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[Closed] real ale - tankard or straight glass?

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Oversized glasses are great TJ, but you end up getting even more drunk if not careful.

The Number 22 in Darlo serves beer in them, magic.


 
Posted : 16/03/2011 5:27 pm
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The Chimay glass above serves a purpose and makes such heady brews nicer to drink!

Have to disagree, the Chimay glass is crap. I like these, or a straight+bulge pint glass...
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Less head on it, though!


 
Posted : 16/03/2011 6:02 pm
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or maybe a bacon one?

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Posted : 16/03/2011 6:24 pm
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The Number 22 in Darlo serves beer in them, magic.

Ace pub!


 
Posted : 16/03/2011 6:25 pm
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Over here in the west country straight glasses have always been called sleeves, rather than sleevers. It's rare to find a pub these days that have dimpled glasses with handles; I can't remember when I last saw one, but I always get my beer in a sleeve so don't notice what others have.
TBH, I don't really care what my beer gets served in, so long as it stays in the container.


 
Posted : 16/03/2011 7:21 pm
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It's rare to find a pub these days that have dimpled glasses with handles

Because they're lethal in a bar-room brawl. I think all glasses have to be tempered or toughened to stop them being used as weapons.


 
Posted : 17/03/2011 1:17 pm
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I always have my first pint in

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Thats what my grandad always drank from.

After that a normal straight pint glass.


 
Posted : 17/03/2011 1:31 pm
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prefer a nice glass dimpled tankard for my ale, you can get more head in your face and it allows for a nice open gullet gulping action rather than the sippage you get from straight glasses.


 
Posted : 23/03/2011 12:15 am
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Certain ale's taste better in a pewter tankard, but not all and I didn't mind keeping a tankard behind the bar when I had a regular local, butcarrying it around with you can make you a nob.

For me the quality of the beer is more important than the vessel it's served in.


 
Posted : 23/03/2011 12:48 am
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