Session etiquette..

[Clint]

Hello fellow drinkers..
When embarking on a Hb session,sampling various brews do you...
Keep topping up the same glass (me)..
Or..get a fresh glass/wash your glass between beer types?

 

[Banbeer]

Same as you.

 

[Deathstar]

Same as you.

 

[Oneflewover]

Rinse the glass!

 

[Horners]

I even have my morning berocca in with the dregs of whatever wine/ ale is left in a glass from night before rather than use a fresh one and make more washing up.

 

[Clint]

Very thrifty.

 

[obscure]

I tend to use one glass throughout the night, though Do give it a quick rinse if I am changing style.

 

[dad_of_jon]

I have a weisse beer glass and a goblet and a couple of other style glasses - but for weiss beer it has to be in a weissbeer glass. I'll also rinse if going from a heavy to light style.

 

[Clint]

For the rinsers...do you dry?

 

[MickDundee]

Depends what I’m switching from/to. I generally bring in 3 or 4 bottles of the same beer to have and keep the same glass. I do sometimes try a single bottle of beer to see if it’s ready then switch over.

On Friday I started with a Czech pale lager and moved onto Vienna Lager. I used the same glass, didn’t bother rinsing it out. If it was the other way around I would rinse. If I was switching from lager to IPA or wheat beer or something I’d change glass.

 

[obscure]

For the rinsers...do you dry?

Never seen the point it’s very much a quick rinse under the ta9 and fill.

 

[chillipickle]

keep topping up, why waste time rinsing and drying? glass is only going to get wet again.

 

[The Cat]

I can only compare this to if it's my one and only homebrew or something else I've bought but I would rinse every time when changing.

No need for a new glass but if you are going to try and get every impression from a home brew I would rinse it first. - It's 99% water or so isn't it anyway?

 

[marshbrewer]

For the rinsers...do you dry?

Nope. Same beer? No rinse. Different beer? Rinse. Might dry the outside if its got wet, but the inside just gets the willy treatment - a bit of a shake.

 

[samale]

Depends if I am going from a stout to a pale ale it's a new glass. If it's the other way round it's not.

 

[MartinHaworth]

If I'm going from a session beer (<4) to a sipper (>7) I'll change to the 1/3 glass, otherwise no change no rinse...

 

[strange-steve]

For the rinsers...do you dry?

Rinse yes, dry no. I found it interesting that in the pubs in Brussels they rinse the inside of the glass with water before pouring your beer.

 

[samale]

Rinse yes, dry no. I found it interesting that in the pubs in Brussels they rinse the inside of the glass with water before pouring your beer.

I found that in Amsterdam as well the first time I went. They rinsed the glass with cold water. Sorted of went against everything I was taught in a bar.

 

[MickDundee]

Rinse yes, dry no. I found it interesting that in the pubs in Brussels they rinse the inside of the glass with water before pouring your beer.

Am I right in thinking they do that to stop the highly carbonated beers from being mainly foam? I was told that about 15 years ago when one of my locals used to do Erdinger on tap.

 

[Banbeer]

I found that in Amsterdam as well the first time I went. They rinsed the glass with cold water.

When I was in Austria they did this. I think it was because the beer was really frothy?(drinking Amstel)