Etching on the bottom of a beer glass

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Message after4ever P admin beers 8025 º places 322 º 14:14 Wed 8/8/2012 Originally posted by NobleSquirrel Originally posted by InvalidStout Properly made beer will form a head without any etching on the glass. Some styles won’t hold a head due to the breakdown of proteins and the drop in pH... Some beers can be properly made and still not show much head, and some crappy beers form a head. Head isn’t 100% correlated to good practice in brewing. The nucleation points are more to create nucleation columns, as has been mentioned. They make a lighter-bodied, lighter-colored beer look especially nice in the glass.
Message NobleSquirrel beers 3437 º places 209 º 14:28 Wed 8/8/2012 Originally posted by after4ever Originally posted by NobleSquirrel Originally posted by InvalidStout Properly made beer will form a head without any etching on the glass. Some styles won’t hold a head due to the breakdown of proteins and the drop in pH... Some beers can be properly made and still not show much head, and some crappy beers form a head. Head isn’t 100% correlated to good practice in brewing. The nucleation points are more to create nucleation columns, as has been mentioned. They make a lighter-bodied, lighter-colored beer look especially nice in the glass. More often then not, dirty glassware is the culprit in terms of lack of head, not the beer.
Message iowaherkeye beers 2703 º places 29 º 16:38 Wed 8/8/2012 Originally posted by GT2 What if the glass was etched EVERYWHERE inside? Would the head erupt all over the place? I’ll have to try it out on some Angel’s Share. Just pour in a styrofoam cup and see what happens. Same thing.

Message BelgBeerGeek beers 1307 º places 38 º 16:41 Wed 8/8/2012 Originally posted by yespr Originally posted by LinusStick Im hearing that etched glass on he bottom of a beer glass keeps the bubbles going through the beer longer. Sounds ridiculous to me but I wanted to see if that’s accurate before I call this guy an idiot. He’s saying it’s science, I’m saying he’s a hillbilly Find a Chimay glass and watch once the initial foam from pouring is gone and you will see how new foam is constantly being generated at the midst of the surface, there is a small Chimay logo edged at the bottom of the glass that creates this. im sure other glasses have the same principle. /Jesper yes the duvel glass has a little D etched in it :-)
Message LinusStick beers 3744 º places 66 º 18:02 Wed 8/8/2012 Originally posted by GT2 What is a Linus Stick exactly? It would be a waste of bandwidth and your brain cells to explain. My avatar is an example of a Linus Stick but there are hundreds of others
Message xscottypx beers 104 º 19:11 Wed 8/8/2012 Use etched glasses for dark beers and the etches turn dark from simple hand washing. I stopped using mine.
Message BBB63 beers 6567 º places 146 º 19:31 Wed 8/8/2012 Originally posted by xscottypx Use etched glasses for dark beers and the etches turn dark from simple hand washing. I stopped using mine. really... not once in all these years have I had that issue.

Message Ernest P beers 9435 º places 229 º 20:17 Wed 8/8/2012 Originally posted by pepsiedcan The glasses I have with etching definitely help make my beer go flat faster. This. I’ve long hated glasses with internal etchings for that reason...it’s just a gimmick IMHO. I think it was the Super des Fagnes glass that had the worst one I’ve ever seen...a giant smiley face at the bottom, about the size of a US nickel...that thing would kill the carbonation in five minutes.
Message RojoRhino 11:18 Tue 1/22/2013 I have a couple of glasses like that, I’m not sure if it’s best for every beer, but it’s perfect for the kind of beer I love (double IPA’s mostly). It keeps a small head going the whole time you’re drinking it, and I think it really pulls out more flavor
Message ruttroshaggy places 17 º 11:34 Tue 1/22/2013 The best example I can think of is the etching in the Rochefort glass. After you pour a 10 in there it the head keeps foaming lightly and expanding for a looooong time. Pour a 10 in a non-etched glass and the head dissipates fairly fast.