Type of glass?

[Ganga]

The bath is like a tumbler. Just doesn't collect quite right.

[Willie JJ]

I reckon with that much whisky in a small space the aromas would collect just fine. Still I am inclined to agree with your .

[mikeymad]

Don't p**p where you eat type of thing......

Cheers,

[Gov]

Just purchased 4 smaller tulip shaped brandy snifters with a nice stem at my local liquor store for .69 cents a piece! These are excellent and whisky in it smells and tastes great!

[mikeymad]

Good score Gov... I think that the least I have gone is .50 cents (USD) for a glass on a closeout at bevmo.

Cheers,

[lohssanami]

I was going to pick up 6 Glencairns for $60 on Ebay. A friend wants a couple of them so I am really only getting four of them.

Are there fake Glencairns? I heard there were two different types. Does it matter which one you get?

Ebay link for glasses.

[mikeymad]

Well it looks like from the feedback that there is a pile of people buying the glasses from them. And they seem very happy.

There are a lot of glasses that have the same basic shape. But I have never heard of fake Glen' ones. And if they are fake and have the same shape they should work pretty good....

If you are curious then ask them to send you a picture of them (they are using a stock photo for the auction).

good luck....

Cheers,

[mikeymad]

I heard there were two different types. Does it matter which one you get?

Oh there are crystal and glass. I am sure that just about everyone here has the glass, and they work great. Gets the beverage to my mouth everytime... (okay most of the time). The crystal ones are pretty pricey, and I think that you would have to import them.

Cheers,

[lohssanami]

I guess it wouldn't matter what they are since they are the same design. As long as I can get a good nose on it, and it goes into my mouth...right?

I sent him a question asking about crystal or glass, but he does say lead free on the auction.

[Gov]

I bought Glencairn's from that seller a couple of months ago. They were excellent and shipped very carefully. The glasses are glass not crystal. I would definately highly recommend that seller.

[lohssanami]

Thanks gov. The seller just told me that they sell the "soda lime glass", and he says a much better value.

[Deactivated Member]

I got an Ardbeg Uigeadail last night served in one of these Macallan glasses:



http://www.themacallan.com/shop/detail.asp?pid=GX6639A

I really liked them, good space to fit my (Roman) nose in and have a good sniff around.

[mikeymad]

I kind of like those Bute. They seem to becoming more popular (in the gift packs). It is like a highbred tumbler, closed down at the top to increase the nose, and still gives a large surface area for the beverage.

Okay, I guess that I need 'another' glass for the collection.

Cheers,

[lohssanami]

I have the Glencairns now, and I have to admit that I really like drinking out of them. Well, at least one of them at a time!

You know, maybe I am being pushed by the hype of the glass to believe that they are better, and that they really don't offer anything more than a standard water glass or mug might offer. Oh wait...wrong thread...sorry for that last outburst.

Cheers...

[lohssanami]

I got an Ardbeg Uigeadail last night served in one of these Macallan glasses:



http://www.themacallan.com/shop/detail.asp?pid=GX6639A

I really liked them, good space to fit my (Roman) nose in and have a good sniff around.

I just saw a gift pack of the Macallan 12 with 2 of these glasses. Too many whisky's out there, and not enough money.

[Lawrence]

I was going to pick up 6 Glencairns for $60 on Ebay. A friend wants a couple of them so I am really only getting four of them.

Are there fake Glencairns? I heard there were two different types. Does it matter which one you get?

Ebay link for glasses.

I have bought dsozens of Glencairns iff ebay and they have all beeb genuine, these look perfectly normal. Buy away I say.

[anationonfire]

For the most part I drink my Whisk(e)y from a snifter.
I would like to pick up a set of those Riedel Vinum Whisky glasses.

[Deactivated Member]

These look interesting, if only because I could definitely get my nose in and around the whisky with the cut-away.



http://www.homeclick.com/web/catalog/pr ... %20Product

[Deactivated Member]

I think I have found the perfect glass!

As I already mentioned, I use Bugatti Kelch, a shorter stemmed version for Signatory and the Glencairn.

At the recent Munich whisky festival we were given the Bugatti style, but at the Adelphi stand I tried their own commissioned glass.

WOW

I compared the same whisky in each glass and was astonished at the difference.
Much more aroma from the Adelphi.
It seemed to help me identify many more individual flavours than the Bugatti.


Now I'm talking to Adelphi about their glasses!
I want some in my pub!
MT

[Di Blasi]

Sounds like a nice glass MT. Possible to post a link or a photo to see??

[Willie JJ]

These look interesting, if only because I could definitely get my nose in and around the whisky with the cut-away.



http://www.homeclick.com/web/catalog/pr ... %20Product

How big is your nose?

[Deactivated Member]

I will try to take a photo of all my glass types together for comparison.

Hopefully, if my discussions with Adelphi work, I may be able to offer their glass from my website and also from the pub.
MT

[Deactivated Member]

I was recently introduced to the Adelphi glass - it blows all the rest away.

Here are more details for you:
http://www.whiskymag.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=8261

[DrStrange]

I use a glass that was designed at my, formerly local (i moved ) liquor store. Great swirling, narrow opening for the nose, but you don't have to purse your lips like some of the other scotch glasses on the market. And it fits in the hand like it was meant to be there

Doc

here's the link so you can see it

http://www.hitimewine.net/istar.asp?a=6&id=703114!2338

[Ganga]

Doc,

Where'd you move to? I live just up the way from Hi-Time.

[lohssanami]

I got an Ardbeg Uigeadail last night served in one of these Macallan glasses:



http://www.themacallan.com/shop/detail.asp?pid=GX6639A

I really liked them, good space to fit my (Roman) nose in and have a good sniff around.

Ok...I just got a couple of these, and I like the heavy feel and they still give a great nose.

I bought an older CS Macallan, and the guy had a pair of these he kept from a gift pack. He threw in the glasses...woohoo.

[kresj]

where can I buy these copita's?


I do own a glencairn crystal copita, but these seem to have a nicer shape.

[Rodstar]

Hi from Down Under!

I have only just started on the journey of whisky appreciation. I thought I was doing the right thing by drinking from a traditional "Whisky tumbler" until I read that these were designed to disguise how low grade a whisky is by dissipating the nose.

So, I have just ordered some Glencairn glasses, and in the interim I am using a tulip shaped wine glass.

I am very puzzled about why many of the whisky manufacturers insist on supplying glasses with their offerings which retain the old whisky tumbler shape. Are they trying to warn us how bad their whisky is, or does the corporate office have no clue as to the product they are selling?

[Ganga]

I would suggest that the average consumer doesn't know any better and that is what they traditionally use. Therefore, the companies provide that.

[turundus]

From the picture before, i would rather take zip of Whiskey from glass A, fits some whiskey and ice cubes and is delicioouss

[emospence]

I just use a tumbler. It came with my Glenmorangie Original purchase

[The Third Dram]

My glassware of preference is the Cognac glass pictured on the left. Other tasting glasses (such as the Glenmorangie sample on the right) are alright. And the Glencairn glass works as well. But I find that the longer stem and outwardly flared rim of the Cognac glass represent major positive design features.