Does everyone need a glass rinser? No. However, they're useful devices for everything from beer mugs to water bottles to anything you can't or don't want to put in your dishwasher. There are just a couple of different glass rinsers, and they all work the same way. One has a perforated plate and a nozzle that shoots water straight up into the glass. You press the glass down on it, and the rinser does its job. They can also cool a beer glass off and make it a little wet, which helps the bartender serve beer properly. When you wash and sanitize beer mugs and then place them directly into a freezer, you wind up freezing some of your sanitizer, too. If you pull a glass from the freezer and immediately put beer in it, the sanitizer destroys the head and the taste. That alone can make the beer taste more like chlorine than anything else.

If you have an under-the-counter sink, you can install it on a countertop hole by yourself, assuming you have an existing spot on which to put it. In general, glass rinsers work by spraying jets of water into the glass when you press it down. In a bar setting, they're usually set into the bar near the tap tower. They rinse residual soap and sanitizer out of glasses before you refill them, ensuring that residues don't ruin the tastes of drinks, especially beers.You need to hook up a rinser to your cold-water line, and if you have a home bar, you might not have one readily available. Plus, you need to know your area's plumbing codes before installing one, so your best bet is a professional installer. A glass rinser rinses away any remaining soap and sanitizer, and it thaws the glass just enough so that the beer doesn't freeze. It also wets the glass so the beer pours better. You get a tall, frosty beer that tastes good and has a good head to it.

The same is true if you own or run a bar or restaurant. In short, unless you're installing it where you already have a cold-water line, and it's marked for DIY installation, you should get someone to do it for you. Glass rinsers, whether they're a beer glass rinser, a bar glass sprayer, or just a home glass rinser, are sprayers designed to clean out the insides of glasses and bottles more thoroughly than your hand sprayer or dishwasher can. How Glass Rinsers Work If you like a tall, frosty glass of beer while watching football, you could probably use a glass rinser because they're so good at removing the soapy taste that ruins your beer. How Glass Rinsers Help with Beer

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Bartenders, bar owners, and people with home bars probably need glass rinsers the most. You may not need a home glass rinser if your glasses are all dishwasher-safe or easy to wash by hand. Also, if your dishwasher cleans your glasses thoroughly by itself, you might find that a glass rinser is an unnecessary addition to your kitchen. You can get either type of rinser for your kitchen, but rinsers like Delta Faucet's First Wave might work better for you.