Washing and preparing whisky glasses

@LeFrog, actually that's not as uptight as it may seem, sir. While I'll admit I simply clean my glasses in the dishwasher or by hand (depending on how full the machine is by the time I run out of glasses...), I do sterilize them (as I do my little sample bottles) in a baby bottle steralizer (a plastic bowl with a lid on it in which you put the glasses on a tray, fill it with water underneath and then let it have a go for about five minutes in the microwave oven). If you have (had) a baby, you'll probably know what I'm talking about. If not, use your imagination :-)

Hand wash with liquid soap and dry upside down over paper towel.

By the way...give 'em a wipe with a coffee filter to get off any streaks.

I agree with mark, nothing uptight about this at all.

Firstly you don't want any contaminating flavours. Secondly from an aesthetic point of view I want my glass looking pristine.

I wash mine by hand after a session - frequently this happens the next morning. But I nearly always rewash, normally with just very hot water, just before pouring.

I've also noticed that dishwasher smell.

This is my technique! I'll wash a glass by hand using a bit of soap. I then leave the hot water (as hot as you can) runing in the glass i just washed while I wash a second glass. Once washed, it takes the rinsing glass' space in the sink and I put the (burning hot) glass being rinsed upside down on a clean towel. I clean all my glasses like this.

By the time you're done all your glasses, the first glass you washed should have a bit of steam in it. You dry all glasses in the same order with a clean lint-free cloth.

At time of reusing the glasses, i'll usually run them under hot water and dry them again. I let them cool down to room temperature before using though.

That's my ritual.

Washing? Why not just leave the aromas of previous tastings to build up over time, like a teapot?

Also, brushing teeth the same evening as having a dram is mostly heresy.

;-)

@Scribe: no can do. Then I would never get around to brushing my teeth :-)

Hold on... I'm not supposed to drink straight from the bottle? Or my flask on the golf course? Or off the counter if a drop falls? I'm so out of touch...