Bring your own glassware?

I have brought one of those plastic imploding fold cups to bbqs lol but no glass.

 

I have friends that are sober.

 

Can't say I ever have. I won't really drink out of a bottle (cans are okiedokie if I'm on the go), but a solo cup is good enough for me if I'm out with others.

 

If I know I'm going to have to drink out of plastic or something like juice glass at their house, I either will not bring any craft beer, or I would bring my own glass.

 

I have a buddy who made me a hand blown tulip glass and his twin brother made me a padded, felt lined birdseye maple case for it.

: Any clean glass will do, especially an old McDonald's Hamburglar glass.

 

I have a couple times when going to a friend's house knowing we were going to be busting into several big 22's, and the number of people out-numbered the number of snifters he had. And I asked if he wanted me to before I did so.

I would never, ever, ever casually bring a glass to anything where it hadn't been explicitly asked. Especially a single glass for my own personal use. it absolutely reeks of beer elitism.

On a related note: I went to a party once and some guy had brought a bottle of Abyss. He walked around all night drinking it and did not offer a single other guest even a taste. I've never identified with the "just drink a damn bud" crowd so much in my life.

 

Depends on the situation and the beer in question. But I generally don't hang out with people who get offended at the fact I brought a snifter and won't be using their shaker pint. Those don't sound like people I'd want to hang out with anyway.

 

I use to do it. Dont anymore because a while ago I just started leaving a glass behind. Problem solved!!! BTW I do wash it dry it and put it away for them.

 

Nah. I don't really have any close friends who drink exclusively non-craft beer (there's "mostly/entirely craft" friends and "both craft and macro" friends and "no beer at all" friends, but no macro-only, at least not any I know well enough to expect to randomly be invited over by), but even if I did, most people -- beer drinkers or not -- have some sort of glass in their cabinet, even if it's not a beer-specific one. I know I drank my first Stone IPA out of an old E.T. glass at my mom's house, and it was just as good as the ones I had in my pint glasses back home later -- any glass/cup is better than none at all. Even a red plastic cup is probably going to be a lot better than straight-from-the-bottle just because you can smell the beer that way, since smell and taste are so closely connected and all.

I'd rather not drink straight out of the bottle/can if I can avoid it, but most good beer is still going to be pretty good from the bottle/can, even if it's not as great as it would've been from a glass.

 

I wouldn't. Only time I have brought cups was when bringing Homebrew to share I have a series of little sample cups to distribute and share.

 

Considering I drank a Backwoods Bastard straight out of the bottle at a recent party, I'd have to say no. The thought of bringing my own glass, let alone a specialized glass like a tulip, to any party has never crossed my mind.

 

Nope. I grab a shaker pint if available, if not drink from the bottle or can.

A minor inconvenience easily outweighs making a friend or host feel like I'm too good for his glass selection or lack there of.

 

I do not. Most non-craft drinkers will have a wineglass I can use. If not... it's just one night and a few beers. If you don't have proper glassware that one time, well... you probably will survive.

 

If I go to my non craft drinking friends place I just take what I know they drink usually budweiser/light. When they come to my house I try and share my crafts with them

 

A pint glass is fine----or even the bottle. I'll reserve the more serious work for home.....now if they somehow pull out a Thomas Hardy's that was laying around in the fridge for a decade I might reconsider, but a simple glass is fine.

 

I brought my own glass to a bar I used to be a regular at because they only had shakers. The bartender kept it stashed away just for me

 

For everyone saying they wont drink out of a plastic cup, why not just drink out of the bottle or can? It won't kill you to do so every once in awhile.

 

Nah - I'll use any reasonable glassware on hand or just drink from the bottle/can.