Beer Glasses & Goblets: What's Shape Got to Do With It?
By The Beer Expert for GalTime
It's all about the mouth, my friend. Nobody likes a big mouth…except when it's on a Belgian beer glass. Also called a "chalice," those wide open mouths allow for a substantial head to form and your nose to get right in there and partake of all that heavenly, fruity aroma.
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Keep in mind that when you drink a fine, craft beer, your palate is mostly olfactory (smell-based), so a good sniff is essential for picking up all the subtle, and sometimes not so subtle aromas.
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And these glasses are always stemmed, so you not only don't heat the beer up while holding it, but have a handle with which to swirl and hold up to the light. It also makes you look über cool. Keep in mind that in Belgium (pretty much all over Europe, and increasingly in the US), every brewery has its own glass…often, even a different glass for each distinct style they serve. And while they're all different sizes and have different logos, except for a few sweet ale glasses, they almost all have that distinctively wide mouth.
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