There are many styles made as each brewery has either a Goblet or Chalice designed and branded for its own beer.

Drinking a yard glass full of beer as quickly as possible is a traditional pub game; as with the toe of a beer boot, the bulb at the bottom of the glass makes it likely that the contestant will be splashed with a sudden rush of beer towards the end of the feat. In Australia bottles are either 375ml or 750ml but there are a myriad of glass sizes when you go into pub, again dependant on where you are……. yard-of-ale glass — ▪ drinking glass tall, extremely narrow drinking glass that was known in England from the 17th century.This may or may not be true, but it explains the military styling to this glassware, and also makes for a good tale!

Yard glass sculling competitions (to empty the contents of the glass the fastest) are predominant in both British and Australian culture.A serving of strong lager, for example, contains 3 units of alcohol, whereas a serving of lower- strength lager contains only 2 units.