subject: Pilsner Beer Glasses Are Created To Contribute To The Pleasure Of Your Beer [print this page] It would be perfectly reasonable to wonder why anyone would need pilsner beer glasses if you never drank or served a beer. It's true that sometimes a beer tastes just fine right out of the bottle. If that is the only way you ever drank a beer you might feel no need for glasses at all.
But experienced beer drinkers like experienced wine drinkers know that the right glassware can enhance the enjoyment of a beverage. Drinking champagne from a flute is different from drinking it from a coupe. There are reasons why people drink brandy from a snifter.
People who enjoy beer know that beers vary widely in all their characteristics. Glasses in different sizes and shapes can bring out the distinctive quality in each type of beer. Pilsner glasses are intentionally designed to display the light, clear lagers named for the city of Pilsen in Bohemia where these beers were first brewed. The first pilsner brewery was owned by the city and opened in 1839 in when the townspeople started rioting about bad beer.
The city fathers imported noble hops from Saaz, made use of the city's supply of extra soft spring water and adopted techniques developed by Bavarian brewers. They stored and fermented their beer at low temperatures. The result was a beer with a clear color and a clean taste.
Pilsner glasses come in a variety of shapes although they are usually tall and slender. They are usually tapered, narrow at the bottom and wider at the top. Some of them have stems. These enable the drinker to hold the glass without warming the contents. The standard pilsner glass is twelve ounces but they are also made in larger sizes.
The most popular beers in America are pilsner style lagers so it makes sense that anyone who drinks or serves American beers would need a good supply of pilsner glasses. Pilsner glasses can be personalized with monograms or team logos or they can be stamped with the name of the business where they will be used.
At least one company that makes pilsner glasses uses a special crystal. The crystal is made using titanium and zirconium instead of lead. This makes a clearer, brighter, sturdier crystal that makes a glass of lager even more inviting.
Another twist on the beverage-glass theme is the double wall pilsner glass. The two walls of the glass have a tiny air space in between them acting as an insulator. The insulation prevents the warmth of the drinkers hand from transferring to the beverage. The beer is kept cold and frothy. The double wall construction also keeps condensation from forming on the outside of the glass. The glass is comfortable to hold and leaves no moisture rings on the furniture.
