Beer Glass Guide — Beer Wrangler (2024)

FAQs

What is the line on a beer glass? ›

Pint glasses commonly have a fill line for the volume of one-half of an imperial pint (284 ml). Although the glass must be accurately-calibrated, industry guidelines only require a pint to be at least 95% liquid, allowing 5% of the pint to consist of the foamy 'head'.

The CE measurement mark can be to the brim or a line marked on the cup. The 'M15' states the year in which the CE mark was applied, for example at the time of writing this we are now on 'M19' for 2019. The 4 digit number is the registration number for the government body that verified the CE marking.

Imperial Pint: = 568ml or 20 fl oz (Imperial) or 19.2 fl oz (US) US Pint: = 473ml or 16.7 fl oz (Imperial) or 16 fl oz (US) Metric Pint: = 500ml or 17.6 fl oz (Imperial) or 16.9 fl oz (US) If beers aren't served by the pint were you live then it will usually be in half litres (500ml), 25cl or 30cl.

The proper shape of the beer glass accomplishes three things. It can: open up flavors, hold the foamy head, and direct your nose to the aroma of the beer. Pilsners and Stange glasses function the same way a flute does with champagne.

6) The 2004 EU Measuring Instruments Directive, which came into force in 2006, required the use of the EU-wide 'CE-mark' as a conformity assessment marking for pint glasses, alongside the “M” metrology marking.

Turn off all remote coolers and beer gas lines throughout the period of closure. Run a beer line clean on every draught product in turn, leaving beer lines in water once the clean has completed.

But after the Civil War, beer started showing up in Western saloons and became very popular, as well. It had as many colorful monikers as whiskey: John Barleycorn, purge, hop juice, calobogus, wobbly pop, mancation, let's mosey, laughing water, mad dog, Jesus juice, pig's ear, strike-me-dead, even heavy wet.

A six pack of beer would normally be six cans of the same beer.

Not all ponies are one trick. A smaller-size beer — also known as a “pony” — has a heckuva lot of uses. Many of our beers have come in a pony size over the years, and Miller High Life has offered the smaller bottles on and off since the 1950s.

The various reasons for rinsing a glass

First, rinsing the glass removes any unsee-able particles of dust or dirt, resulting in a properly “beer clean” glass. The carbonation in beer will cling to any speck of dirt, potential leftover beer residue, dishwasher cleaning chemicals, etc.

Why do you tilt beer glass? ›

Don't waste a great beer on a subpar glass. Tilt the glass 45 degrees. This will allow the beer to slide down the edge of the glass and prevent too much foam, also called head, from forming.

Naglich told us that while the shape of your drinkware isn't that important, pouring your drink into a glass is still essential because "drinking straight from a bottle or a can blocks almost all the aroma." She added, "Aroma is responsible for up to 80 percent of what we taste," so when you don't pour your drink out, ...

The single pour line (or plimsoll line) is often misunderstood. It is used by restaurants to pour a consistent serve for paying customers. Depending on the restaurant, this may be 100mL pour line, 150mL pour line and sometimes even 250mL pour line.

Any draft system requires pressurized gas to propel beer from the keg to the faucet. When this pressurized gas is pushed into the keg through the coupler, it forces the beer out into the beer line where it eventually travels up to the tap so you can pour a pint on demand.

3/16” ID = 1/6 oz/ft (Standard beer line diameter) 1/4” ID = 1/3 oz/ft. 5/16” ID = 1/2 oz/ft. 3/8” ID = 3/4 oz/ft.

It is increasingly common to find pint glasses which contain markings on the base; very often these glasses are branded to one particular beer. The markings themselves are formed from small pits, which aid in nucleation, allowing the gas within it to be released more easily, thus preserving the head.