Meant to promote head retention, Pilsner glasses are typically a tapered, tall, and slender 12 ounce glass that is often shaped like a trumpet.
The Pilsner glass, capturing the effervesces and colors of Pilsner style beers, also works to maintain the head of the beer.
A Pokal glass is a European style Pilsner glass that has a stem.
Typical beers that use a Pilsner or Pokal glass are:
- American Adjunct Lager
- American Amber / Red Lager
- American Double / Imperial Pilsner
- American Malt Liquor
- American Pale Lager
- Bock
- California Common / Steam Beer
- Czech Pilsener
- Doppelbock
- Dortmunder / Export Lager
- Euro Dark Lager
- Euro Pale Lager
- Euro Strong Lager
- German Pilsener
- Japanese Rice Lager
- Light Lager
- Maibock / Helles Bock
- Munich Dunkel Lager
- Munich Helles Lager
- Schwarzbier
- Vienna Lager
- Witbier