I’ve written about glasses before, and at some point I’ll write about beer temperature, but it probably won’t come as a great surprise to anyone who has read this blog for any period of time that I don’t like frosted mugs. Frosted mugs result in a beer that’s too cold in the beginning followed by beer that’s cool but watered down. The plastic ones with the ice or insulating materials have similar problems, plus they are plastic, and I just hate to drink good beer out of plastic. That said, sometimes you’d like that lager to stay a little cooler, …read more

So, for those of you who enjoyed my post on beer glasses, I figured I’d pass on a tip. If you’re looking for those nifty branded glasses, a place called Straubs in New Hampshire seems to have an over-the-top awesome selection, as well as a number of different sets for those who hate to make decisions. The set names have to be taken with a grain of salt (only two of the glasses in the so-called Munich set, pictured above, are actually from a Munich brewery, and it’s a Munich brewery only in spirit), but they are cool glasses.
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I’m a pain in the ass about beer glasses, I admit it. Not only do I (strongly) prefer my beer from a glass, I prefer it from the correct glass as well. My wife has grumbled at me in the past because, having switched from a Pilsner to a Munich Helles, I also switched from the already dirty glass to a brand new, clean glass.
In my defense, I have gotten better about it. During those summer backyard barbecues I happily dug an overly-cold beer out of the barrel of ice, popped off the top, and drank my beer like …read more