Weizen Glass
April 6, 2007 | 1 Comment
While in Las Vegas, my wife bought me a pair of beer glasses from Nine Fine Irishmen, which is a really cool pub in the New York-New York Hotel. They have an interesting curvy shape (like the one to the left), and in turn I was sure they had a specific purpose.
Enter Beer Advocate which explains:
Nothing beats serving your Weizenbier (wheat beer) in an authentic Bavarian Weizen Glass. These classy glasses, with their thin walls and length, showcase the beer’s color and allows for much headspace to contain the fluffy, sexy heads association with the style. Most are 0.5L in size, with slight variations in sizes. Forget the lemon garnish, the citric will kill the head.
Benefits: Specifically produced to take on volume and head, while locking in the banana-like and phenol aromas associated with the style.
Considering my favorite ales are invariably wheat beers or hefeweizens, I am now even more excited about my new glasses.
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