2) Glasses are listed by brand and brewery. I will assign code numbers by brewery.
3) Dates are my best guess. Dates above a section are dates the brewery was in operation. Dates below each glass are the dates of issue. If you have better or more complete information, please write. The numbering system will change as I add older glasses I do not know about or get better dating information. I will leave the numbering system intact once I know someone is actually using it.
Update (Jan. 17, 2010): I have modified the glass code number system to match, as much as possible, the numbering in James Rowley's 2009 book A Guide To Bulge Top Shams. An exact match is not possible, as Jim has organized glasses by brand name. I have kept my code numbering system organized by brewery, as have successful online guides to U.S. beer coasters and labels. Beer brands are cross referenced in the listings, so you will still be able to search for a glass by the beer brand it advertises.
Glass terminology & history of use
A, B updated November, 2011
C-F updated December, 2011
G, H updated October, 2011
I-L
M-O updated October, 2011
P-R updated April, 2012
S-Z updated April, 2011
Microbreweries with bulge-top sham pilsners (or logo on a brewery festival glass) updated October, 2011
Beer festival glasses updated February, 2012
Mystery glasses
Beer cooling system glasses
Brewers guild & association glasses
Foreign glasses
Bulge-top sham pilsner glasses for sale
Brands with multiple glasses:
A-1 Pilsner
American
Ballantine
Blatz
Budweiser
Busch
Coors
Country Club
Drewrys
Falstaff
Gettelman
Grain Belt
Griesedieck
Gunther
Hamm's
Kingsbury
Leinenkugel
Lone Star
Lucky
Meister Brau
Michelob
Miller
Muehlebach
National
Old Milwaukee
Old Style
Olympia
Pabst
Pearl
Peerless
Potosi
Schlitz
Schmidt
Stag
Storz