Glassware
Willi Becher
The general-purpose German beer glass. The slight inward taper supports the head without concentrating aroma the way a tulip does.
Shape
A tapered tumbler that narrows slightly toward the rim before flaring at the lip.
Typical capacity 300–500 ml.
Drawn to scale against the other glasses BeerHQ lists, so heights and widths can be compared between pages.
What it does
- Holds head. The rim and wall angle support a standing head rather than letting it collapse.
- Handling. Handle, weight or grip for practical service, particularly at large volumes.
- Presentation. Shows colour, clarity and bead. Conventional rather than functional.
Styles served in it
- International pale lager
The global mainstream lager: pale, clean, lightly hopped and built for consistency and refreshment above flavour intensity.
- Munich Helles
Bavaria’s everyday pale lager: soft, bready and malt-forward, with just enough hop to balance and nothing to distract.
- Dortmunder Export
A pale lager sitting between Helles and Pils: fuller and firmer than the first, softer and less bitter than the second.
- Festbier
The golden, stronger lager actually served at modern Oktoberfest — malt-forward and smooth, but pale rather than amber.
- Kellerbier
Unfiltered, gently carbonated lager served young from the cellar, with a soft yeasty fullness filtration removes.
- Vienna lager
An amber lager built on gently kilned Vienna malt: toasty and lightly sweet, but finishing clean and dry.
- Märzen
A rich amber lager brewed in March for autumn drinking, with deep toasty malt and a clean, firm finish.
- Munich Dunkel
Deep brown Bavarian lager led by rich Munich malt — bready and gently chocolatey, without real roast bitterness.
- Schwarzbier
Nearly black but remarkably light on the palate: smooth roast, clean lager finish and none of the heaviness the colour suggests.
- Bock
A strong, dark, malt-dominated lager with deep bread-crust and toasty character and only enough hop to keep it from being sweet.
- Helles Bock
A pale, strong lager with the body of a bock but a brighter, more hop-balanced character — traditionally a spring beer.
- Doppelbock
Intensely malty strong lager, dense with bread crust, caramel and dark fruit, and remarkably clean for its strength.
- Rauchbier
A Märzen-based lager brewed with beechwood-smoked malt — intensely smoky, often compared to bacon, over a clean malt base.
- California Common
Lager yeast fermented warm in the Californian manner, producing a clean amber beer with woody, minty hop character.