Frozen Frosted Beer Glasses
 

It seems like whenever I order a bottled beer at a bar or restaurant, they bring me a 12-ounce, frozen frosted glass. So, I guess I am supposed to pour the entire bottle into the glass and be happy that they chilled the glass for me. This happens everywhere I go. Personally, I don't like large frosted glasses for drinking beer. I never drink beer that way at home. So, I have learned to specifically ask for a non-frosted, small glass instead of the large frosted type. I was just wondering if I am the only one who prefers to drink beer from a non-frosted glass.

You are not the only one.

A frosted glass maybe for a root beer float but a cold beer out of a chilled bottle is Americana at its finest

I don't mind a frosted beer glass, just as long as it's not a mug. Not crazy about mugs and steins.

i drink beer warm, cold, bottles, mugs, whatever.
I just don't drink beer in the winter, its a seasonal beverage for April through October.
You are not alone, but definitely unique

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Beer!
Frosted glasses?
Sacrilege!
Sounds like that Lager stuff, not real beer.
Cheers :beer3:

Wondering why you only pour beer in small amounts? Most bars have specific bar ware for different types of beer that will enhance the pour. I keep only IPA glasses in freezer, because a citrus beer can be better colder, sometimes I put Pilsner beer glasses in the freezer

Obviously, you are much more sophisticated than I am about beer. Many years ago, beer was never served with a large or frosted glass. They always gave you a small glass, which I prefer.

Experts can make anything more complicated :-)

Types of beer glasses

Note that some restaurants are using a glass that looks like a pint glass, but it is actually only 12 ounces. Shrinkflation?

The iced mug comes from recommended serving temperature for American Mainstream Light Lagers is 33-40.


Proper Beer Serving Temperatures - American Homebrewers Association

General Serving Temperature Rules:

All beers should be served between 38-55° F.

Lagers are served colder than ales.
Stronger beers are served warmer than weaker beers.

Darker beers are served warmer than lighter beers.

Macro lagers are served as cold as the Rockies.

Serve beers a few degrees colder than the target temperature, to accommodate for warming from the glass and the drinker’s hands.

Seeing the boot in your message reminded me of a trip we took to Lisbon, Portugal. I ordered a beer and the waiter asked if I wanted the boot. Said sure, why not? Out came a glass boot that had to contain at least a liter of beer. Needless to say that I didn’t order a second beer!

When using a boot, make sure the toe is pointing down, or you could get a splash of beer in your face.

I keep so mugs in the freezer for the 1st beer on nice hot days. I prefer cold bottled beer.

A yard of beer can be interesting as well.

I can't believe everyone doesn't do that! Why would anyone prefer want warm beer from a can when they can have nearly frozen beer from a frosty mug? (Must be that same crew with the burnt-out taste buds, who destroyed the craft beer industry with all those ridiculous IPA's!)

I even go one step further and use plastic freezable mugs with a frozen liquid core. They keep your beer so cold that it actually freezes the beer in the bottom as you drink it. Nothing better than a hit of frosty beer slush to finish off a great brew!

The only way I can drink beer it it’s at 31.9999999 degrees. The coldness allows me to get down. Never acquired taste for beer. Lucky for me cause I had several family members that were drunks. :shrug:

In the early days when you bought a case of beer 2 glasses with their logo were in the case (replacing 2 bottles) those glasses were the actual glass shape for that style of beer. So free nice glasses for price of the case. Coors, Guinness and Mic usually have them At holidays. So blame the 40 beer glass collection on the makers. I keep 8 in the freezer due to lack of cabinet space

Now the sets of 8 of 13 variables of wine glasses were mostly bought at wholesale, won at a class, or gifted.

The colder to the last drop the better

Hollerbachs German Restaurant in Sanford sells boots of beer - fun but loud/busy place.

Hollerbach's German Restaurant

Cool chart, looks like something from Total Wine or BevMo. Anyhow, based on the chart, a stout glass has a very particular shape. Wonder why then, when one tours the Guinness Brewery in Dublin, they serve you in glasses more resembling an American Pint glass. I still have the glass, so my recollection is fresh.

You, sir, are entitled to your opinion, even if it is jaded.
I enjoy IPAs immensely. Preferably draft.

I guess you don't realize the purpose of chilling beer to ice cold is so you don't taste the flavor.

Serving beer at 40 degrees to 50 degrees brings out the aroma and flavor in the beer. If it doesn't taste good at that temperature then it simply doesn't taste good. Sure, you can freeze it to the point you can't taste it but that's just a little better than holding your nose and drinking fast.

And then there is the draft beer they bring you that the beer is flat. This is usually due to the glass not being "Beer Clean" Nothing worse than a flat beer.
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Growing up, I wasn't allowed to use a beer glass for milk. I was told that it would ruin it for beer.

When drinking bottled beer I see no reason to pour it from a cold bottle into a cold glass. Leave well enough alone.

“The biggest decision I make every day is whether it’s too late for coffee, or too early for alcohol.”

IPA is a citrus beer? I'd have to disagree with that, although there may be citrus flavored IPAs. I don't think hops are citrus.

Why when you are at a bar are you drinking bottled beer when they have the same beer on tap. Most bars when you order a beer from the tap are pouring pints not 12 ozs that you get in the bottle. If you like beer and truly want to taste it it should be served around 45 to 50 degrees F. Americans think the English drink warm beer but that is the temperature they drink their tap beer and never in a frosted glass.

No hops are not citrus but many of them do give a citrus note to the beer if heavily hopped.

If drinking from the bottle you are missing a lot of the aroma and flavor of the beer given off when the beer forms its head.

I love this post! I never thought to request a different glass, honestly! I also like having a beer in a smaller glass and that's the way we drink ours at home. I plan to begin asking for a smaller glass, while out.
Frozen mugs are great for something, just not my dark beer.

Any visitor to the UK should sample a pint of Bombardier, a truly great Bitter.
Many bitters are excellent, but a well pulled pint of 'Bomb' is magic.
And definitely not a frosted glass in sight!

PS. In Cotswold areas, a pint of Hooky, from Hook Norton Brewery, is also a very good bitter.

But you have to drink it out of the bottle. The non-frosted glass takes the chill out of the beer..

The beauty of this thread is that ....regardless of temperature, we all appreciate glass over aluminum :BigApplause

100%!

So? They give you a non frosted when you ask. What’s the issue?

I’m bottle feed.

I won't drink beer out of a can. I won't drink beer out of a bottle, with a screw cap, because I don't like feeling the threads on my lips. I do drink beer out of smooth top bottles, that you need a church key to open. Corona, and other Latin and South American beers come to mind. If someone hands me a beer with a twist off, I ask for a glass.

I drink my beer at room temperature. It is the best way to taste the hops.

I'm the reverse. I love frosted beer mugs. I want the beer cold enough to hurt my teeth. :)