Does using the "wrong glass" pose any issues?

It was shut down because people were telling him the only way he could atone for such a sin is to commit ritual beer suicide and things along those lines. It was a very entertaining read while it was around.

 

I have a few favorite glasses that i use. In my mind a Tulip can be a great glass for any brew almost. Only thing I don't like out of a tulip is a kolsch or lager. Since those aren't my favorite styles I don't have to worry about it much!

 

I have to place myself in that column too, though I typically bring beers along with the glasses to share so at least I'm a well prepared generous nerd?

 

mason jar FTW!

seriously...

 

if you do a side-by-side tasting of the same beer in two significantly different glasses, you'll probably see that it does make a difference, but if you don't care enough to always use the right glassware then no one's going to hang you for it.

 

I'll typically drink almost everything out of a tulip glass or something similar. The only beers I don't drink out of a tulip are beers that I don't really care to think much about.

 

The best glass to use is the one in front of you, unless the person next to you has something better, then use theirs.

 

The only wrong glass is a bottle.

 

I do like to use approximately the right beer for the right glass. A pilsner glass for a lager, a tulip for an aromatic Belgian or beer of any kind, that sort of a thing. But I don't make too much of an issue out of it. After all if you're spending too much time worrying about the right glass, doesn't that take some of the fun out of enjoying your beer?

And I just realized I made a sort of a beer-esque anti condom argument.

 

Just drink everything from a beer bong, you can't go wrong.

 

Generally I drink my "better" beers from either a shaker pint or Tulip (either one of a selection of Duvel ones or Unibrau) I also do have a pretty good collection of other glasses, but unfortunately most of them are packed away at the moment.
I will occasionally drink right from the bottle, but only if it's an "everyday" beer / daily drinker type, and don't feel like getting a glass out.

 

And the snobs did GASP...

 

I'd drink all of my beer out of Star Wars Dixie cups if they still made them.

 

Using the wrong glass is like crossing the streams.

 

If there's such a thing as a glass for all beers, it's a Tulip. My Lost Abbey glasses, hence, get a real work out.

 

Eh, I just hate getting a chilled glass. Pisses me off every time. One time the waitress challenged me about it and said "you know you're supposed to drink it really cold- it's the only way it tastes good". Funny, I remember Two Hearted being pretty fucking awesome at any temp.

 

That being said, my Lost Abbey Teku glass is the new workhorse. Everything looks and tastes damn good from it.

 

Especially if said beer is an American Adjunct lager IMO. I have never noticed much variance in the way this style is presented period.

 

I think i need to pick one of these up!