Mug (or Seidel, Stein)
Heavy, sturdy, large and with handle, the mug is a fun and serious piece of glassware that comes in many sizes and shapes. The best part of using a mug is that you can clink them together with more confidence than other types of glassware, and they hold loads of beer. Seidel is a German mug, while a Stein is the stone equivalent that traditionally features a lid, the use of which dates back to the Black Plague to prevent flies from dropping in.
Benefits: Easy to drink out of. Holds plenty of volume.
Use with these Beer Styles:
- American Amber / Red Ale
- American Amber / Red Lager
- American Black Ale
- American Blonde Ale
- American Brown Ale
- American Dark Wheat Ale
- American IPA
- American Malt Liquor
- American Pale Ale (APA)
- American Pale Wheat Ale
- American Porter
- American Stout
- American Strong Ale
- Baltic Porter
- Black & Tan
- Bock
- California Common / Steam Beer
- Chile Beer
- Cream Ale
- Czech Pilsener
- Doppelbock
- English Bitter
- English Brown Ale
- English Dark Mild Ale
- English India Pale Ale (IPA)
- English Porter
- English Stout
- English Strong Ale
- Euro Dark Lager
- Extra Special / Strong Bitter (ESB)
- Fruit / Vegetable Beer
- German Pilsener
- Herbed / Spiced Beer
- Irish Dry Stout
- Irish Red Ale
- Keller Bier / Zwickel Bier
- Maibock / Helles Bock
- Märzen / Oktoberfest
- Milk / Sweet Stout
- Oatmeal Stout
- Rauchbier
- Roggenbier
- Sahti
- Scottish Ale
- Scottish Gruit / Ancient Herbed Ale
- Smoked Beer
- Vienna Lager
- Witbier