Dimple's are on the way out - cost more, more liable to break in washing-up machine, store less on the shelves and larger drinkers dont like them. (when did you last see a lager advert without a fancy glass?)

BT Larger drinkers cant get so many empties on the table! Partly because of the belly overhang and because the dimple gasses take up more space :0)

Ah Yes, but dimple glasses have handles which, if holding the glass around its circumference with the fingers through it, stops the glass slipping from the grip when eyes glaze and hands numb ;-))

I worked in the brewing industry for quite a few years, and we used to hear all kinds of theories about why certain people and certain areas favoured one or the other shape of beer glass.

Real ale purists used to go on about how the thin glass allowed the beer to be warmed slightly by the drinker's lips as it passed from glass to mouth, allowing the full flavour to be appreciated.

It made us smile, because the beer is too cool, and the volume across the lip/glass junction is usually too great to allow any temperature change to take place. What was a fact is that dimple glasses tended to have a longer life, and were less likely to be used as weapons in 'glassing' attacks.