Decent beer glasses, Australia

Sep 10, 2003 28 Replies

Looking for some decent beer glasses in Australia.



Basically looking for a Washington style glass that will take a full 375ml stubby, which basically means whats generally called a schooner glass.



Plenty around on sites like

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but the fundamental problem is that I dont like thick glasses.



The other problem I have is that I cant buy them in person, and its a bit hard to judge the glass thickness remotely. Almost no one lists that detail on their web sites etc.



I dont like the Crown beer glasses at all, much too thick.



Melinda at Trojan says that thats basically all there is, particularly with that Washington schooner glass style, they're all pretty thick, so they survive the service industry etc.



Interestingly enough there isnt a lot of difference between the glasses I find acceptable thick wise and those I dont. The acceptable ones are about 2mm at the rim, but with a noticeable thickened rim, thicker than the glass immediately below that.



The ones I find unacceptably thick are 3 mm, surprisingly little difference.



I dont like the stemmed style of beer glasses at all. I dont have to have a washington style, what is often called conical or tumbler style is fine too.


Mayfair&Jackson's Pilsener glasses: fine-edged beer glasses with 416ml capacity. I cannot recommend them highly enough for top value - if you are willing to spend a little, that is.

I've seen them in most of the sort-of bargain department stores (Harris Scarfe in Adelaide, Allens in NSW/ACT, don't know what the equivalents are elsewhere).

RRP seems to be $24.95 for a set of six, but they're often on some sort of special. I've never paid more than $22 for them and got my last couple of boxes for $14.95 at Allens.

I know you can't buy them in person, but you can get someone to get these sight unseen and you will be happy with them, I'm sure.

Cheers, Richard F.

-- "The sun looks down on nothing half as good, as a household laughing together over a meal, or two friends talking over a pint of beer." - C.S. Lewis

For values of generally that don't include SA :-)

Cheers

See:

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$A19.00 = $US12.35 = $CA17.30

BARGAIN!

Guess that would be one approach, give up on the Washington style and go for the less desirable for me Pilseners instead.

Yeah, the price is only a minor consideration, dont break that many.

Interesting. Dont get any hits in google with or But Tom's url is exactly what I need.

Yeah, I can do that, get someone to show up in person and just check that they are thin rimmed.

No need for that with your recommendation tho, thanks for that, I'll get some.

True, thats why I rather cryptically included the word generally.

Meant to include the fluid oz capacity too, managed to forget.

Thanks Tom, just what I need, decent online ordering and all.

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No worries at all. All you need now is some decent beer to drink out of them ;-)

Try Country Road, I got some schooner glasses as a wedding gift & they are nice & thin!

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Got heaps of that thanks.

Got a bit carried away when I got started and the database claims it should last till about December.

All better than the bought stuff, no regrets at all.

What shape ? The main downside with the Mayfair & Jackson's is that they are Pilsener shape. I'd prefer Washington or Conical or something like that. The Country Road web site is completely useless.

Ended up ringing them and they dont have anything but Pilseners either.

They do have Stockholme glasses which arent strictly speaking beer glasses, and those are decent thin, but the biggest which sounds like its basically a highball glass, which would be fine, are likely only about 320ml which is too small. They dont actually have any statement about capacity tho.

And they aint cheap at all, $9 each.

Looks like its still the Mayfair & Jackson's Pilsener glasses that are the best available that are reasonably thin glass.

Rod,

It's so great to have you back again. We have missed you so much!!

Was it something we said that drove you away?

john

Just curious Rod - what styles do you brew? Given that you do not seem a slapdash sort of character, I'm wondering whether you go for the more difficult styles?

cheers rb

If so, what was it? Enquiring minds, etc...

Just about everything, including cider.

Nar, just the basic commercial kits.

I am planning to automate it quite a bit with fancy temperature and bubbling rate logging, and temp control, but havent got around to that yet. Just so many hours in the day and plenty to fill them with.

Ciders - well you shouldn't be short of juice in the MIA. I'm having a hard time trying to source preservative free juice in any quantity in Sydneyv:(

No apples there. Plenty of oranges but I dont plan to start with those.

Yeah, its probably not really feasible.

G'day rb,

I've successfully used the preservative free pasteurised juice from Bilpin. You can get it from many of the orchards up that way, including The Fruit Bowl (02) 4567 1152, and Bilpin Springs Orchard:

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Last time I was up there, The Fruit Bowl was selling 3L bottles of juice which makes it cheaper - can't remember how much, but better than by the litre!

I remember seeing this juice in a fruit shop in Sydney when I lived there. Not sure, but it might have been at Northmead or Rozelle (sorry I can't be more specific!). Either way, seems that it makes it down from the mountains, so maybe ask the Fruit Bowl where they distribute to.

Also, Bilpin Springs sells cider varieties:

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cheers, Ross.

-- Ross McKay, WebAware Pty Ltd "Words can only hurt if you try to read them. Don't play their game" - Zoolander

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