Some IPA glasses are even nucleated, meaning that they have a ring at the bottom of each glass for carbonation to form (via Webstaurant Store). The narrow rigid base keeps the beer fresh and carbonated longer and the bulbous upper body allows the hops' aromas and flavors to concentrate at the head (via Craft Beer Glasses). IPA glasses are designed to preserve IPA's or other pale ale's carbonation and head, which holds a lot of the beer's flavor. However, IPA-specific glasses didn't become mainstream until glass company Spiegelau released craft beer-specific glasses and the design became streamlined. Today, there are about a dozen different styles of IPAs, from earthy English IPAs and citrusy West Coast IPAs to DIPAs, triple IPAs, and even black IPAs (via Webstaurant Store). brewers started reinventing the British specialty beer with its signature hops flavor (via Craft Beer Glasses). They slowly fell out of style until the 1970s when U.S. IPAs, or Indian pale ales, first originated in London in the 1700s, created to be strong and semi-shelf stable beers to transport from England to India. Since this is a beer glass meant for quick consumption, lighter beers will be best in a beer boot, especially crispy beers like hefeweizens, Pilsners, doppelbocks, altbiers, and other German or Bavarian beers. There is an art to drinking a bierstiefel, starting with drinking the boot with the toe pointing up and slowly rotating the boot 90 degrees until the beer reaches the ankle of the boot (via Webstaurant Store).
There are also roots of the boot glass in English riding and hunting clubs in the early 1800s before it became trendy in Germany (via Webstaurant Store).īeer boots tend to differ in size and design, but most are around 2 liters, which is the equivalent of six 12-ounce beers (via KegWorks). Other sources believe that it was inspired by some Medieval hazing ritual where people drank beer from their boots (via KegWorks). Many sources believe that the first glass was created after a Prussian general agreed to make a beer glass modeled after his boot if his troops scored a win on the battlefield. Whether you partake in sours, IPAs, stouts, wheat beers, or anything in between, there is a perfect beer glass out there to make you look and feel like a beer connoisseur. A good rule of thumb is that fizzier beers pair best in a thinner glass to create a smaller head, while less fizzy beers, like stouts, can be put in wider glasses (via Gizmodo). Pairing the glass with the beer not only impacts the aroma and foamy head of certain beers, but it can open the palette to all the possible flavor nuances. Vinepair compared the phenomenon to how different styles of wine glasses draw out or enhance notes in certain wines.
Matt Rutkowski, vice president of Spiegelau USA, explained to The Washington Post that the idea of "flavor-enhancing beer glasses" was similar to "making sure you have a good racket whenever you're playing tennis." Rutkowski elaborated that while "there's kind of a tradition of associating a glass with a certain beer brand" - like the Stella Artois chalice-style beer glass - people don't necessarily associate the relationship between beer styles and certain kinds of glassware.
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