{"id":185,"date":"2014-04-10T09:17:19","date_gmt":"2014-04-10T09:17:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.friendsofglass.com\/gb\/design-gb\/a-toast-to-glass\/1"},"modified":"2024-08-28T06:46:47","modified_gmt":"2024-08-28T06:46:47","slug":"a-toast-to-glass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendsofglass.com\/uk\/stories\/a-toast-to-glass\/","title":{"rendered":"A Toast to Glass!"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n
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From William Shakespeare to Benjamin Franklin \u2013 and, of course, Homer Simpson \u2013 great men have exalted the virtues of beer for as long as it\u2019s been around. Which, to be fair, is a very long time \u2013 about 3,000 years. Craft beer sales are growing steadily as younger generations are experimenting with traditional recipes to create new and exciting flavours and styles. But what really makes beer\u2019s flavours sing? Believe it or not, the shape of your glass has a lot to do with it.<\/p>\n

When you pour beer into a glass it allows its natural aromas to release and travel up to your nose better. Aroma plays a huge role in how we taste (as we all know from nursing head colds), and drinking it straight from the bottle or can limits the beer taste significantly.<\/p>\n

Pouring your beer into a glass also allows you to \u201ceat\u201d the beer with your eyes as well.\u00a0 Because of glass\u2019 natural transparent property, you can accurately gauge the colour and therefore the maltiness of it. The texture and thickness of the head will also be a clear sign about the creaminess and mouth-feel of your beer. For wheat beers especially, a Weissbier glass is needed as it was specifically designed to trap the yeast sediment which occurs naturally at the bottom.<\/p>\n

Beer is no longer your cheap last resort either. Hair of the Dog Brewery in Portland, Oregon brews a beer so rare and sought after that it carries a $2,000 price tag. Brewed in 1998, this traditional barleywine\u00a0 won a local beer competition and it\u2019s notarity has only grown since then. The U.S. isn\u2019t the only country diving into specialty beers. The Scottish brewery BrewDog\u2019s End of History sold for \u00a3475 per bottle; and Nail Brewing in Perth, Australia made a beer that was auctioned for $1,944.<\/p>\n

What type of beer glass do you usually use? Share with us on our Facebook<\/a> or tweet us at @FriendsofGlass<\/a><\/p>\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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