The Guide to Beer Glasses

We’re far more interested in what’s inside our beer glassware than its design, but that hasn’t stopped us from filling up our cabinets with all manner of serving vessels for our favorite libations. In many cases, glassware has developed in tandem with beer styles and drinking particular beers gains an added dimension when you drink the right beer out of the right glass. Though some glass designs have developed only to achieve a certain visual aesthetic there’s usually more to the story. Most glassware features specific traits that highlight the unique characteristics of the beer style they were meant to hold.