Spiegelau Craft IPA, Pint Glass

These glasses are excellent. And this is my second box, having broken all of the first ones. That's important, but notice that I'm not deducting a star. More on that in a moment. First of all, the pros: These glasses are absolutely perfect for modern IPAs, especially purchased in large can format. The glass promotes a perfect amount of head, nice bubbling thereafter, and the glasses are narrow enough that you can really see the color of your beverage. They're light and very thin glasses and I love the elegant feel. Compared with a normal pint glass these are just in an entirely different league. Compared with some of the other specialty IPA glasses on the market, these are the best I've found, by far -- the others are just clunky and lame by comparison. Downside: The glass is THIN. I broke my first one out of my last box because I got excited while explaining something and emphasized my point by dinging the side of the glass with my fingernail. It certainly did drive the point right home when I shattered the glass, in addition to making a nice bell sound. I broke two more while washing the glasses, because I pushed a bit too hard with the sponge. The third, I broke in the old fashioned way; dropped it on the floor. At least that one, I didn't feel too bad about. So yeah, baby these. Wash them by hand. Don't drop them on the floor. Don't hit them with your finger. But buy them, and drink from them, because they're amazing glasses and your ever-more-expensive can of hoppy goodness deserves a proper home en route to your mouth.