When the time for beer strikes do you reach for a favourite glass, take whatever drinking vessel is closest, or make your decision depending on the style of beer about to be enjoyed? It may not be suitable for all beer styles but the dimpled mug is a British design classic that deserves its place back in the grip of the nation’s ale drinkers.

You can find the ABV on the labels of cans and bottles, sometimes written as "vol" or "alcohol volume", or you can ask bar staff about particular drinks. But now, as we’re opening our minds to new and exciting beer flavours from throughout the world, alternatively shaped glasses are appearing behind bars and on coffee tables up and down the land. Made in thick moulded glass, the beer-mug allows you to keep your beer at cooler for longer, thanks in particular to the handle, which helps stop you warming up your beer with your hands. For example, a pint of strong lager contains 3 units of alcohol, whereas the same volume of lower-strength lager has just over 2 units.A tip for drinking from a beer boot is to keep the toe pointed down - when pointed up, air will enter the toe and the contents will rush out, more often than not soaking the drinker. As well as the practical application of the shape, the thistle glass also represents the national flower of Scotland. Mounted on a short foot, it looks like a slightly flared cup, which allows it to quickly release the bubbles from the beer creating a generous head and releasing a bunch of aromas in the process. Glasses such as poco grande glasses, pina colada glasses and hurricane glasses are perfect substitutes to tulip beer glasses as they have the same body shape. Find out what’s on our mind, what’s happening behind the scenes and what’s coming next (before anyone else).

Because everyone has different tastes, we offer a choice of branded beer glasses, including cider glasses, ale glasses, lager glasses and wheat beer glasses. The idea of counting alcohol units was first introduced in the UK in 1987 to help people keep track of their drinking.

It most commonly available 500ml or 1-pint sizes, although 1 litre steins are not uncommon at Germany’s legendary Oktoberfest. Essentially a drinking vessel with a handle, the tankard is perhaps best known for being a pewter vessel with a glass base. Saveur Bière and HOPT offer branded beer glasses to make your beer tating the best experience it can be! Sometimes known as a pony beer glass, beer tasting glasses can be any small drinking glass that provides a sample serving of beer. While delicate glasses may offer finer rims for tasting, toughened beer glasses are often popular with public houses due to their longer lifespan and glass safety.

A yard of ale glass is usually accompanied by a stand or rack as it has no flat base for easy storage, and can sometimes be found displayed on a wall in a pub or bar. This means that within an hour there should be, in theory, little or no alcohol left in the blood of an adult, although this will vary from person to person. The bulbous top of the glass is ideal for containing a large head on the beer and for trapping the aromas, while the base is slightly flared to help catch any yeast at the bottom of the glass for a better drinking experience. Saveur Bière is France's market-leader for online beer sales, offering an ever growing range of bottled beers, beer pumps, beer glasses, and beer assortments. The term beer stein however the term stein is generally applied to most handled beer glasses, particularly the masskrug, famed for serving beer at Oktoberfest and other beer festivals in Europe.We use specially designed packaging that has proven its effectiveness both for our extensive range of glasses for beer, and for the many bottles delivered each day across Europe in France, Belgium, Netherlands, Sweden, Italy and Spain. Often, these beers are presented in their own dedicated beer glass proudly bearing the name of the brewery. Using units is a simpler way of representing a drink's alcohol content – usually expressed by the standard measure alcohol by volume (ABV). Very similar to brandy snifters, a beer snifter glass can likewise be used to swirl your drink to help release the hidden aromas, in fact a large brandy snifter is an ideal substitute to a beer snifter. Ideal for serving Scotch ale, these exaggerated stemmed tulip beer glasses are designed for a large head and the bulbous bowl helps to capture and promote the aromas of the ale.

Designed specially for German wheat beers, and also known as a weissbier glass, or a weizenbier glass, the wheat beer glass shape is like an elongated version of the classic tulip pint glass. Similar to a beer goblet, but usually holding a larger volume of drink, a stemmed schooner glass is usually found in the US for serving beers in a European style glass, but with a durable finish that is suited to use in restaurants. More of a novelty and decorative example of glassware, the modern "trinkhorn" is inspired by the use of hollowed and gilded cattle horns used by vikings and other civilisations before the production of ceramic and glass vessels.The term pokal glass is often used to describe a variety of stemmed beer glasses, however true pokal beer glass is by a tall bowl situated on a short stem. Each of the brewing monasteries has its own take on the style – from the curvacious St Bernardus Watou glass to Westmalle’s elaborate etched bowl – but we’ve gone for the chunky Chimay chalice, a silver-rimmed receptacle with ample depth and a sturdy stem. Wander into a pub waving this heavy beast while shouting “fill me up” is unlikely to impress the locals, but if you’re looking to recreate the fun of a German beer festival in your own home then a stein will provide some added authenticity.