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Have you ever been served beer or wine in a plastic cup? If you have you will understand how the quality of the container in which your libation is served seriously affects your enjoyment of the drink.

There is little that is worse than warm, flat beer served in a soft, pliable plastic beaker. If a beer is worth drinking it is worth serving in an appropriate glass. If the beer has been chilled, then so should the glass.

Plastic has become commonplace in various pubs, particularly on the UK south coast where drinkers may take a tray of drinks onto the beach. In these circumstances the safety of those walking on the beach barefoot must be top priority, so it makes sense not to use glass.

But it’s worth remembering how much more drinking pleasure can be experienced if your chilled lager or cider is served in a stout tankard or beer glass. Tankards are the traditional drinking vessel used for a variety of beverages, beers, ales and ciders. Historically they have been made from clay, pewter, silver and glass. Once upon a time, when recruits into the Royal Navy were paid a signing on bounty of one shilling, press gangs would pass the ‘Kings Shilling’ to unwary recruits in a tankard of ale. When the drinker had quaffed his ale he was considered to have accepted the Kings Shilling and would be hauled off to serve on one of his majesties vessels. This prompted the introduction of the glass bottomed tankard which enabled drinkers to spot the shilling before supping their ale.

Today you don’t need to be worried about press gangs, but plastic beakers can adversely affect your enjoyment of your chosen beverage, so why not insist upon a nice glass tankard?