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Scientific American Examines The Beer Glass

August 22, 2011 By Jay Brooks

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Scientific American posted an interesting article this morning entitled Does Your Beer Glass Matter?. Part of their “Anthropology in Practice” section, in it author Krystal D’Costa takes a look at the beer glass through history from early man up to the recent new glass designed by the Boston Beer Co. for their Samuel Adams Lager.

Filed Under: Beers, Just For Fun Tagged With: Glassware, History, Science



Comments

  1. jesskidden says

    August 23, 2011 at 2:41 am

    The section on 20th century beer glasses (starting with the paragraph “The 1920’s…” [which was the Prohibition era in the US] and it’s 10-sided mug, dimpled mug and up to the discussion of the unnamed “Nonic”) seems simply cribbed from a UK source, and has no relevance to the common US beer glasses -or elsewhere in the world for that matter- of the era discussed.

    Also, the concept that the “standard” pint glass “…leaves enough space for a nice head” is laughable – since one of the many negatives of the shaker pint is that is leaves NO space for the head- not if one expect 16 ounces of beer when they order a pint.

  2. The Professor says

    August 23, 2011 at 11:13 am

    The only beer glass that matters is one that doesn’t leak.

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