Where can I get some sturdy pint glasses?

[NoXion]

I've been having the absolute worst luck with these damn things. Over the past 3 months I've managed to smash three of them(!), and I think the only pint glass I have left is a really grotty one that would look like shit even after the deep clean it desperately needs.

Can you get straight-sided pint glasses made of Pyrex? I like to have cola with loads of ice when I'm not having beer, and I'm thinking that maybe the thermal stress was a contributing factor in their structural failure. I know that the pint glasses I bought from Tesco were too damn thin, those fucking things broke really easily.

Somewhere that I can order online and isn't Amazon would be nice.

 

[Calamity1971]

I have some of these. Depends if you want handles or not. Very sturdy for the likes of me that shouldn't be near breakables.
The Great British Pint Dimple Mug 20oz / 568ml | Pint Mug Pint Tankard Dimple Mug - Buy at Drinkstuff

 

[MrSki]

Just ask down the pub. Always getting new glasses & getting rid of old ones.

 

[Mogden]

I have a collection of Duralex Picardie, name might not ring a bell but the look of them will. Mightly tough, classically stylish and with a bit of shape so they don't slip through fingers when frosty.

 

[Ax^]

tend to steal mine from pubs normally

 

[skyscraper101]

I use a plastic one most of the time. It's 90% used to drinking pints of Ribena mind, but it's sturdy.

 

[cyril_smear]

I've been having the absolute worst luck with these damn things. Over the past 3 months I've managed to smash three of them(!), and I think the only pint glass I have left is a really grotty one that would look like shit even after the deep clean it desperately needs.

Can you get straight-sided pint glasses made of Pyrex? I like to have cola with loads of ice when I'm not having beer, and I'm thinking that maybe the thermal stress was a contributing factor in their structural failure. I know that the pint glasses I bought from Tesco were too damn thin, those fucking things broke really easily.

Somewhere that I can order online and isn't Amazon would be nice.

the pubs are open again. Go and grab a few, hot tap water and a splash of bleach left to soak for a few hours and jobs a good un.

 

[Ax^]

Would you mind drinking out of tankard

 

[Puddy_Tat]

if you want straight glasses, is there a morrisons near you?

https://groceries.morrisons.com/products/duralex-conical-pint-tumbler-221151011

i've found them fairly robust (although must be a few years since i bought them, so the spec might have changed)

the review on there is saying they are less than a pint - the ones i got can accommodate a half litre bottle of beer with room to spare

 

[DotCommunist]

These are structurally much tougher than a straight pint glass and can double as a weapon if someone suprises you.

 

[Puddy_Tat]

I have some of these. Depends if you want handles or not. Very sturdy for the likes of me that shouldn't be near breakables.
The Great British Pint Dimple Mug 20oz / 568ml | Pint Mug Pint Tankard Dimple Mug - Buy at Drinkstuff

depends if you manage to drop them on to something else that is breakable...

 

[Ax^]

I found one of these in a pub cellar once

and then smashed it

 

[The39thStep]

These are structurally much tougher than a straight pint glass and can double as a weapon if someone suprises you.

Nobody wants to drink out of them

 

[PursuedByBears]

tend to steal mine from pubs normally

I've enrolled my children in nicking pint glasses from pubs. To start with they couldn't believe they were allowed to.

 

[NoXion]

depends if you manage to drop them on to something else that is breakable...

Thing is, I haven't dropped any of the glasses I've been accidentally smashing. Two of them went when I gently knocked them against the side of the sink, and the latest one to go, shattered when it fell over while it was sat in the sink. All of this happened while I was washing them.

The thick glass pint mugs with handles look like a good suggestion. For the moment I've washed up my Maßkrug which I got last Christmas.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

tend to steal mine from pubs normally

Reminds me of seeing who could steal the biggest stack of glasses without being spotted.

I've only got one of the stolen glasses left - a hoegarden one, damn near indestructible.

 

[19sixtysix]

Just thought my now milky white pint glasses due to the dishwasher came from my then local in Sydenham in the early 90s. They've got the crown pint mark and are now in Glasgow.

 

[moose]

I have stone and tile floors, and a Belfast sink, so it's a dangerous place for fragile things. I either go for Duralex glasses (not available in pints, but come in 500ml) which last for ages, or get IKEA glasses and treat them as disposable. Or steal them from pubs.

 

[cyril_smear]

These are structurally much tougher than a straight pint glass and can double as a weapon if someone suprises you.

how awkard are they though? if you've had a bit of sniffing tackle and got the sweaty palms they are just a change of clothes waiting to happen.

 

[moose]

Thing is, I haven't dropped any of the glasses I've been accidentally smashing. Two of them went when I gently knocked them against the side of the sink, and the latest one to go, shattered when it fell over while it was sat in the sink. All of this happened while I was washing them.

Maybe you don't need glasses at all and should just buy one of these

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[FridgeMagnet]

Reminds me of seeing who could steal the biggest stack of glasses without being spotted.

I've only got one of the stolen glasses left - a hoegarden one, damn near indestructible.

I am drinking out of a half pint hoegaarden right now and yes they are.



Paulaner glasses are also very tough and tbh a pain to wash - they are tall and ridged on the inside so unless you have tiny hands you rattle your knuckles while you're getting to the bottom with a sponge. But neither of the ones I have have broken.

Don't nick Peroni glasses, they shatter if you whistle at them. All the pub staff I've known have hated them.