How do you drink your beer?


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" IF" you drink beer what do you usually drink it out of?

I have a pint glass tankard(pub issue) sand blasted "Pint GR"

I've Got a picture of Alan Silitoe drinkig out of a similar glass in the "Eight Bells"

Whicn makes it over 60 years old.(I'm sure the beer tastes coming out of it)

I don't like beer out of a pewter tankard.

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I grab a clean glass out of the cupboard. I never drink out of a bottle. I remember dogs cocking their legs over crates of ale while the drayman unloaded and left them on the pavement ready to slide them down the cellar.

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I understand that beer bottles in Ireland, any bottle actually, has the advice 'Open Other End' stamped across the bottom of the bottle????????????

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Grip glass in left hand, raise said hand swiftly and with passion. Then devour in a 'gentlemanly' manner.

Seriously, I can't stand metal tankards of any description, nor these earthenware steins.

I have no fears of drinking straight from a can or bottle as the alcohol will kill any nasties. Hopefully!

When young, I used to love those straight fluted jars we called Cowboy Glasses, as they were shown being used in Western films.

Nowadays, I can't stand those long, poncy, top heavy lager glasses . They're not very manly.

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Has to be from a pint glass and I particularly like those with the name of the beer or the brewer printed on it. My favourite is a glass I obtained from a pub in Devon which has the name of the brewery in Bridport which is the same as my surname, so no one is any doubt whose drink it is.

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Ever since letting a pint glass slip out of my hand in The Flying Horse about 65 years ago I have drunk from a 'handle' as I call them. Both of my locals pour my pint in a 'handle' without asking. My cider looks much nicer in a 'handle'. Got pewter and pot mugs but no joy in not seeing what you are drinking.

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Never, never ever use the politicians girly sip, we've all seen then in a pub used by 'ordinary people', looks like they're being forced to drink poison

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Almost always out of a glass - even though it is "normal" in most bars in America to serve beer in the bottle or can, I always ask for a glass, preferably one at room temperature! Originally I did this because of my "Englishness" but later realized that the act of pouring the beer into a glass eliminated some of the carbonation and warms the beer a little. This means you can actually taste the beer, an idea completely alien to the Bud Light crowd!

When in England I always drink draught beer, so the glass is automatic - however, I really prefer "handles" rather than "straights" but they seem to be increasingly rare in most pubs - I presume the cost is prohibitive?

The only exception I make to using a glass is when on a picnic, or a barbecue, where using a glass becomes more complicated - but I tend to open the bottle, or can, and let it sit for a few minutes to get rid of some of the gas. American beer in general is waaaay over carbonated!

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