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When I remember, I try to post about the latest Duvel Art Stemware because I think it is cool that they have a connection to the world of art and back it up by displaying it on a glass. This year the art is by Lectrr. Not the silence of the lambs one, of course. You can check out past glasses HERE.
The Beer Search Party household is a big fan of Tony’s Choclonely chocolate (and their corporate mission) but I don’t know about their Kahlua collaboration Martony glass made of chocolate. I would skip putting sweet Kahlua or any type of martini into the lovely cocoa glass and instead try it with a stout or a fruit lambic preferably cherry or raspberry.
If we had not reached and surpassed peak crazy glassware, this certainly puts it over the top…
…fully upside down glassware that makes drinking a real chore because the base of a glass was not built for drinking from in any type of dignified manner.
As I have brought up a few times now, innovation is great, love it. But just being quirky without adding a benefit is not helping at this point.
Not Needed! – Maybe it was pre-craft beer when everything was in a iced shaker pint in the U.S. and specialty beer glassware was only in Europe but not now. We all good now.
I am out of the glassware game. Got more than I can shake a fist at currently but if you have a craft beer geek on your shopping list this holiday, then maybe you should check out The Pretentious Glass Co. They have a good variety of unique containers for your fav hazy or crispy boi.
Blazer Glassware is back and you can get Sharpe, Scoot or Clingan to hold a Portland beer in style. Or use them for cocktails or cider. Anything you put in the glass will be better than yet another rebuilding season of NBA basketball.
I am the last person who should suggest getting more glassware seeing as how I have more than I can ever use myself but I did like the design and the concept of these glasses from Well Told.
You get a Gatsby look and a little fun facts about the beer style. Maybe a good gift idea or if you can make room in your pint glass collections.
Unless you have been under a large rock, you will have run across the Stanley Tumbler trend. A (somewhat) affordable must have item that people wanted to be seen with so coolness can be associated with and then some started obsessively collecting and fighting for.
But Stanley also has beer items as well. Like this….
A few problems, not clear so you can’t see your beer. Also not something you would use for Kolsch service or a barrel-aged beers and lastly, that is a price tag.
Needed? – No, a simple collection of a few specific beer glasses would be a much better choice.
Glassware for beer has been a frequent topic on this blog. From having too much of it, the recommended proper glass for different styles, correct cleaning and most popular, new and “improved” glasses.
Now Elevated Craft and their Kickstarter for the Hybrid Pint Glass is here and it lands squarely in that last category. You can see the “tech” in the image below:
Got a couple questions off the bat. One being that now I have to buy special glass thar fits into the metallic section? Why not make a metal base that fits a shaker pint which I already have oodles of? Second, why a bottle opener at the bottom? I can’t say 90% of craft beer is in cans because I don’t have actual numbers but just walk into a decent beer shoppe and you will see how needed that is. And also, who doesn’t have one or three bottle openers already?
I just do not see what incremental change this gives us but what do I know, the darn thing has all the funding it can handle.
You see some weird shit on the internet, or at least Abraham Lincoln is quoted as saying that. And this below is weird…
So many things to comment on.
Despite not wanting to bring more glassware into the house and having to hide it, the last year has brought more Kleen Kanteen and Glencairns around and now I look at The Storm Tsuki Glass brings and think how cool is that. According to the creators, it has “substantial weight, secure base, and aroma-enhancing shape offer an elevated tasting experience.” There will need to be some accidental breakage or donations to Goodwill before I can buy though.