Glassware

@Nozinan

I don't think they have started making it yet in commercial quantities, hence the crowdfunding phase to raise capital.

@sengjc I like the way you think

I'm using Glencairn glasses but also some wobbly courvoisier cognac classes which are very comfy and work well for sniffing. Alternatively I might pour some wild turkey in a shot glass every now and then.

I just joined Friends of Laphroaig and was able to get some of their tasting glasses, which look like the size of the "mini glencairn" glasses I first saw at Forty Creek in 2010. Now, just over 5 years later, I will get to try the original confederation oak batch the same way I tried it the first time in my life!

Well, maybe in a few weeks...

I have two crystal cut Glencairns that I love. My favorite thing about them is that the cuts on the outside are very useful for measuring different sized pours. mybottleshop.com.au/wp-content/uploads/…

I also have two glasses that were included in a box of diplomatico rum. I think the glasses are fantastic and I prefer to use them with sweeter spirits like Canadians and rums. edelices.co.uk/wine-spirits-drinks/…

I also received a set of Neat glasses for Christmas, but I haven't tried them out yet.

I also enjoy my pair of stemmed riedel "Glencairns" that I got from a zignum mezcal box imgcdn.binnys.com/images/spiritslabels/…

I have just been given some Norlan Whisky Glasses for Christmas. Has anyone had any experience with these before?

@Tom92, yes,...there is another whole discussion devoted to the subject. Details there.

Merry Christmas @Tom92. I hope you'll enjoy them

@Alexsweden a merry Christmas to you too. Only have to decide what to pour in them now

@Victor cheers, thanks Victor

Stumbled across this on Instagram...looks pretty neat. The Cradle Glass

www.cradleglass.com

@Mancub Looks interesting. When it comes to amazon....

Is $35 plus tax for 2 NEAT glasses a worthy expenditure for someone who doesn't have any?

@Nozinan Call me a sucker, but I enjoy having a variety of unique glasses to choose and sip from.

@Nozinan, ask @Robert99. My answer is about the same as is his. (hint: he doen't like them)

The NEAT glass makes a great conversation piece because it is so bizarre, very awkward from which to drink, odd-looking, and, for many, very undesirable effects on flavour. I was blessed that @CognacFan gave me one as a gift. The NEAT glass looks like a little spittoon. The best usage for a neat glass is to demonstrate just how bizarre the nosing and tasting experience can be from a change in glassware.

@Mancub, yes, me too. I have 7 or 8 different types of tasting glasses on hand. The NEAT glass is best when what you really want is to gross your guests out. Both NEAT and Norlan glasses make interesting conversation pieces. Both noticeably diminish flavours. The Norlan glasses are handy and good-looking, however, both of which characteristics the NEAT glasses lack.

@Nozinan @Victor I didn't realize that the NEAT glass was referring to a specific glass till just now. At a glance I can't say I'm drawn to it, and your experience with the glass puts it in the "do not buy" category for me.

@Mancub, no, I do not recommend buying the NEAT glass, but, by all means, if you have the chance to sample whiskies with one, do so, and find out why you don't want to buy them. They do provide an unusual experience.

@Victor A friend brought out his Norlan glasses at a recent tasting. We all reverted fairly quickly to standard Glencairns. The Norlans, as I recall, because of the double wall have quite a fat rim that feels slightly odd on the lips and distracts attention from the whisky. For me it's the traditional Glencairn, a sherry copita or a small tumbler that is substantially narrower at the top than the bottom. Villeroy & Boch and Spiegelau both make nice ones. I like the shape of the Glencairn Canadian, it is just too big for single malt tasting.

@Victor How about Lambanog in a NEAT glass? or Lambertus? Turv Exloo?

Yes, @Nozinan, anything to obliterate that lambanog nose would be a blessing. I am not sure that I currently have the stomach to do a series of experiments with those three particular spirits.

@BlueNote, as I have mentioned in the past I love the Norlan glass for beer It is probably my favourite beer glass.

@BlueNote, one more thing, if the Norlan glass feels funny on the lip, just wait until you try the NEAT glass. You will know exactly what I mean when you go to take your first sip.

@Victor I'm still tempted.... like having lambertus around just to show people...it would be good to have a NEAT - we'll see...

@Nozinan, that's the way I use my NEAT glass...but my guess is that if you buy two of them that you will give at least one of them away before long.

@Nozinan Sorry mate, I'll have to go with @Victor on this one.

@Victor @BlueNote They come as a set. I know people who don't have one. I often get hard to find glassware (and bottles) in larger quantities than I need in the expectation someone might want one.

Intrugued by the strength of feeling the NEAT glass provoked on here I picked one up myself, but yet to give it a go. Trying another new addition tonight though, a Glenmorangie branded 'thistle' glass. The wide opening doesn't do much to funnel the aromas nose-wards, but may help to take any alcohol burn away too, a la the science bumps from NEAT marketing. The bowl allows for pleasing swillability though and it feels nice in the hand. The wide opening enables you to get the nose right in there actually, which makes for a different tasting experience to a glencairn or any similar shaped stem or tulip glass. Sometime I'll put the same spirit in this and another for a direct comparison but even if it proves inferior in the head to head, I like it well enough to keep it in regular circulation.

The strangest thing about the Near Glass is how the judges from the San Francisco Spirits competition were able to judge any whisky with that glass when it was the Official glass of the competition.

Something a bit different tonight. Balvenie single barrel in a nice little Italian wine tasting glass.

@dougwatts, W...E...L...L...do you have any observations as to how that particular glass influences the experience of drinking whisky in it?