While technically each beer style has it's own preferred style of glass, this glass is an excellent all around beer glass. You may get more flavors from a barley wine if it's in a brandy snifter for example, but any beer you put in here will definitely taste better than in a generic shaker pint glass. So while it may not replace the need for a few specialty glasses, it will definitely improve the flavors you experience of any beer you put into the glass; and that is truly what matters.