Glassware: Pilsner Glass (#3 in a Series)*

*Special thanks to the wise men at Beer Advocate for the source material.

PILSNER GLASS

A pilsner glass is a tall, slender, tapered (sometimes trumped-shaped, or flared) glass that "captures the sparkling effervesces and colors of a Pils while maintaining its head." So there you go.

Which beer styles are suited to this type of glassware?

• American Adjunct Lager
• American Amber/Red Lager
• American Double/Imperial Pilsner
• American Malt Liquor
• American Pale Lager
• Bock
• California Common/Steam Beer
• Czech Pilsener
• Doppelbock
• Dortmunder/Export Lager
• Euro Dark Lager
• Euro Pale Lager
• Euro Strong Lager
• German Pilsener
• Happoshu
• Japanese Rice Lager
• Light Lager
• Low Alcohol Beer
• Maibock/Helles Bock
• Munich Dunkel Lager
• Munich Helles Lager
• Schwarzbier
• Vienna Lager
• Witbier

Where can I find one?

Pier One comes through with this simple yet elegant $4 pilsner glass. $4!

Check back for the next installment—don't drink a dunkel or guzzle a gose before you've read up on Weizen glasses!