SAMUEL ADAMS BOSTON LAGER GLASS

I picked up a new beer glass when I was poking around at 99 Bottles this afternoon. I am now the proud owner of the Samuel Adams Boston Lager Glass.

I have heard how this glass really helps make your beer drinking experience move to a new level. I have also heard that it is merely a placebo effect. Someone tells me that it really boosts both aroma and flavor of any beer. Someone else tells me that it only works well with lagers and lighter ales. Someone else informs me that I bring to the glass whatever is in my head: if I think it "works" then it does; if I think that is doesn't, then it doesn't.

I can say that (1) I like the look of it and (2) it feels good in the hand. It borrows elements from various other types of beer glassware—the base of a pilsner glass, the bowl of a snifter, the lip of a tulip—and skews them a bit.

I hope to take it for a test run with a few beers in the coming week. Only scientific experimentation will determine if the glass lives up to the hype. Stay tuned.