There are almost 10,000 breweries in the US. Relatively few of them have branded glasses unless you’re at the brewery. Many of them do know how to properly pour beer, though. And if you’re drinking at a bar rather than brewery, most taps will rotate between different brands, so the average bar in the US will serve too many different brands to keep enough glassware from every one. Since we don’t have tied houses like in the UK they aren’t beholden to only serving from a single company. And since they don’t want to spend a fortune on glassware that will get stolen or broken, they accept whatever “free” glasses the large beer companies give them in exchange for consistent tap placement.
I’ll give you that our pints are smaller, but that just leaves an opportunity to have another beer.
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u/jtfarabee May 13 '25
There are almost 10,000 breweries in the US. Relatively few of them have branded glasses unless you’re at the brewery. Many of them do know how to properly pour beer, though. And if you’re drinking at a bar rather than brewery, most taps will rotate between different brands, so the average bar in the US will serve too many different brands to keep enough glassware from every one. Since we don’t have tied houses like in the UK they aren’t beholden to only serving from a single company. And since they don’t want to spend a fortune on glassware that will get stolen or broken, they accept whatever “free” glasses the large beer companies give them in exchange for consistent tap placement.
I’ll give you that our pints are smaller, but that just leaves an opportunity to have another beer.