Comments on: Beer – how do you like yours?

By: knit nurse

knit nurse — Thu, 27 May 2010 11:53:11 +0000

Our local in New Cross serves ale in jug glasses, but I’m afraid I always have to ask for a straight one as I find the jug glasses too heavy for my RSI-plagued wrists. As for serving temperature, bang on with ‘cool’ room temperature although some summer beers do survive being chilled and some even benefit from it.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Tue, 04 May 2010 14:12:25 +0000

There is also a certain meaty satisfaction from drinking a good strong ale from a ‘jug’, a thick-walled, handled glass. Ignoring the fact that you feel more like a Real Ale Drinker, the limited contact with your hands prevents temperature changes taking place so rapidly, and most are manufactured with the pint line well below the rim to give you a good amount of head without detracting from the measure of the actual drink.

Sadly, they are something of a collector’s item in my local pubs, and most are stolen within a week of being ordered in.

By: The Ginger Gourmand

The Ginger Gourmand — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 15:53:20 +0000

Who says you can’t have lots of different beer glasses at home…??!! I may possibly have a (way too) small collection of glasses for some of my favourite Belgian beers – Westmalle Triple, Duvel, Kasteel…

I took to drinking ales out of wine glasses a few summers ago. It’s looks a bit poncy, but tastes a million times better than out of a standard pint pot. I very much doubt I’d do it in a pub though (oh, except for that time when I ordered a Leffe but they had no Leffe glasses so I asked for a wine glass…you can’t drink a Leffe out of a half pint pot can you?!).

By: patrick Carpenter

patrick Carpenter — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 09:48:23 +0000

I agree, decent beer, like decent wine, deserves appropriate glasses and serving at appropriate temperature. Before seeing your post I wrote about beers and food etc this morning: http://patrickcarpenter.blogspot.com/2010/04/blind-beer-tasting.html
By the way, I like ordering Bitter and Twisted

By: jamesramsden

jamesramsden — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 07:12:33 +0000

In reply to Nibbles. So what did hubby think of his new beer glass? I bet he was outraged!

By: jamesramsden

jamesramsden — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 16:40:31 +0000

In reply to Ralph Ferrett. No I like those too. I find they take the fizz out of it a bit so it slips down a treat.

By: Nibbles

Nibbles — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 16:10:54 +0000

Cool idea. I’ll try pouring hubby’s beer into a wine glass tonight. Let you know how it goes…

By: Ralph Ferrett

Ralph Ferrett — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 15:59:47 +0000

I really like the tall thin, but widening at the top glasses you get with Wheatbeer…

Not sure if it makes the stuff taste nicer but it looks cool…

By: katieanneharrison

katieanneharrison — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 14:42:14 +0000

Me too.

By: jamesramsden

jamesramsden — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 14:33:22 +0000

In reply to katieanneharrison. I first started drinking Black Sheep because I always found it hysterically funny to order 'a pint of sheep'. I was a simple teenager.