Tulip VS Pint Glass

Tulips/Snifters can be pints. Bars should list their pour sizes on the menu. These aren't mutually exclusive issues. At my bar we list pour sizes and try to fit glassware to style. I don't want a shaker pint of saison, but a tulip pint for a lower ABV version would be appropriate. Also, by us, we tend to do pour sizes by keg sizes. Sixtels (which includes most saisons outside of year rounds like Stone or Allagash) usually will get a 12 oz pour, in appropriate glassware for the style.

 

most places i visit have higher abv drinks in a tulip or snifter depending style

 

where I work, & most places with a brain, list sizes on their menu (providing the draft list is big enough to allot a menu) so you know what youre getting ahead of time. Also keep an eye out for hangers on tap handles; youll know when you see em, but they generally represent a higher grav beer/smaller pour (at least here in NC)

 

Definitely style dependent. Gotta get that nose to pop. I've seen some places not only list the pour size , but even list the glassware it will be served in, so that's always helpful.

 

Like previously stated, glassware is about beer style, not exclusively ABV / availability. Shaker pints really are not great for serving anything though, with the exception of adjunct lagers.

Most of the bars/breweries I frequent in Colorado include pour size and serving glass on the menu.

 

All beers should be poured in 1 liter steins with a handy, hinged, pewter lid, period. Oh, and at pint prices. Except Utopias, perhaps.

 

Hate the shaker glass. Worst way to serve beer. I will ask for a wine glass before I use a shaker. Btw - micro scratches occur in shaker glasses as they get older and get stacked at bars, microbes (not the good ones) start to live in those scratches.

 

http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/101/glassware/

 

Huh? In what way is there a relationship, in your view, between the size of a keg and the appropriate pour size? Like others have said, ABV, rare/limited, high $/oz beers, these are the ones that should get smaller pour sizes. There's plenty of regular 5%-6% beers that come in sixtels.

 

I can see the correlation if you assume that they are only getting sixtels of the limited beers/high ABV etc. Sure, plenty of mainstream beers are available in sixtels but those are usually for small parties and not beer bars.

 

I'm not sure if this is what he means or if he's aware of it but I'm sure many bars use smaller pours for sixtels for two reasons. First is that they are trying to get more pours out of the keg = more money. And second they are trying to make up for the fact that sixtels are more expensive per ounce than halves.

 

If bars are doing this then they should expect consumer discontent. Many beers come in both 1/2 and 1/6 barrels, how is the consumer supposed to know which on the bar has? If they're going to do this I'd expect them to explicitly list the pour size, just like BKBassist said they do at his bar.

 

Many bars have high abv% beers in an 8oz tulip. It meant to curb the effects of alcohol on your system. There's a huge difference between 6 Bud Lights and 6 quads. No bar wants to be liable for your drunk ass.

 

At home I basically pour everything in my tulip. But I was surprised when I was at a bar recently and got my 3% Berliner Weiss in one. And since it was a black berliner, people assumed I was drinking an imperial stout or something

 

A black Berliner? who makes that?? And, for that matter, what the hell is it?

 

Bars need to have fill lines like they do in Europe. I'm tired of ordering a "pint" that's only a pint if it's filled to the rim of the glass and spilling over the sides. The standard tumbler pint is the perfect size for 12oz beers, and if you actually want 16oz with an appreciable head and stuff like that, the glass needs to get bigger.

I'm not sure why US consumers are so willing to be possibly duped by pour sizes. If there's a fill line and the bottom of the head hits that line, you know you're getting exactly how much beer you paid for.

 

It was by Destihl...I enjoyed it. The dark malt adds another dimension...I enjoyed it. But then again Berliners just seem to hit the spot here in AZ once we start hitting triple digits

 

Any of the craft places I go to with regularity specify the pour amount on the menu with the price. I may prefer a different glass but I'm not surprised or feel cheated when I get my beer since I know the expectation before I ordered.