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 Túath Glass — Ireland's Answer to the Glencairn
The Glencairn is a Scottish glass. So what does Irish whiskey have? The Túath — named after the old Irish word for a tribe or nation. What its conical bowl and Skellig Michael stem actually do, and the story behind it.
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.