It wouldn’t be surprising if you were to mistake the Weizen glass for the Pilsner glass. It happens. No big. I mean they’re both German with the weizen glass being a little shorter but sexier than the pilsner. More shapely. Curves in all the right places so to speak. Before you ask, I'm not attracted to this glass btw, even though it kind of sounds like it. All I’m saying is if we were two consenting glasses who happened to bump into each other while in Paris on business…who knows.
Similar to most other beer glasses the weizen, German for wheat, takes its name from the beers it’s intended for. You know the lineup, hefeweizens and weizenbocks, kristallweizen and dunkelweizen. American dark and pale wheat beers also benefit from the weizen’s shapely figure.
Weizens are notable for their high carbonation. Therefore, they can produce a lot of head. Which is not always a bad thing. But sometimes it can be excessive and off putting for some. If this is the case for you, swirl a little water on the inside of the glass and dump it out before filling up your weizen glass. The wetness tends to tamp down the beer's ability to produce foam.
On the other hand, some people like head. They like it a lot. Good head is sometimes hard to come by but it is crucial for a good experience. I know how all that sounds but I’m not trying to be euphemistic. Trust me when it comes to carbonation, weizen glasses shine. The mouth of the glass traps that fragrant fluffy white stuff like no other.
The glass tends to be taller than a standard American pint glass holding 500mL with ample room for the aroma-trapping foam.
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