What is the best beer glass?

Shape changes the head, the aroma and how fast you drink. Most of these are engineering; at least one is a practical joke.

1. 1
   Teku

   Designed in Italy in 2006 and adopted by craft brewers as the all-purpose tasting glass.
   1000pts

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2. 2
   Willi Becher

   Germany's everyday tapered tumbler, the glass most German beer is actually drunk from.
   777pts
3. 3
   Maß Stein

   The one-litre Oktoberfest handle, which weighs more than a kilo before it is filled.
   678pts
4. 4
   Tulip Glass

   A stemmed bowl that traps aroma, standard for strong Belgian ales.
   555pts
5. 5
   Dimpled Mug

   The handled British jug with the thick glass grid, back in fashion after fifty years out.
   555pts
6. 6
   Snifter

   Borrowed from brandy for barrel-aged stouts you are meant to warm in your hand.
   555pts
7. 7
   Kwak Coachman's Glass

   A bulbed tube that cannot stand without its wooden holder.
   555pts
8. 8
   Nonic Pint

   The British pub pint with a bulge near the rim, so wet glasses do not stick when stacked.
   0pts
9. 9
   Pilsner Glass

   Tall and tapered, built to show the colour and hold the head of a pale lager.
   0pts
10. 10
    Weizen Vase

    Half a litre of curved glass with room for the enormous head a wheat beer throws.
    0pts
11. 11
    Trappist Chalice

    Wide, heavy and often scored at the base to keep the foam rising.
    0pts
12. 12
    Stange

    Cologne's narrow 200ml cylinder, replaced by the waiter until you cover it with a beer mat.
    0pts
13. 13
    Shaker Pint

    The American bar default, stackable and cheap, and disliked by everyone who studies glassware.
    0pts
14. 14
    Yard Glass

    A metre of glass with a bulb at the bottom, which empties into your face if you rush.
    0pts

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