Many of you may be asking what exactly a beer boot is.What's the history behind them?

Beer boots or Bierstiefeln in German have over a century ofhistory and culture behind them. It is commonly believed that a generalpromised his troops to drink beer from his boot if they were successful inbattle. When the troops prevailed, the general had a glass maker fashion a bootfrom glass to fulfill his promise without tasting his own feet and to avoidspoiling the beer in his leather boot. Since then, soldiers have enjoyedtoasting to their victories with a beer boot. At gatherings in Germany, Austriaand Switzerland,beer boots are often passed among the guests for a festivedrinking challenge. Since the movie Beer Fest appeared in 2006, Beer Bootshave become increasingly popular in the United States. Originally mostcommonly seen in the German Restaurant and Bier Garten (BeerGarden) scene in the US, they havebecome a party essential at college campuses across the nation. Beer boots aremade of either manufactured pressed glass or mouth blown glasses by skilledartisans in form of a boot. They come in a wide array of sizes, and we carrythe largest variety. For drinking groups in particular, the larger beer boots,especially the two liter, are the favored option.

When drinking in a group, the boot is passed around in a circle and a game isplayed to determine who pays for the next beer. The second to last person todrink is the loser and has to purchase the next beer. Therefore, there are twostrategies to the game. One either tries to finish the boot in one drinkwithout it spilling any, or one drinks as little ones as possible and hopesthat the next person in line doesn't try to drink the boot empty.

The shape of the boot makes drinking more difficult. As youdrink down the beer and tilt the boot backwards at an angle, an air pocketfills in the toe and has to be cautiously released. The trick to drinking fromthe boot is to hold the boot so that the toe is pointed either to your left orright, preventing an air bubble from building up in the toe.

As Restaurant you can profit from offering beer in beer boots to your guests:

    * Guests drink higher quantity of beer, resulting inhigher profits.

    * Guests entertain and amuse themselves.

    * Because of the larger quantity of beer, they have tobe refilled less and result in less work

As a restaurant or bar purchaser, before you buy beer bootglasses, you should try out whether they fit appropriately under your beer tapfor filling. If necessary you can fill a beer jug and transfer the beer intothe boot; however, the some head is lost in the transfer process.

Beer boot glasses are inherently more expensive than otherglasses, because of their labor intensive mouth blown production process, theirhigh demand, and the fact that they are imported from Europe. 

Beer Boots are very popular pieces of collecting brewerianaand make the perfect gift for college students, your everyday beer fan and areincreasingly popular as groomsman gifts for weddings.