In 2016, instead of talking about the nuances of Cascade versus Saaz hops, we’re going to spend the year talking about how a concave bottom and bulbous top maximize aromas and help keep a beer’s head foamy.

And it will be really, really pretentious.

“This is pretentious as shit,” were the actual words Matthew Cummings used to describe his first foray into craft glassware. Cummings is a glass-blowing artist who likes to drink beer with his artsy friends. On a whim, they decided to blow some glasses that would fit perfectly into their hands. As they sat around drinking from their creations they realized they’d stumbled onto something amazing—albeit outrageously over the top.

“If you’re drinking your beer in a chilled shaker pint, you might as well be drinking water,” says Cummings, who now owns The Pretentious Beer Glass Company. “Shaker pints were designed to fit into cocktail shakers and stack well, not to make your beer taste better.”