If you drink beer, you should invest in a set of these glasses that make everything (even Budweiser and Coors) taste more nuanced

Being on the kitchen beat, I've received a number of barware glasses in the mail. More than a few have arrived in a pile of shards rattling around at the bottom of a box. Made-In, however, did it right. Each glass was individually positioned with extra-thick cardboard with not so much as a micrometer of give. I'd wager that box could be kicked down a flight of stairs or two and the glasses (which also happen to be titanium-reinforced) would remain no worse for wear. Good on them.

Before I decided to sully my palate with my usual Budweiser and Coors, I figured I'd try some beers people are more likely to drink from fancy glasses like these.

I went to the bodega around the block and grabbed a dozen different beers, including pilsner, ale, IPA, and cider. Using this guide from Firestone Walker on how to pour a beer into a tasting glass, I sat outside and poured about half of each bottle (or can) into a glass, and left the rest in the bottle for comparison.

Then, I poured Budweiser and Coors, just to see if these glasses changed the drinking experience significantly. 

Lastly, when I was fairly buzzed, I decided it was time to clean up. If these glasses were going to break, now was the time. I purposefully clanked them, knocked them against the hardwood banister leading to my patio, and accidentally let the screen door hit them on the way in, but there wasn't so much as a crack.

I sipped from each bottle or can first and then tried the beverage out of a Teku glass, followed by more regular pint glasses you'd find in a bar. I felt that the tulip shape opened the profile of the beer more in its delivery.

I'm not going to describe each and every beer and cider note for note, but I'll say that everything was much more invigorating, and aromas were hard to ignore with the Teku glasses. I got floral notes, sweet notes, and stonefruit notes where I otherwise found little worth noting when I drank straight from the bottle or a pint glass. As beer and cider channeled and flowed over the rim, it was elegantly delivered onto my tongue. We're not talking big, glugging mouthfuls of beer coming from a standard pint glass, but thin, velvety flows.

Ales and pilsners I've always liked well enough, and ones I can recall having drunk from glassware, were suddenly a little more curious to me. Even in the case of my beloved but predictable Budweiser — sipping from the can and the glass, back and forth, I noted an orange-blossom-like aroma and flavor from the glass. Still yet, with the added sweetness it was much drier on the back end than it was from the can, to my palate at least. Coors' Banquet beer was another surprise, and also put out a similarly floral-citrus profile compared with the plainness I tend to find (and still enjoy) from the can.

Each and every beer I tried in these glasses was markedly different from how it tasted from the bottle, and while that will hardly apply to me, I will now be able to appreciate my Budweiser and Coors that much more from here on out.

Made In's beer glasses come with a limited lifetime warranty, which means they'll only cover manufacturer defects. In other words, they're probably not going to help you out of you knock one off your kitchen counter and it bursts into smithereens, but you can't expect to be covered for broken glassware.

To that end, they are dishwasher-safe, and the little included titanium helps reinforce the glasses, but that won't keep protect them from a fall from the countertop. As with any glassware, they'll last as long as you can manage to keep them intact.

If you're looking for new beer glasses and really want to appreciate the finer notes of your microbrews, I don't think you can do much better. The glass is thick, the tulip shape offers a much more aromatic and flavorful experience, and they're not so dainty that they're likely to end up broken in the bottom of your sink.

I avoid buying anything and everything at all costs. I am not a big consumer. But I'm sold on having a handful of nice beer glasses, and I'd buy these and, furthermore, save space in a kitchen cabinet for them.

Pros: They'll really open up your palate to the beer you're drinking, thick, shatter-resistant glass

Cons: They take up more space and are pricier than your run-of-the-mill pint glass, 14 ounces might seem an odd size (but then a 12-ounce beer with room for head fits pretty well)