Bayernbiere Bought and Drunk

Oh, one more thing on that topic: Wirte who put their Kölsch in anything else than a Kölsch stange can be sued due to the Kölsch Konvention. It happened.
But in practice, I know of a few select places here and there who do it anyways, maybe for practicability reasons. For instance, a place in Bonn has a concert venue in the basement. Imagine when during a concert, a Köbes would run around through the masses with tiny 0.2 stangen. So they use (kölsch branded) mugs. Way better during a show.
At family gatherings, I myself use a 0,5l willybecher when a Pittermännchen Kölsch is there, mainly because I hate getting up all the time.
I used to get weird looks when I started doing it, but they know me by now...

 

IMO, Willi Becher glasses 'work' great for Fastenbier:

 

I dare say you'd all be horrified at what I drank a Celebrator out of yesterday.

 

I think unfiltered beers are great for the ceramic mug for this exact reason - they're "ugly" to look at anyway! ("ugly" is a bad word here, what I really mean is "not as pretty as the filtered stuff"). In fact...

...while I have yet to try my Willibecher with the Fastenbier, so far, after extensive testing, my Steinkrug is in the lead for "Best Fastenbier Vessel".

 

.........right now im drinking a Dunkles out of a trappist chalice.....so, nothing can frighten me.

 

It happens. Sometimes a man's just gotta feel Fancy.

 

I am curently drinking a Waldhaus pils out of one of the Cantillon wine-esque glass, so there's that...


@Lurchus are you in Bonn?

 

Urban Chestnut uses this type of glass for their Pilsners. I'd rather have a Becher glass.

 

Indeed, though it looks like Schneider got some knockoff Tekus

 

Yes, the best name I've seen for this is a Feku, but I stick to Fancy Pants Glass.

 

I've frequently referred to the Masskrug as a Fuku.

 

I'm ok with lower abv beers in nonics, dimpled mugs, tulip pints....etc. As far as I know the English only use these glasses and do not put their beers in snifters. I'm not sure where it originated, but if I had to guess, the "stronger beers need to go in a snifter" douche baggery is a US thing.

You could argue this stems from the Belgian's use of a chalice. But I'd also argue even though many of their beers are stronger, a beer such as a Rochefort (6, 8 or 10) is far more complex than a double IPA.

Again disclaimer: I use snifters for many beers, but it's more of a novelty rather than a requirement.

 

I'd say the Teku is the german douchebag nerd glass. Don't get me wrong, I own one and I love mine. I mainly drink wines from it. And yes it is good for tasting a lot of beers.
What irritates me though is how many new german wannabe nerds put anything in it, regardless of style,tradition, or even purpose- a simple Helles in a Teku during a drinking session feels wrong on so many levels!

Nope,Trier, not too far though.

 

If I was to speculate, I could find a lot of reasons for the high ABV beers being in snifters -- starting with Michael Jackson and ending at the U.S. drinking and driving laws -- with plenty of profit margin in-between to add to the rise in usage.

 

in my experience a lot of north german pubs (in towns where pils is the main drink) will use a tulip type glass for pilsners, berlin definitely, unless you specifically order a large one which will come in a variety of different mugs

 

Certainly where i'm from (northern England) you'll get a pint in a either a nonic or a shaker style pint glass, dimpled mugs are a strange one, they were seen as an "old man" glasses and still are amongst a lot of people but hipsters seem to like to use them in an ironic fashion aswell

 

This is the Spiegelau Pilsner glass:


Below is a photograph of my preferred Pilsner glass:

 

I can't remember what sort of glass was used in London when I ordered a German beer -- I don't believe it was an imperial pint, but I could be wrong.

 

So this glass -- pilsner or hefeweizen? I have a hard time telling the difference sometimes. At .99 cents at the local Goodwill, I wasn't going to quibble either way.

 

Traditionally, Weizen.