guinness glass or else its not a pint of Guiness

rubadub

As long as it is a tulip pint glass I am grand, the stacking ones are acceptable if it is busy, but never put guinness in a stacking pint glass.
Never a glass that bud has contaminated either, I'd sooner drink from a toilet bowl that doesnt flush in a pub serving free gone off madras.

Vordaci

Wn i was 15 i was in France nd my uncle brought me over 2 his drinks cabinet. He showed me all de diff glassed; brandy, wine, pint etc. Ever since then my drinks MUST be in the correct glass or in a bottle disguised by a brown paperbag.

rubadub

Vordaci wrote:

MUST be in the correct glass or in a bottle disguised by a brown paperbag.

i remember in college on special weeks or days (eg science "day") they would have private security firms in to spot people drinking outside or in the wrong place. We would sit with whiskey and coke in tea cups near the cafe, they never copped it, 3 hours later a bunch of lads flaming drunk singing while sipping their magical tea

Thraktor

Speaking of which, does anyone know any places around dublin that actually serve cocktails in those proper triangular glasses? I'm not much of a cocktail drinker myself, but on the odd occasions that I've gone for one, it's never been served to me in anything remotely resembling what I would call a cocktail glass, which really ruins all the fun of ordering a martini, to be honest with you.

steveland?

I think Q Bar serve them in cocktail glasses, but that'd require crossing the threshold of that kip... (imo )

Dollymount House were giving us cocktails in cocktail glasses one time but only ever seen them in cocktail glasses once...

Stench Blossoms

I worked in a bar when i was younger and i was told (only about guiness though) that if you poured it in anything other than a guiness glass and a rep seen it the bar was fined.

Maybe they were pulling my leg but i never had to pull pints so i don't see why they'd lie..

Sleepy

I was once ordered to stop pouring Guinness into tulip glasses and use the nonics instead :eek:

Found out later it was because I was getting more tips from the regulars than anyone else and there were only about twenty tulips in the bar

And yes, I'm a complete glass nazi, first thing I bought when I moved into this house was a set of decent red wine glasses

garthv

orla wrote:

I worked in a bar when i was younger and i was told (only about guiness though) that if you poured it in anything other than a guiness glass and a rep seen it the bar was fined.

The bar isnt fined but when the guinness rep sees guinness being poured into a guinness glass its like a bonus point for the bar. They get free glasses and cheaper kegs and the like

Stench Blossoms

GaRtH_V wrote:

The bar isnt fined but when the guinness rep sees guinness being poured into a guinness glass its like a bonus point for the bar. They get free glasses and cheaper kegs and the like

cool.. thanks for clearing that up for me.

pickarooney

It depends on the drink for me. If it's Belgian, it has to be in the right glass. I have pretty much all the glasses corresponding to the Belgian beers on sale, so I might as well use them.
Oi loikes me Kwak glass, Oi does.

Civilian_Target

To be honest, as long as it comes in a glass I'm not worried. But drinking beer from the bottle really annoys me...

Chris P Duck

I never really thought about it until I read this thread. I was on friday night and noticed that my pint of Murphys came in a Murphys glass and my mates pints of Guinness and Budweiser came in their proper glasses. Then on saturday I was drinking in a different pub and the drink came in a generic glass. It was just not the same. It did not feel right or something.

rubadub

Civilian_Target wrote:

But drinking beer from the bottle really annoys me...

Why? the rats pissing on bottles thing?
I always drink from the bottle with normal longnecks, keeps the carbonation better.

OldSoak

I'm a passionate glass-nazi; but my particular vice is wine glasses (not being a brew drinker). There is an Austrian glass maker called Reidel who make a different shape and size of glass for nearly every type of wine - and in most cases it really does make a difference!

A glass is designed to bring out the best in what you drink - be it capturing the full aromas of a vintage cognac in a big bowl of a glass, or allowing a full-bodied chunky red wine to mellow up with some air contact, or showing off the beauty of champagne in a long flute with a tiny flaw at the base to make the bubbles stream in ribbons.

The only rule is: don't drink in coloured glasses! You should always see what you are drinking.

As for plastic... don't make me weep. If you are drinking to enjoy the beverage, you'd sooner throw it away than drink it in plastic.

Enii

Can't stand when pubs give cocktails in the wrong glasses. A cosmo served in any other glass than a martini glass is not a cosmo. If you don't have the glass, don't put the drink on the menu!

noby

If I'm out, and my pint comes with the correct logo on it, that's fine and all. But it's not crucial to the enjoyment of the pint.
I'd be more concerned about getting the correct glass for a wheat beer or the like.

At home I have a small but growing collection of glasses.
It does add to the occasion if, say, you drink your bitter from a dimpled mug, or your pilsener from a proper glass.

Until I get my hands on a set of goblets, I drink my Belgian beers (Chimay etc.) from a wine or brandy glass.

I haven't got a chance to get to Lidl yet this week, but they have Okto glasses in since Monday. I'm hoping to get a set of 500ml maB (sp), and a few 1 litre ones, for those special occasions!

amp

I feel odd drinking whiskey if it's not in a heavy tumbler. Obviously shot-glasses are the best for Tequila. Aside from this, if there's no practical advantage to a non standard glass then I don't care. I have drunken wine from a mug and it tasted the same.

kenmc

pickarooney wrote:

It depends on the drink for me. If it's Belgian, it has to be in the right glass. I have pretty much all the glasses corresponding to the Belgian beers on sale, so I might as well use them.
Oi loikes me Kwak glass, Oi does.

Aye, Kwak glasses are cool. I'm terrified of dropping it and smashing it when washing though....
I've got loads of hoegaarden and juliper glasses I bought in t'Drankurgels before coming home. And I "acquired" a couple of erdinger glasses one night from town. And pint-size Hoegaarden. And I got a free Delerium Tremens with a 4 pack in Barcelona. And I've got Duvel and Guinness and Becks, and 4 little .25 Heinken glasses. Not to mention 6 tiger beer steins.
I like collecting them. Can't wait till I go travelling to Asia next year!!!!

StupidLikeAFox

I always get tequila in the narrow slim jims for some reason. I'd actually prefer it to shot glasses (even though i am shottin it)

And also, guinness never tasted right from a girls glass.....

Sarky

I once tried Guinness in an Erdinger glass. It was quite nice, for canned Guinness.

Generally, I try to get the right glass for the drink. I'll certainly ask the bar staff for one. It does improve the taste. I find this particularly true for weissbiers in tall thin glasses.

And, well, Kwak just wouldn't be the same.

technobob

fav glasse have to be the newer hour glass heineken ones and my hoegaarden half pints, managed to get all the half pint hoegaarden glasses that came to work and the last batch of nice jameson slim jims.

have a vast vast collection of glasses from working.
nice half pint erdinger ones too.



still cant beat the old breo ones though.......


on the branded glass issue, it always pays off to use the proper glass, one of my workmates got €60 for pouring bulmers in a bulmers pint the other day.

ferdi

i cant believe people like this actually exist! most of the time i drink my beer/spirit+mixer out of a coffee plunger beaker. get over it folks!!!!

technobob

you wouldn't drink stella from a teacup would you?

ferdi

i just plain wouldnt drink stella

kenmc

ferdi wrote:

i just plain wouldnt drink stella

Thats the spirit! If only there were more people like this.....
When you look at all the other beautiful Belgian beers, it blows my mind why people are willing to settle for this horse-p|ss and think that they're being sophisticated by drinking "foreign" beers...