It is well known that beer has been with mankind for a long time. As beer changed over the years, so did the way we drink it. The earlier vessels man used for drinking included earthenware, pottery, carved out wood, and even sewn-together pieces of leather. Beer glasses improved over time. Early Europeans living during the time of the Bubonic plague saw the creation of beer steins, which had an enclosed top on the steins to keep flies from landing in the brew and getting the person sick.
The advent of glass changed the way beer glasses are made. As beer glasses became more and more popular, consumers could actually see what they were drinking and demanded a lighter and more appealing look as well as taste. This new visual way of drinking beer led to filtration of the drink, since people no longer liked to see the chunks that had been part of traditional beer until that point. As beer glasses became more and more popular, beer steins declined.
As glassware continued to grow and improve, different types of glasses were produced for different types of beer. The 16-ounce pint glass is the most popular beer glass in America. Though it was initially crafted to fit on top of a martini shaker, bartenders soon realized that if they poured beer in the glass, it would retain a more powerful flavor. Storage ease is another reason why this type of glass soon became popular with bar tenders.
A drive to get people to buy their brand of beer by earlier breweries led to some unique and groundbreaking moves on the marketing and promotional front. In some instances, breweries were not allowed to give away free beer, but they could give away their glasses for promotion.
This led to the breweries producing beer glasses that were works of art unto themselves. The first beer glasses were very expensive and exquisite. Eventually, artists for the breweries began doing detailed etchings on the sides of the glasses or steins and even developed a method of firing enamel paint onto the beer glasses. These enameled glasses remain some of the most rare beer collectibles, even though they were made more recently than the others. In our day, some of the beer collectibles and signs are worth a bundle. Maybe you should look around Grandpa's house.
The advent of glass changed the way beer glasses are made. As beer glasses became more and more popular, consumers could actually see what they were drinking and demanded a lighter and more appealing look as well as taste. This new visual way of drinking beer led to filtration of the drink, since people no longer liked to see the chunks that had been part of traditional beer until that point. As beer glasses became more and more popular, beer steins declined.
As glassware continued to grow and improve, different types of glasses were produced for different types of beer. The 16-ounce pint glass is the most popular beer glass in America. Though it was initially crafted to fit on top of a martini shaker, bartenders soon realized that if they poured beer in the glass, it would retain a more powerful flavor. Storage ease is another reason why this type of glass soon became popular with bar tenders.
A drive to get people to buy their brand of beer by earlier breweries led to some unique and groundbreaking moves on the marketing and promotional front. In some instances, breweries were not allowed to give away free beer, but they could give away their glasses for promotion.
This led to the breweries producing beer glasses that were works of art unto themselves. The first beer glasses were very expensive and exquisite. Eventually, artists for the breweries began doing detailed etchings on the sides of the glasses or steins and even developed a method of firing enamel paint onto the beer glasses. These enameled glasses remain some of the most rare beer collectibles, even though they were made more recently than the others. In our day, some of the beer collectibles and signs are worth a bundle. Maybe you should look around Grandpa's house.
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