Cheers to tradition! The original pint pot is making a comeback[GETTY]The jug is making a comeback and, defying the old image of a flat-capped bitter drinker, is popular with the young and trendy.
The grenade-shaped mug fell out of favour because lighter, fizzier beers are best served in straight-sided glasses.
These glasses also have the advantage of taking up less space and being easier to stack in a dishwasher as they have no handle.
But in recent years the popularity of premium beers made to traditional recipes has led to a growth in demand for the dimpled pint pots.
Rose Dennen, manager of The Shacklewell Arms in east London, said: “It’s not old men with flat caps and whippets drinking out of dimple glasses.
It’s a nice iconic British tradition to hold on to
"Now you’ve got girls in skinny jeans drinking craft beer.
"There’s an appropriation of the traditional by the hipster culture.”
Some pubs have never stopped serving ale in dimpled glasses, such as The North Bar in Leeds.
Pub boss Christian Townsley said: “Germans have the beer stein and the British have dimpled pint pots.
"It’s a nice iconic British tradition to hold on to.
“They also have a really lovely feel when you put them down on a beer mat. They are solid and reassuringly comforting.”
Unfortunately, the lack of factories making pint pots in the UK means many pubs have to buy them from other countries, such as Turkey, and they cost up to three times as much as straight glasses.
Neil Walker, of the Campaign for Real Ale, said: “The fact they’ve been adopted by pubs and bars across the UK who aim themselves at a younger customer can only be good for getting more people drinking real ale.
“As with anything, what is ‘cool’ goes in waves and I think that the use of this style of glasses is having a resurgence at the moment.”
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