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@emilegauthier I have rarely come across drinking establishments with specialist whisky glasses (other than specific whisky bars).
However many pubs and bars do have the more commonplace brandy glasses - generally the shorter type - stemmed with a round body and narrow aperture.
This is much better than a tumbler so you could ask for your whisky to be served in one of these glasses. Or ask if they have a port or sherry glass.
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In the Netherlands, Jenever is quite popular and special glasses that resembles a stretched glencairn (i.e tighter throat, smaller bulb at the bottom) are usually available and can be used for whisky. Only a few pubs will have the glencairn glass and brandy glasses maybe rare because of the above. That said brandy glasses either large or small work with whisky. Tumblers should not be accepted. Indeed with that as the only choice, I would go with a wine glass.
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In Europe I have been to bars and restaurants that have the Classic Malts whisky glass that looks more like a port or sherry glass. It's great by my standards, but in the states it is always a tumbler or occasionally a snifter.
I don't like whisky in a brandy snifter... I don't like BRANDY in a brandy snifter. I find the bulbous shape accentuates the alcohol above all other aromas. I almost prefer a tumbler in that case, but If a bar has a port or sherry glass, I'd go with that one every time.
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Nice discussion - always seems to come up when I host whisky tastings.
@ Emile -.. being from New Brunswick, I can tell you the only bar I know of that would serve me my whisky's in a Port / Sherry style glass would be the Lunar Rogue in Fredericton -- look 'em up - very fine whisky establishment.
That being said, about a year ago, the fine folks representing The Macallan in Canada sent me a dozen glasses with their logo on it and of course, they are of the tumbler style... and would you believe, at many of my tastings, they are in jeapordy of getting stolen. I like 'em too.. nice bottom weight to them and they look fantastic.
Now,,... what is the perfect whisky glass? I have my dozen or so GLENCAIRN... my dozen + port style glasses, many many tumblers, my snifters seldom get used anymore..... and I found, just last week, a very sleek and short new glass available in Christmas Gift Pack from the Arran Malt...
Personally, -- i prefer the Glencairn.. followed closely by this nice little glass I found last week and the Macallan tumbler I have.... wish i could post a picture of them.....
to this --- I raise my glass.... it currently holds BOWMORE - 10 yr old TEMPEST
Scott
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I have owned many good Whisky glasses but the most beautiful were Baccarat small White Wine; One of four survives and I use it every day with the lid of my Blair Atholl taster. They are truly exquisite. Reidel did something similar and called it, IIRC, Port Wine. It is attractive and lovely to taste from but the Barracat glasses are works of art, finest crystal and a most attractive curve which crosses over and becomes the stem...magnifique!
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We use custom hand-blown glasses from the Scotch Doc. Here's a link: bit.ly/sb1cex
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@kharmin, Thank you, these look superb but they do look big (?) How do they look with a couple of ounces?
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@A'bunadhman They're pretty big. But sometimes big is required. As per the webpage: "There is nothing dainty about the Scotch Doc Taster. It IS NOT a politically correct, walking around, glass-in-hand, socializing, whisky drankin mug. This fifteen-ounce vessel is designed to present the full unique character nuances and subtleties of the Scotch Single Malt Whisky when analysis and maximum appreciation of the spirit is the gastronomical objective."
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My only difficulty with these glasses is if you believe the Riedel rhetoric on glass shapes (which I do). The inward curve and the cut glass on the top of the glass would tend to blunt sweet tastes to some extent (look at Riedel's Sauternes glass where the idea is to taste non-sugary nuances.). This would be ideal for sweet, non-peated malts, but some peated malts where one is searching for sweetness would be adversely affected.
Just my thought.
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Well, if you are ever in Chicago there is a great single malt bar by the name of the Duke of Perth.
@Emile, bars all seem to serve in tumblers here in the US and on top of that look strange when I ask for neat and a small glass of chilled water but NO ice. I started asking if they would serve in Port Glasses now and most look funny but don't have a problem with it. At the bar I frequent the most they actually just serve it that way now.
@OCeallaigh I also don't like snifters as I think your correct in that they amplify the alcohol and not the nose usually. I prefer Glencairn and Port glasses here at home, they seem to be the best for nosing and give me a easy spotted measure, but I think that that comes from regular use.
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After watching the review on the Villeroy & Boch glasses (Distilled #4), I purchased two each of the three sizes - Islands (short), Highlands (tall), Nosing (stemmed). As the video reviewer noted, it is surprising how much more aromas are concentrated in the larger space.
As for bars here in SW Ontario, single malts are typically served in a tumbler, so you would need to ask for a snifter, port or wine glass.
At the Companions of the Quaich dinners, the convenor brings the Glencairn glasses to be used for the whiskies that will be served
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“Sorry if I made mistakes, English is not my first language”
A couple of week ago, I had a dram of whisky in a bar with a friend (I had a Glenlivet 18, not the big thing, but I did want to try it before to buy a bottle). The problem is they served me the whisky in a f-ing big tumbler! The worst is they claim to be a big whisky bar in Montréal (Québec/Canada).
I’m new to the whisky universe, but the first thing I bought before to buy my first bottle is a descent pair of glasses. I just cannot nose and fully appreciate a dram of whisky in a tumbler! So I have a couple questions about this.
Do they serve whisky in tumblers or they have descent glasses in the bars of your city?
Do you thing this is normal and we should just accept the fact that in bars, we have to drink whisky in tumblers?
Bonus: If someone lives in Montréal, is there a whisky bar where you can have a whisky in a descent glass?
Thank you!