Comments on: Breweries And Bars Should Kill The Shaker Pint… http://www.beerscribe.com/2009/08/09/breweries-and-bars-should-kill-the-shaker-pint/ Dedicated to the art, complexity, and business of beer... Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:36:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Darin http://www.beerscribe.com/2009/08/09/breweries-and-bars-should-kill-the-shaker-pint/comment-page-1/#comment-627 Darin Wed, 02 Sep 2009 10:55:25 +0000 http://www.beerscribe.com/2009/08/09/breweries-and-bars-should-kill-the-shaker-pint/#comment-627 I think maybe a compromise is in order. Keep the shaker pint and create special glasses for special beers. I'm of the opinion that the shaker pint glass is a quite good all-around, default beer glass. It works well for most beers. As for it being a head killer, well, I don't get it. I first read this a week or so ago, then went to a cafe in Belgium. I noticed that not a single beer around me had retained its head as it was drunk, so I'm not so sure the glass is the culprit. I also noticed that the lace left behind was not nearly as nice as what remains on an American pint glass. I think maybe a compromise is in order. Keep the shaker pint and create special glasses for special beers. I’m of the opinion that the shaker pint glass is a quite good all-around, default beer glass. It works well for most beers. As for it being a head killer, well, I don’t get it. I first read this a week or so ago, then went to a cafe in Belgium. I noticed that not a single beer around me had retained its head as it was drunk, so I’m not so sure the glass is the culprit. I also noticed that the lace left behind was not nearly as nice as what remains on an American pint glass.

]]> By: Alan http://www.beerscribe.com/2009/08/09/breweries-and-bars-should-kill-the-shaker-pint/comment-page-1/#comment-586 Alan Tue, 11 Aug 2009 12:45:01 +0000 http://www.beerscribe.com/2009/08/09/breweries-and-bars-should-kill-the-shaker-pint/#comment-586 Delightful! I knew that wearing my bow tie when I write it would make for magic. So I will return a compliment. Jeff's point is entirely correct. The US is big enough and gosh darn clever enough to create its own sensible standard glass - without going to the Moulin Rouge lengths of that Sam Adams thing-a-ma-jiggy glass. Delightful! I knew that wearing my bow tie when I write it would make for magic. So I will return a compliment. Jeff’s point is entirely correct. The US is big enough and gosh darn clever enough to create its own sensible standard glass – without going to the Moulin Rouge lengths of that Sam Adams thing-a-ma-jiggy glass.

]]> By: Jeff Alworth http://www.beerscribe.com/2009/08/09/breweries-and-bars-should-kill-the-shaker-pint/comment-page-1/#comment-584 Jeff Alworth Mon, 10 Aug 2009 16:33:28 +0000 http://www.beerscribe.com/2009/08/09/breweries-and-bars-should-kill-the-shaker-pint/#comment-584 Alan's comment is a delightful reminder that, to the visitor, local culture is often beguiling--no matter how much locals hate it. I'm with Andy on this one, though. Perhaps Alan suggests a solution: the glassware company that can create and popularize a nice-looking, full pint glass (that is to say an, ahem <i>honest</i> pint) of a unique, American design would be doing us a big favor. Alan’s comment is a delightful reminder that, to the visitor, local culture is often beguiling–no matter how much locals hate it.

I’m with Andy on this one, though. Perhaps Alan suggests a solution: the glassware company that can create and popularize a nice-looking, full pint glass (that is to say an, ahem honest pint) of a unique, American design would be doing us a big favor.

]]> By: Alan http://www.beerscribe.com/2009/08/09/breweries-and-bars-should-kill-the-shaker-pint/comment-page-1/#comment-583 Alan Mon, 10 Aug 2009 12:14:17 +0000 http://www.beerscribe.com/2009/08/09/breweries-and-bars-should-kill-the-shaker-pint/#comment-583 I like the way shacker glasses keep all those unbalanced US IPAs in their place, letting the malt come through. Plus for a Canadian, they are as exotic as any Belgian glass - many of which shapes do not show off their assigned beer so much as they just differentiate themselves from the next Belgian beer glass. Be proud of your national beery traditions, that's what I say. And who else has a drinking vessel named after an obscure Protestant denomination? I like the way shacker glasses keep all those unbalanced US IPAs in their place, letting the malt come through. Plus for a Canadian, they are as exotic as any Belgian glass – many of which shapes do not show off their assigned beer so much as they just differentiate themselves from the next Belgian beer glass. Be proud of your national beery traditions, that’s what I say. And who else has a drinking vessel named after an obscure Protestant denomination?

]]> By: Andy http://www.beerscribe.com/2009/08/09/breweries-and-bars-should-kill-the-shaker-pint/comment-page-1/#comment-582 Andy Mon, 10 Aug 2009 00:41:09 +0000 http://www.beerscribe.com/2009/08/09/breweries-and-bars-should-kill-the-shaker-pint/#comment-582 Hey Stan and welcome back... The funny thing is, as I wrote here http://www.beerscribe.com/2009/06/27/the-shaker-pint-must-die/ , I'm not so sure the Shaker keeps prices down...I think it's just the way we've always done things (in say the last twenty to thirty years) so we keep at it... Cheers, Andy Hey Stan and welcome back…

The funny thing is, as I wrote here http://www.beerscribe.com/2009.....-must-die/ , I’m not so sure the Shaker keeps prices down…I think it’s just the way we’ve always done things (in say the last twenty to thirty years) so we keep at it…

Cheers,

Andy

]]> By: Stan Hieronymus http://www.beerscribe.com/2009/08/09/breweries-and-bars-should-kill-the-shaker-pint/comment-page-1/#comment-581 Stan Hieronymus Mon, 10 Aug 2009 00:37:36 +0000 http://www.beerscribe.com/2009/08/09/breweries-and-bars-should-kill-the-shaker-pint/#comment-581 I agree that shakers, as much because of the thick glass as the shape, do not serve the flavor and aroma many beers well. But having once spent an evening tending bar (for a story) I would argue that they are easy to wash and thus more likely to be "beer clean" than other glasses. Part of the issue here is volume (by this I mean the volume the pub is moving, not whether you are receiving an "honest pint"). Shaker pints hold down costs. So would you pay more, which probably means a quarter because that's the way bars work, for the proper glass? Can you talk the woman next to you into doing the same? And the guy next to her? I agree that shakers, as much because of the thick glass as the shape, do not serve the flavor and aroma many beers well. But having once spent an evening tending bar (for a story) I would argue that they are easy to wash and thus more likely to be “beer clean” than other glasses.

Part of the issue here is volume (by this I mean the volume the pub is moving, not whether you are receiving an “honest pint”). Shaker pints hold down costs. So would you pay more, which probably means a quarter because that’s the way bars work, for the proper glass?

Can you talk the woman next to you into doing the same? And the guy next to her?

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