A pilsner glass is typically a tall, slender and tapered glass. It's generally smaller than pint glasses with 12-ounce capacity. As you can tell from the name, a pilsner glass is intended for pilsner, but is typically used to serve other types of light beers as well. The trumpet-like shape of a pilsner glass helps to capture the sparkling effervesces and colors of a Pils while maintaining its head.
The benefits of a pilsner glass includes: promotes head retention, enhances volatiles, and showcases color, clarity and carbonation.
The following beer styles are suitable to be served with pilsner glass:
- American Adjunct Lager
- American Double / Imperial Pilsner
- American Amber / Red Lager
- American Pale Lager
- American Malt Liquor
- 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 Helles Lager
- Munich Dunkel Lager
- Schwarzbier
- Vienna Lager
- Witbier
