Pet Peeve: Glassware

What's wrong with a solo cup? lol

 

By far the best piece of glassware that I own!

 

They're bad for the environment, cheap, and you can play games with them... Beer is serious business. You didn't get the memo?

 

I normally go in the kitchen and "get a beer" when I'm at the house (referring to a single 12oz can or bottle, whether poured into a glass or not), or ask for "a {insert-beer-name-here}" when I'm at a restaurant or bar. Sometimes I'll ask how big the glass is for clarification to determine whether it's worth the price asked, and if it's 16 ounces, well then I guess it's a [U.S.] pint--but I'm still likely to order "another {insert-beer-name-here}", not "another pint".

I ask for a specific beer/product; not a serving size. This is primarily because sizes can vary, but I still like to know how much it costs and for what amount of beer. If served a bottle, you'll probably get the ubiquitous 12-ounce bottle poured into a 16-ounce U.S. shaker pint, but if the beer is draught you might get a bit more lucky and receive a decent pour that's closer to an actual pint. The only two things I make sure to clarify are that I do NOT want a chilled glass, and no citrus fruit!

 

I drink just about all my beer from Snifters, Tulips, and Balloon glasses. Doesn't matter what brand or style that's just my preferance. I really don't think it should bother anyone if I'm drinking a kolsch out of an oversized snifter.

 

I don't think Thorpe has posted in this thread yet, but he must seriously have over 1000 glasses. I swear every single beer I ever seen him check in on Untappd has been in the correct glassware. It blows my mind. Mike, don't know how you do it

 

I've noticed that too.
I did alright by OP's standards yesterday, even gave him a shout out.

 

My wife just bought me this for fathers day, but I am still just going to mix and match beers with the wrong style glasses.....

http://retail.libbey.com/Products/Beverageware/Craft-Brews-6pc-Set

 

Yeah, but it's like the old saying "Even a broken clock is right twice a day". If you use the same glass every time, you're gonna match up eventually

And sorry for shouting you out again Thorpe, but even the bottle opener matched yesterday!!

 

I own about 150 different logoed glasses (not counting a few dozen duplicates) and whenever possible I use the correct glass but often that is not possible, there are too many breweries and I drink way way too much (cough sputter). In the case that I don't have the exact right glass with the exact right logo, it goes into a tulip, cerviose or a style specific appropriate glass. For photos of the correct beer in the correct glass follow me on twitter @drabmuh, just a feed of my glassware collection and a bunch of beer in it.

 

I get that. I wouldn't say I have that pet peeve necessarily, but I get it.

 

I'd whole heartedy agree with you if this wasn't the internet.

But I totally understand how that could be a pet peeve.

 

Haha. I rarely use the branded glass of whatever brewery I happen to be drinking. In fact, I get more use out of my perfect pint than pretty much any other glass(it's why I have four). I'll just grab a random snifter or tulip if I know I don't have that brewery's glass. I take a picture of pretty much every beer I drink, and only very rarely do I care what the glass says.

Just to annoy the OP:

 

Got one from my mom last chistmas, I was super happy to finally have a nonic. Getting good mileage on those?