What makes one glass better than another?

Been there done that. The black sheep is your favourite, move on.

 

The one rejecting the water spots has glass that has been ionized by higher heat, and therefore less porous and having higher surface tension, repelling the water. This is total BS, made that up. Glass is glass, it's your imagination.

 

Is there a difference in how beer sticks or laces in them?

I have no idea why they do what they do, but my beer glasses seem to act a bit different with how much sticking/lacing they allow. I've not noticed them draining differently, save that the tulips tend to get a bit more residue on the lowest part of the lip where the water drains down.

I like the ionized heat theory.

 

Beers taste best in my Snorkel glass.

 

Not a student of glasses. I've had beer from a mason jar, a plastic mug, a stainless steel water bottle, a stoneware coffee mug, and it was all good to the last drop. Or even (GASP!) the bottle.

 

My best glass is the one that has beer in it.

 

I like my genesee tasting glass. It doesn't cheat me and it gives me two pours at least from every beer. It is called an hourglass. Lacing is better on it than on other tasting glasses It is wider at the top and lacing is better on it than on other tasting glasses because it is big enough for a drink not just a pour.

 

Shape of the glass is important, as is diameter of the top of the glass. This is because your olfactory sense involved when tasting beer, and the right glass can direct and concentrate the aroma to enhance the taste.

 

Interesting situation. No obvious solutions to it, nor tests I can think of to provide them. Perhaps try washing them all much more vigorously with stronger soap, and a much more vigorous rinse, and see what happens. Don't worry, being too clean and too well rinsed won't harm the glasses.

 

This is going to sound stupid, but weight and feel make a glass better to me. I have a lot of different goblets or "balloon" glasses, but my Delerium goblet is by far my favorite because it just feels perfect when I pick it up -- because it has a perfect weight to it and feels good in my hand.

I also used to love the hefe glass I had because even as a different shape, it just felt good when I picked it up, perfect weight distribution, etc. it's one of those things that is hard to describe but you just know when you have a great glass.

 

I have others, but have really settled on tulip and snifter style glasses even though they are "incorrect" for the stouts and porters I tend to favor.

 

Are you sure the problem is the glass and not the water.

 

I suspect it would be the make up of the glass itself which causes the water to cling.

 

PEBGAC