The vase is crafted in the original and symbolic shape of a beer barrel. Horizontal hoops and vertical lines imitating wooden staves are drawn in relief on the surface. Soft, smooth background gradient is used, characteristic of the early works of the Daum brothers. The inner matte (semi-transparent) layer transitions into warm amber, honey, and blue-green shades, creating an inner glow effect. The walls of the vase are decorated with realistically rendered climbing branches, leaves, and ripe hop cones. Thin tendrils of the plant elegantly intertwine with the "wooden" hoops of the barrel. In the very center of the vase, there is a raised circular medallion imitating a wooden plug or a brand mark. A six-pointed star (Star of David) is engraved upon it. In the context of late 19th-century brewing, this sign (known as the "brewer's star" or (Zoiglstern) was traditionally used in Europe as a symbol of beer purity and the alchemical fusion of the four elements (fire, water, earth, and air) during brewing.

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