Know your Beer Glasses: # 5 The Pilsner Glass

Also known as a Pilsner Flute or Pokal, this glass is typically tall, slender and holds 12 ounces. The design (and capacity) allow the Pilsner's clarity and carbonation to fully observed and appreciated.  The wider mouth allows the aroma to escape as well as to retain a healthy head, while the narrow bottom forces aroma to your nose as you tip the glass back to sip.  A Pokal is a European Pilsner glass with a stem. 

Know your Beer Glasses: # 4 The Goblet

Also known as a Chalice (mostly due to recent Stella Artois advertisements), this glass will typically have a long stem, wide mouth and thick glass wall.  The stem allows you to keep a low grip, reducing heat transfer from your hand to the beer.  The thick glass only further assists in keep the beer contained within cold. The wide mouth is for healthy gulps.

The Goblet will typically have a sculptured stem or bottom (as pictured) while the Chalice will have other elaborate decorations such as a silver or gold laced rim. Perhaps the most "beautiful" thing about this glass isn't something that is typically seen or noticed.....this glass is usually scored/etched/scratched on the inside bottom which produces a steady stream of small bubbles (also known as a carbon dioxide nucleation point). The bubbles help maintain a healthy head on the beer, as well as a constant aroma!

Know your Beer Glasses: # 3 The Imperial Nonic

The bump you see towards the top of the glass improves the grip of the glass, prevents the glasses from sticking together when stacked and adds strength to the glass which reduces chipping (or, improving the chances there will be "no-nicks" on it). The standard measure of this glass is 20 oz. to accommodate beers with large crowning heads, and more beer in general (.  The head will typically start where the bump ends towards the top of the glass (about one inch from the top.

Know your Beer Glasses: # 2 The Shaker Pint

Although these glasses are easy to drink from, the wide mouth also allows the aroma and flavor of the beer to dissipate quickly.  


This type of glass became popular in bars due to its versatility.  As its name indicates, it was originally used as a "Shaker Glass", meaning that a bartender would pour liquor and mixers into it, attach a metal cup to the top of it, and shake up (mix) a cocktail.  Since many bars already had this glass in stock, they would also use it to serve beer in, and it quickly became known as a "Shaker Pint Glass".  At some bars, you may even notice they serve soft drinks it in!


The truth is, this type of glass is durable, fairly inexpensive to produce, easy to stack and you will see many breweries and restaurants put their logo all over them (souvenir "collector" cups).  Many people get the assumption that since a brewery would put their logo on such a glass, it is completely acceptable to drink their favorite brew out of them.  Although we have to admit that drinking out of this glass (or any glass for that matter) is better than drinking out of a bottle (or can), we also have to admit that you'll get a better experience by drinking your favorite brew out of the glass that compliments it best.  Unless your favorite brew is any one of the macro brewed "light"/"lite" beers (Miller, Budweiser, Coors, etc.), you shouldn't notice a big difference.

Know your Beer Glasses: # 1 The Weizen Glass

Sometimes called a Weizen Vase, this type of glass is typically used to serve wheat beers.  You may hear people talk about having too much head on a beer, but that's not always a bad thing.  One of the very purposes of this glass is to showcase the wheat beer's foamy head, which will contain most of the beer's aroma (this is the reason the glass has a wide mouth).


You may also notice that many wheat beers may be served with a garnish (Lemon for Hefeweizen's or the now infamous Orange wedge for Blue Moon Witbier).  We suggest you ask for your garnish on the side, as the citrus will undoubtedly begin to kill the head of the beer before you can actually enjoy all the great aroma's coming from it.  After the head dissipates a bit, then feel free to squeeze in that lemon or orange for a little extra kick of flavor.

The Beertenders "Cinco De Mayo Beer Contest"

Thank you for you interest in The Beertenders "Cinco De Mayo Beer Contest"!

Cinco De Mayo falls on a Saturday this year.  What better way to Celebrate the Mexican's unlikely victory over the French forces at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862 than with a bunch of FREE BEER!? Well, we're sure there are a few better ways, but few can be more entertaining....right?

We know that Cinco De Mayo has become a very festive holiday for our fellow beer lovers.  We thought we'd use Cinco De Mayo as a way to get our name out there....and that's where you can help! It might be a little bit of work, but don't worry, we'll try and make it worth your time.

Contest Rules

This contest will be held from April 13, 2012 - April 27, 2012.

1. "Like" us on Facebook;
2. "Share" our page on Facebook;
3. Get at least 10 of your friends to "Like" us on Facebook and post a message on our wall containing your name (so we know you referred them to us);
4. NOT NECESSARY BUT, we'd also appreciate it if you all followed us on Twitter;
5. Individuals who successfully get 10 friends to both "Like" us and post on our wall will be entered to win;
6.  Only "Likes" by friends received after April 13, 2012 will be credited towards your total (of 10);
7. Winner will be selected on or before May 1, 2012 and after April 28, 2012 by random drawing;
8. Contest will be canceled if The Beertenders Facebook page does not have at least 200 "likes" by April 27, 2012. We apologize for any inconvenience and will do the best to still award some type of prize to those eligible. 

The Prize

The winner of this contest will receive The Beertenders typical Catering Package which includes:

2 KEGS OF BEER!

 (Catered by The Beertenders)

GENEROUS SUPPLY OF PLASTIC CUPS

 (to actually drink the beer)

GENEROUS SUPPLY OF SNACKS

 (because you have to munch on something right?)

BEER PONG OFFICIATING SERVICES

(should the mood strike you to play a friendly game or two...and because your friend who is normally the referee is biased)

CLEAN UP SERVICE 

(because the last thing you want to do after partying, is clean)

 

Restrictions

1. Contest not open to current employees of The Beertenders, LLC;
2. Contest not open to anyone under the age of 21;
3. Contest not open to anyone living outside of Southern California.

Look, we aren't professionals at holding contests, but we will do our best to make this contest as fun as possible.  We hope you all understand that we are just doing what any start-up, small business would do, and that's try to get some marketing going, and gain customers (without breaking the bank). Good luck, and thank you for supporting us!

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