Talk:Pint glass

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The curved pint glasses are not properly called "tulips". Tulip glasses are a wine/cognac-type glass usually used for serving Belgian ales, imperial stouts, and other very complex beers. Jamesg 03:38, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

Added image - hope you like it. At least its free. Might take more later, but this was best of 50 or so. Justinc 01:58, 26 November 2005 (UTC)

Looks good to me, better than the previous photo. Edward 11:29, 26 November 2005 (UTC)

Like the photo! Was looking up Martini (the cocktail) and came across this, which is funny considering I got the biggest head I'd ever seen on a pint of Guinness earlier! I've got a few images on my phone I could upload if needed, but the resolution is really poor. EVOCATIVEINTRIGUE TALKTOME | EMAILME | IMPROVEME 23:46, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

Whether or not curved glasses are properly "tulip" glasses, in my experience they are almost universally known as that ([1], [2], for example) so it is rather daft to argue over it, IMO. DWaterson 18:24, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] UK law: cutting

Last time I was in England, all of the bars 'cut' their pints (see my addition to the article). Anyone know if there's an actual term for this?

I was told that this 'cutting' was legislated. Is this a newer version of the law quoted in the article?

Wednesday, 2006-11-22 04:38 UTC

Not sure that you mean by "cut". In Britain, the law is that a pint has to be at least 95% liquid. It is accepted that in a pint glass of beer (that is, a glass officially stamped as containing no more & no less that a pint) there will be some head. CAMRA campaign about this constantly and want the law changed so a pint has to be 100% liquid. Which means no head whatsoever or - as one finds at beer festivals and some pubs - lined glasses - where the glass is offically stamped, but instead of being an exact pint measure, there is a line on it near the top which says "PINT TO LINE" or something similar. Hope that helps! --SandyDancer 09:53, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

To get 100% liquid, you have to overflow the glass, and get rid of the excess on top, so you take a flat object like a spatula or something and run it over the top. I'm surprised that you haven't seen this, as I saw it several times, although I can't remember if it was in London or elsewhere. 216.99.44.191 01:09, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

Oh, and I also never saw that in the Netherlands :) 216.99.44.191 01:10, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

I agree with SandyDancer. Although this might be some sort of Continental affectation in a few London bars, it would be extremely unusual (so as to be unheard-of) in any ordinary pub elsewhere. Generally, if you consider that your pint has too deep a head, you ask the bartender to top it up. They will then add a little more beer, allowing some of the froth to overflow from the glass; but nevertheless this will still leave a small(er) amount of head on the beer. Indeed, I can't imagine why you would want 100% liquid - that would be considerably deleterious to the overall taste and appearance of the beverage. DWaterson 01:16, 27 November 2006 (UTC)