Ian is aroused by a variety of glassware; I am more monogamous. If I had to drink every beer from only one glass I would choose the
O-Riedel Cabernet/Merlot "wine" glass. My usual drinking glass is a
Unibroue standard, which falls somewhere between a tulip and a flute, and is
elegant and suitable for
many styles. If I am drinking while going about some task, like assembling furniture or fussing over the barbecue, I like to use a no-nonsense
contoured pint glass. I was recently gifted a
nice fat Duvel tulip, which is grandiose but a little much for most occasions. Even ordinary
wine glasses are perfect sometimes.
But the Riedel is easy to hold and the circumference of the rim feels natural to drink from. It is capable of holding a whole pint, but looks best half or two-thirds full, which is just right for home drinking. The thin and invisibly clear glass makes for vivid, honest photographs. Washing the fragile vessels can be nerve-jangling, but aren't most of our favourite things vulnerable and fleeting?
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