Beer?

[slowmotion]

Despite what @meta lon and @slowmotion think - those are proper beer glasses. These new-fangled straight things are not the same at all. They were only introduced to save the breweries money on on breakages. Bah humbug.

I have a terrible aversion to dimple glasses. I sat nursing a broken heart at the end of Blackpool Pier in 1972 with pint of Worthinton E ( or was it Double Diamond) in my hand. It was the low point of my life. Lost love, Blackpool...and the prospect of a journey northwards to the land of Tennants' Lager Lovelies. Shudder.

Straight glasses are wonderful. The poncy curved things that have sprung up of late were introduced because the pub industry realised that people downed pints faster if they couldn't gauge the level of beer in the sloping sides of the glass. Here's a proper thin glass, second from left.

 

[slowmotion]

WTF????

 

[vernon]

Catch up time.

Alaskan Brewery's American pale ale. Lacking body but a great thirst quencher.

Going to the Sun IPA. Brewed to be consumed within Glacier National Park. Nicely hopped, refreshing and more-ish. Wish that I'd bought more.

Hefe something or other beer. Possibly a wheat beer. Was pleasant, light and vmuch like a typical weissebeer.

 

[Aperitif]

V V.
A crafty cap, the last one, Vernon. Worktops are bottom of the table performers, although the middle one shows signs of life and could do well with the injection of a bit of character into the side...

 

[GrumpyGregry]

This is my Danish drink-at-home bottled beer of choice, shown alongside to essentials for my current job

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Whilst this...

is the beer brewed closest to where I'm billeted and this expression is actually named after the street I'm staying on which gives it's name to the neighbourhood. The back of the label has a short history lesson on it. Islands Brygge being Iceland Quay or Iceland Dock in translation. And that isn't a plastic cup, it is actually ceramic. The apartment doesn't have any 'pint' glasses dimpled or not

 

[User169]

Whilst this...

is the beer brewed closest to where I'm billeted and this expression is actually named after the street I'm staying on which gives it's name to the neighbourhood. The back of the label has a short history lesson on it. Islands Brygge being Iceland Quay or Iceland Dock in translation. And that isn't a plastic cup, it is actually ceramic. The apartment doesn't have any 'pint' glasses dimpled or not

Amager make a lot of lovely brews: Wookie IPA, Rugporter and Mr & Mrs Fredriksen - yum!

 

[User169]

IPA glass..

 

[nickyboy]

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I have a terrible aversion to dimple glasses. I sat nursing a broken heart at the end of Blackpool Pier in 1972 with pint of Worthinton E ( or was it Double Diamond) in my hand. It was the low point of my life. Lost love, Blackpool...and the prospect of a journey northwards to the land of Tennants' Lager Lovelies. Shudder.

Straight glasses are wonderful. The poncy curved things that have sprung up of late were introduced because the pub industry realised that people downed pints faster if they couldn't gauge the level of beer in the sloping sides of the glass. Here's a proper thin glass, second from left.

Glasses 1 and 3 are good. 2 is rubbish and I can't even bring myself to comment on 4

 

[nickyboy]

My order of preference would be 2,3,1,4

3.1.2.4

2 is just cheapo old skool and reminds me of too many skanky pubs I used to drink in in my youth. Glad we agree on 4 which is an abomination

 

[threebikesmcginty]

I'd use glass 1, the others only under sufferance.

 

[Chromatic]

My preference is, starting from the left, the order in which they shown: 1. 2. 3. 4.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Amager make a lot of lovely brews: Wookie IPA, Rugporter and Mr & Mrs Fredriksen - yum!

I prefer Norrebro but the locl supertmarket doesn't have their black stuff in bottles. The Bryggens Blond was a moment of weakness!

and that IPA glass reminds me of... well... ahem... how to put it... a butt plug

 

[rich p]

I had a couple of points of this hoppy ale from Horsham - local to me.
A really lovely, light drink. Too easy to glug if you're not going to be able to have an afternoon nap

 

[rich p]

BTW, two other things.
The pub where I drank the above defaults to dimpled jugs - I have to work fast to correct them. Tossers.

The other thing is that I had another Icelandic White beer that I dissed a while ago, and it's not as dull as I thought. Possibly a bit subtle for my ageing tastebuds but better than I suggested. I noticed today that Majestic are now flogging it so there's a bit of marketing going on.


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