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Eugene
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: Hillsborough, CA
 
2007-08-15, 19:12

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Originally Posted by thegeriatric View Post
Who needs a glass.
For the same reason that drinking soda through a straw doesn't taste quite the same as straight from the glass. As well as fancier reasons...premium European beers are served in their own unique stemmed glasses when you go to nice bars/pubs. They're first chilled to the same temperature as the beer on tap with running water, and the stem helps prevent your hand from heating up the beer.
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