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i was talking to a mate just the other day about glasses that have had the inside base of the glass sand blasted... apparently the bubbles continue to bubble even when there is very little in the glass left... I havent seen it for real, but am keen to search for em.

Anyone heard of this?

most glasses at pubs have this Stangas.. 'energy' & 'headmaster' types are 2 i can think of.. the new headmaster ones are pretty cool looking - they have an etched grid in the bottom

well i just placed meself an order of the headmaster schooner glasses

had to buy 48 of em for ease of postage, but hey... all the more beer to drink

altho i have a few mates at work that are interested in purchasing a few off me

I have eerrrm, well lets say acquired two pint Stella Artios glasses, they are really cool and are an unusual shape with the crest or coat of arms moulded into the glass.
Last night I noticed that they had a star shape engraved into the bottom of the glass, bugger me the co2 never stopped till I finished the beer.

Guys it's a great trick, will look at getting some of my favorite beer glasses etched in the bottom.
Cheers
AC

you can get the same effect by doing it yourself. You need a glass that has a thick base (to avoid cracking it) but you can use a small egraver and etch a spiral, star or any shape that takes your fancy into the bottom of you glass.
Alternatively you can use a thick drill bit (i used a 13mm bit) that has a very sharp point (such as one for sheet metal). repetidely drop the drill bit into the bottom of your glass and you will notice a number of small dots appearing, these have the same effect as the enraved shapes. With this methods make sure you never drop the drill bit from a great height (i tend not to go above 10-15mm from the bottom of the glass) and try to avoid smacking it into the side of the glass.

If you do any of these make sure you wash out your glasses very very well. After doing this to a glass I put it in the dishwasher jsut to make sure. I don't ten to put my glasses in the dishwasher at all but I figure this warrants it plus after a short amount of time and some rinsing the head retention returns.

There is a very pedantic school of thought out there in some HB circles, which holds that your brews should be well made enough to generate and hold a decent head, and your glasses clean enough to preserve the head, without any etching being needed.
No opinion either way- I tend to drink from the bottle, me.

undercover1 wrote: I tend to drink from the bottle, me.

how crass.

i suppose this happens whilst listening to Babylons Burning ?

yard

yardglass wrote: listening to Babylons Burning ?
yard

with anxiety, yard, with an-gz-i-ah-t-eh

undercover1 wrote:

yardglass wrote: listening to Babylons Burning ?
yard

with anxiety, yard, with an-gz-i-ah-t-eh

you're the guts mate.

Stangas wrote:i was talking to a mate just the other day about glasses that have had the inside base of the glass sand blasted... apparently the bubbles continue to bubble even when there is very little in the glass left... I havent seen it for real, but am keen to search for em.

Anyone heard of this?

Correct! This is due to rough surface area exciting the expelled gas!

I have 2 sets of beer glasses, in total 50 (2x 25). One for each available tasting sample.

I bought six big heavy based glasse from the local catering supply place, they are 285 ml glasses with heavy bases much like the normal pub glasses, I tried the scoring the inside with a glass cutter, and as I explained in an earlier post, it lasted one use before the base developed a crack from about twenty mm up each side of the glass, down and across the thick base, chucked that one. Tried the dropping a bit into the next one to chip the base randomly, same deal, cracked the glass on the first use! I will leave the other four as I bought them I think.

At the request from a PM I found a site that sells belgium style glassware, they are a bit on the expensive side but FYI.
AC
http://www.bestbelgianbeers.com/

Reckon I have got it sorted out!! I tried one of the remaining four glasses today, Got a bit of coarse emery paper and a ...... well I used a builders pencil, but any sort of stick, dowell or whatever would do, used it to rub the emery over the base of the glass, and presto, the jobs done, seems pretty good too, not too fierce like some of the ones I have seen in pubs, but just enough to keep a head on the beer without sending it flat! I actually got to thinking about my stainless steel panikan, the one I use when I am out bush, drinking from PET bottles, and thought, "that always keeps a good head" (on the beer you dickheads) and it has been scrubbed with steel wool a few times which left minute scratches on it and that does the job. I'm happy.

Have a good festive season all!

Thanks Ross,

Was thinking of something like that myself, will give it a go

Dogger

Yeah.. came to the door today.. 48 schooners with the etched bottom

trying the first one now.. its nearly lunch time, and its almost christmas

looks good.. it frosts the glass too.. as if the gas release decreases the temp of the beer??

and yeah.. still had bubbles to the end

I agrees with some bottle drinking,
too hard to keep enough glasses cold and clean up here sometimes

^_^

Hey Stangas, where did you order them from, and how much did they sting you for them?


Merry Christmas all.

Tisco in WA.. Pitchers for eastern states

i payed 70 bucks and 30 delivery

for 4 dozen 425mL

Thanks, I'll give them a try.