Traditional beer glassware

You find one I'll flip you a few beers. They're like no kidding expensive, and they're usually Michelob glass.

My beer glass purge is usually accidental, they fall over and break.

 

My cousin has a Schlitz goblet at his desk at work.

 

Steal it, ship it to me and il send you beer. After all he's only a cousin.

 

I did put a smiley face in there, but seriously, lol.

 

That's different, I like it.

 

I was gifted a large collection of beer glasses before I was even into beer. Even a couple of homemade Passglas' made it into my collection. If Im trying to snob it up I drink the beer in the glass it's designed for

 

Well then. I wonder where the pilsner glass I posted originated?

 

I think you missed the point (and some of the actual words) of the OP.

 

Well, since it isn't from the states I'd have to guess half litre or litre.

 

I have an identicle goblet like that but its Schlitz branded

 

He's only a second cousin.

It's possible it's widely used somewhere in Germany, I'm not as well traveled over there as some, or obviously, those who live there.

Even in the Czech Republic (where the Pilsner originated) there appears to be different glassware. For example, here's my Pilsner Urquell glass...



And then I've seen many Czech beers served in these types of mugs...or similar mugs. Pilsner Urquell also has a couple branded mugs that are similar.



If I had to guess, the glass you referenced might have been popularized in the US at some point. But I'm just guessing.

@jesskidden, @steveh

@nc41!

 

Oof. That Pilsner Urquell glass is very handsome.

 

Ya, I love it.

A good percentage of my Pilsners go into that glass. For the most part I have lots of glassware because I think it looks cool to have a beer in a branded glass, or the same style as the one the brewer uses. And if you google most German/Czech Pilsners you'll notice many of them have their beers in similar glasses. That or mugs. For example Rothaus...

 

I've seen them at a few spots around Germany, but the Becher seems more popular.

 

I recall the Willi Becher for some of my Helles in Munich. It’s also what I drink my Helles out of at home. That or a mug.

 

Well, I'd call that glass @HorseheadsHophead posted a slight variation of the classic "footed pilsner" (since there are a number of other "pilsner" glasses --- but glass terminology is not set in stone and can vary from country to country*, brewer to brewer, mfg to mfg, etc., even though modern beer writers want to think the names they use are the recognized standard.)

Here are some images from Pilsner Urquell US ads in the mid-30s and (right) a coaster, a few years after Repeal.


I'd also say that because a brewer currently uses a particular glass or glasses, that it's a leap to claim it is their or a country's standard.

I probably have Pilsner Uquell glasses and mugs of a half different designs, including some footed pilsners, an elongated sham pilsner, a mug and a few tulips. ("Sham" in glass manufacturer terminology doesn't mean "fake", it refers to solid thick glass "bulb" that forms the base of some glasses - like the Miller sham pilsner in the center pic of my post #6 above).

No idea where the footed pilsner glass originated.
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* For instance, in the UK and Ireland, this is a "tulip":



Guinness 20oz Tulip Glass

 

All of this kind of sums up my main point. In that the "pilsner flute" (that's what I've seen it called more often than not), that @HorseheadsHophead referenced isn't necessarily a classic, nor is it widely used today. At least not in Germany/the Czech Republic.

You mentioned the "sham pilsner", and this is what made me think that the "flute pilsner" might have originated in the US. They look similar. I've always associated them with adjunct lagers such as those from Bud/Schlitz/Miller/Coors...etc.

The "footed pilsner" has a small stem, so I've always felt this is a slightly different style of glassware.

 

As my avatar can attest to, we Reenactors still love a good drinking horn! Unfortunately for modern use, beer tends to nucleate all over the inside of a horn, producing a massive head. This makes filling a horn properly take a while, and you still end up with completely uncarbonated beer in the end.