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Where does everyone get their glassware? I'm stuck with whatever I can get from an LCBO gift pack. Wondering if there are any places in Canada with decent beer drinking wares.

I'd love to get a couple Sam Adams Perfect Pints

Check your local thrift store. I have a lot of cool glassware and that is where I get a lot.

any dollar store should have a decent tulip, snifter, and pint glass.

what style of glass are you looking for?

For branded glassware I get mine from eBay, Premier Gourmet, Beers of the World and direct from the breweries themselves.

From plain glassware I get them from anywhere when I notice a set that I like. Kitchen Stuff Plus has been one place I've bought from.

Dollarama.

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I picked each of those up at the dollar store. I don't get upset at all when my wife or kids break one, unlike breaking a chimay chalice....

recently i put together a few beer giftpacks for my groomsmen and was on the search for beer glasses.

you can always get a good set pilsener glasses at crappy tire or super store. crappy also has dimpled mugs and regular mugs as well.

best selection i found was at home outfitters, they had a lot of nice glasses. also, i didn't find anything good in the actual store but bedbath&beyonds website shows a big selection.

most glasses i purchased were around $3.50 so you might be better off at the $ store.

not sure where to find branded glasses though.

bufordsbest wrote:not sure where to find branded glasses though.

Prizes from homebrew comps are where most of my branded glassware came from.

I would never pay much for a glass of any kind. I don't think I have ever paid more than $4, probably closer to $3 at the most.

elproducto wrote:I'd love to get a couple Sam Adams Perfect Pints

They are nothing special. I use them occassionally for session lagers. Don't pay much for them, they gave them away free to US residents when first launched. Their website has them priced at $30/4. I got mine for $1-2 a piece at a liquor store in Bismarck, ND a few years ago.

markaberrant wrote:

bufordsbest wrote:not sure where to find branded glasses though.

Prizes from homebrew comps are where most of my branded glassware came from.

Wow, I love this and wish I could say the same. That's like saying "I got these T-Shirts from all the chicks I've banged"

But seriously, I assume this thread was started in the homebrewing section becuse the purpose of the glassware is to serve one's homebrew in it's best suited glassware.

I find that the Duvel glass (thrift stores, LCBO gift pack) goes very well for serving one's homebrew because the small chiseled "D" in the bottom really helps to maintain what little or lot of foam your brews have.

For the same purpose, I purchased Dieu du Ciel's english pint glasses. They are etched with Spirograph-like concentration of circles at the bottom of the glass that builds a tornado of bubbles and keeps any beer topped with a generous head of foam. Even my flattest beers still manage a decent foam in those glasses. Plus, being imperial pints, size is rarely an issue.

Anyways, HTH. The Duvel glass is a good compromise, but if you can manage to find those DDC glasses (hard to find, and 10$ each) they are the shizzit.

iguenard wrote:

markaberrant wrote:

bufordsbest wrote:not sure where to find branded glasses though.

Prizes from homebrew comps are where most of my branded glassware came from.

Wow, I love this and wish I could say the same. That's like saying "I got these T-Shirts from all the chicks I've banged"

Haha. That's exactly what I thought when I read it.

Well if it is boasting you want, how bout this?

I win so many glasses, I have to give some of them away.

My favorite style is Pale Ales, so I'm really looking for great "pint" type glasses.

elproducto wrote:My favorite style is Pale Ales, so I'm really looking for great "pint" type glasses.

The Pint glasses from Sam Smith's gift packs are probably ideal, I've got a couple that I use all the time. Browse the local second hand stores, especially Value Village

elproducto wrote:My favorite style is Pale Ales, so I'm really looking for great "pint" type glasses.

the dollar store has both pint and noctic 16oz glasses, ill post a pic later today

matt7215 wrote:

elproducto wrote:My favorite style is Pale Ales, so I'm really looking for great "pint" type glasses.

the dollar store has both pint and noctic 16oz glasses, ill post a pic later today

Dollarama? Thanks.