Beer glassware comes in a variety of sizes and shapes with different types of glassware features that are intended to highlight particular characteristics of the beer being enjoyed. Some beer glasses are more decorative than others and may have features such as dimpled sides, whereas others are thin and long in order to display clarity and effervescence.

So let's talk about some of the different types of beer glasses. There are bowls, mugs, pints glasses, flutes, pilsners, lager glasses, snifters, steins, stem glasses, thistles, yards, tumblers, tulips and more.

Bowls are low-slung, wide glasses made particularly for Berliner Weisse when said beer is tainted with raspberry or woodruff syrup during the brewing process. These are quite absurd drinking vessels, yet this seems to make sense for the more absurd drinks.

Beer mugs generally come in dimpled versions and are quite large. These types of mugs generally have a larger mouth than base and the glass is very thick. The wide mouth releases the aroma very nicely, while the dimpled glass makes looking at the appearance of the beer in question. These types of beer vessels are best suited for brown ales, bocks and dark lagers.

The English pint has many similarities to the shaker pint glass, yet have a couple of major differences. English pint glasses are made to hold a proper pint and often have lines that show exactly where a full pint rises to.