A beer-drinkers’ guide to choosing the right glassware

As any beer lover who’s ever been to Belgium will know, the stemmed glass the beer is served in is all part of the experience. However, how many realise that the shape of the glass isn’t just for show, it influences how the beer will taste. In some cases, breweries have been known to design the glass first, and create the beer second!

While some breweries say it’s preferable to use the glassware designed for their specific brand of beer, this isn’t always an option. The good news is that Friends of Glass, with the help of Beer Sommelier of the Year 2014-2015 and Friends of Glass ambassador Jane Peyton, is on hand to help. Together we’ve created this handy glassware guide for beer-drinkers. It will ensure you’ll be able to enjoy all those fabulous flavours and aromas of every sort of beer to the full:

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Waste not want not – freezing food in glass

With plenty of summer fruit and veg around now, this is a good time to save as much as possible of any fresh food you have spare now. And you can save it in spare glass jars

Raise a Glass for World Milk Day

Happy World Milk Day to all Friends of Glass.

Delicious Noodle Pots Recipe

We are big fans of the Great British Bake Off and delicious recipes in glass, so when we saw this recipe by one of the baking programme’s finalists, Tamal Ray, on the Guardian’s website we couldn’t resist to share it with you.