Etiquette for Cheers-ing

[SeanathonHuff]

If you choose to 'clink' beer bottles together, I recall that clinking the bottle bottoms together could lead to disaster. It is wiser to clink the necks together, like two giraffes telling each other a secret.

 

[braised]

One of the traditions of "cheers with a clink" is that the clink rounds out the senses.

You can see wine, smell wine, feel wine and taste it.

"Clinking" the glasses metophorically allows you to hear the wine, completing the total sensory picture.

So says the tradition,
Braised

 

[ter1413]

The only thing that I follow is that if you do participate in the toast, don't clink/raise glass/make eye contact and then put your glass back down. You HAVE to drink.

 

[Thomas]

Originally Posted by Douglas

i always ***** glasses before taking a nip.

quoted for comedy gold.

 

[Fuuma]

Traditionally speaking clinking the glasses is a faux pas but it has been widely adopted and is pretty much replacing the formerly more restrained method (air contact).

 

[wootx]

Originally Posted by SeanathonHuff

like two giraffes telling each other a secret.
lol this is awesome! might be because i'm drinking though...

 

[musicguy]

I think it's safe to say that 90% of americans clink at bars. Elsewhere it's different. I wouldn't do it with fine wine or in a wine bar, even if I'm drinking beer.

 

[scientific]

Originally Posted by ktrp

You're supposed to slosh your drinks together, thereby showing you haven't poisoned each other.

correct, necessitating the symbolic clink, at least that's the theory i operate under.

 

[bingebag]

Clink for beers, and no clink for champagne.

 

[MetroStyles]

Clink if sitting close to each other. If it requires some kind of strange stretch to reach, do not clink, simply raise.

 

[CHRISTMAS]

Yeah. You're supposed to stand on the table, put your fingers in your mouth and whistle. Duh.

 

[AlexE]



Hi,


I was having a conversation a while back with a friend about the etiquette of cheers-ing, ...she mentioned that you should not hit the glasses together, but rather just raise them up. I've personally always "clinked" them together, is this rude/wrong?


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She would love Oktoberfest (the original) ;-)