3/31/2023 0 Comments Blade runner whiskey glassesIt’s the only glass where ice “feels” right and there isn’t much of a design here to accentuate any particular aspect of the scotch. I don’t often enjoy my scotch on the rocks but if I did, I’d go with a tumbler. The feel premium because of how nice they look and the weight they carry in you rhand. What’s nice is that it’s lead-free crystal but they’re heavy. My favorite of the bunch is the one in the image above from Mofado. (Incidentally, an Old Fashioned is a lump of sugar, two dashes of bitters, ice, a lemon-peel, and a jigger of whiskey) It’s designed for mixed drinks, like the Old Fashioned after which it was named, and for enjoying whisky on the rocks. On the downside, it’s more expensive than any other option here.īuy Riedel Vinum Scotch Glasses (pictured) The NEAT Whiskey GlassĪn Old Fashioned Tumbler is what most people think of when you talk about a tumbler (or lowball tumbler, as opposed to highball glass). I don’t feel like I’m inhaling everything and so I don’t get an overwhelming nose, which I would get if I was too enthusiastic in sniffing a scotch in a Glencairn.Īs was the case with the Glencairn, it’s best to avoid putting ice in this as it’s a more delicate glass and there isn’t really much room. What I do like about the glass is that it’s thin, so I don’t feel like I’m carry a bulky glass, and the opening is better suited for my nose. As a frequent user of the glass, I don’t know that much happens different if it “opens up” for the few millimeters before it gets to me! The idea behind opening it up like this is so that the spirit “opens up” as it hits your tongue and lips. Whereas the Glencairn almost focuses the aroma on your nose, this one doesn’t. Riedel makes a whole line of glassware and their hallmark, at least in my mind, is that the glass is often high quality and remarkably thin.įrom a design perspective, it opens up at the lip rather than closes in. I was given a set of Riedel Vinum Single Malt Whisky Glasses by my wife for a previous Christmas and I’m a big fan of the glasses. You can get buy one glass for ~$10 or a set of two for ~$15. On the plus side, Glencairn whisky glasses are inexpensive. While not impossible, it is more challenging to put ice in the glass given the smaller opening. These glasses are best designed for someone who is enjoying their scotch neat or with a few drops of water. You might have to add a few drops of water in order to open it up and take a bit of the edge off. If you’re new to drinking scotch, with it’s 43%+ ABV, this can be overwhelming. When you sip scotch, again the aromas are directed, almost like a laser, to your nose for maximum enjoyment. When you put your nose into the glass, you very clearly get a lot of the aroma. As you’d expect from a design based on nosing glasses, the smaller tapered opening allows for a concentration of the scents of the scotch. It’s a distinct design that I fell in love with when I visited distilleries in Scotland (I picked up two branded ones from The Macallan and The Glenlivet, which became the basis of this test). and the design was inspired by the nosing glasses used in whisky labs. The Glencairn Glass was created by Glencairn Crystal Ltd.
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