Whisky Glasses.
The same whisky becomes a different drink in a different glass. From Glencairn to Copita, Rocks to Snifter — a research-based guide to whisky glassware.
All Whisky Glass Articles.
The Pálinka Glass — How Hungary Traps the Aroma
The glass for pálinka, Hungary's fruit brandy, is a tulip — narrow at the mouth, round at the belly. The way it gathers the aroma and sends it up to the nose is exactly the logic of a whisky nosing glass. From a small glass tossed back in one go to a tulip made for savouring the scent — the change of glass carries the story of pálinka rising from rustic moonshine to a Hungarian point of pride.
Iittala Ultima Thule — The Finnish Glass Cast from Melting Ice
A Finnish glass with a surface like half-melted ice. The pattern, created by designer Tapio Wirkkala in 1968, is not decoration but the trace left when molten glass is blown into a charring wooden mould. The Finlandia vodka bottle from the same hand, its life as a whisky on-the-rocks glass, and the name meaning "the farthest north" — Lapland's ice held in a single glass.
Should You Chill Your Whisky Glass? — The Trade Between Frost and Aroma
Like a beer mug, should a whisky glass be frozen too? Cold tames the sting of alcohol, but it mutes the aroma by exactly as much. What a chilled glass does to whisky aroma and to condensation, and when to chill versus when to leave it — a look at the trade between temperature and aroma.
Glass or Crystal? — What Your Whisky Glass Is Made Of, and the Lead Question
Where does the difference between a heavy, sparkling cut-crystal glass and a thin, light tumbler come from? Soda-lime glass and crystal, the lead that made crystal shine for centuries, and the old question of whether that lead leaches into your whisky — a close look at what the glass is made of.
Can You Trust the Colour of Whisky? — Natural Colour and E150a
The clearer the glass, the sharper the colour — but that colour is no honest guide to age or grade. Where colour comes from in the cask, the E150a caramel that Scotch is allowed to add, the bourbon that cannot, and how far to trust what you see in the glass.