Stella chalice glass

[prozac]

Can anyone tell me how the new Stella artois chalace glass can keep the beer 23% colder

[heathfield]

An advertising gimmick.

The Artois reasoning is that holding the glass by the stem means the heat from your hand doesn't warm the glass. However, a full pint is getting a bit heavy and unbalanced to lift by the stem, so most people would probably just lift it by the body of the glass as usual, thus defeating the purpose!

Another guess is that the shape with the least surface area for a given volume is a sphere. The less surface area there is, the less warming there is from the surrounding air. The Artois chalice glass is approaching a spherical shape, so should keep the lager cooler than a straight-sided glass would.
If this is their reasoning, then note that pubs already have glasses like this, namely those tulip glasses that they serve half pints in, shaped like wine goblets.

This all makes the Artois claim a bit of a red herring, i.e., nothing new.

[realaleman]

Yes, well, keeping the beer colder disguises the fact that it doesn't taste of anything. Very much suitable for Stella, or any other lager.

[Taxman1]

It tastes so bad, and the glass looks so silly, you have to keep putting it back in the fridge.

[SpiderPig]

To quote from the packaging I got my free glass in.

The large area of embossing on the glass bowl keeps the beer well insulated from warm hands.

[stellafella]

hey i have the 2 tokens required. but i threw away the box without the address. please could spider pig give me the address and any other info i need to claim my free chalet glass please. ok thanks.