1. Rock Glass / Old Fashioned Glass

Alias: Rock Glass, Short Glass

Features: Short and heavy cup, wide mouth, convenient for adding ice or stirring.

Applicable scenarios: Pure drinking, adding ice (On the Rocks), mixing old-fashioned cocktails (Old Fashioned).

Recommended wines: Bourbon whiskey, blended whiskey (such as Jack Daniels, Johnnie Walker Black Label).

2. Glencairn Glass

Design: Designed specifically for whiskey tasting, with a wide belly, narrow mouth, and short handle at the bottom.

Advantages: Gather aroma, guide the wine to the tip of the tongue (highlight sweetness), and facilitate observation of the color of the wine.

Applicable scenarios: Professional tasting of single malt or high-end whiskey.

Recommended wines: Scottish single malt (such as Macallan, Ardbeg), Japanese whiskey (such as Yamazaki).

3. Copita Glass

Alias: Sherry Glass

Features: The cup is slender like a tulip, the mouth is extremely narrow, and the long handle prevents the hand temperature from affecting the wine.

Advantages: Highly concentrated aroma, suitable for slowly tasting complex flavors.

Applicable scenarios: professional tasting, whisky exhibitions or auctions (such as rare Karuizawa models).

Brand reference: Riedel's professional tasting series.

4. Highball Glass
Features: Slender straight cup with large capacity (usually more than 300ml).

Applicable scenarios: Mixing whisky cocktails with ice or carbonated drinks, such as Highball (whisky + soda water).

Recommended wines: Light whisky (such as Japanese Hakushu and Irish Jameson).

5. Nosing Glass
Design: Similar to the Glencairn glass, but with a narrower mouth and more concentrated aroma.

Use: Professional scent training or whiskey competition, reduce alcohol stimulation, highlight subtle aroma.

Representative brand: The Norlan Glass combines modern design with traditional functions.

6. ISO cup (International Standard Tasting Cup)
Features: Universal tasting cup, rounded cup body, slightly narrowed cup mouth, capacity of about 200ml.

Advantages: No brand or style bias, suitable for fair comparison of different wines during blind tasting.

Common scenarios: Whiskey competitions, professional evaluations.

7. Snifter Glass
Origin: Traditional brandy cup, large cup belly, narrow cup mouth, long handle to prevent heat.

Applicability: Suitable for high alcohol content, heavy body whiskey (such as barrel strength or single barrel whiskey).

Usage tips: The palm of the hand holds the cup belly to slightly warm it up and release deep aroma.

8. Norlan Glass
Innovative design: double-layer glass structure, the outer layer prevents hand temperature, and the inner layer guides the aroma.

Advantages: It combines the practicality of the classic cup with the function of the aroma cup, and is full of modernity.

Applicable scenarios: daily drinking and display.

How to choose a wine glass?
Pure drinking/tasting: Glencairn cup, tulip cup > ISO cup > pure drinking cup

Ice/mixing: classic cup, highball cup

Newbie-friendly: classic cup (easy to operate) or Glencairn cup (experience aroma)

Collection value: handmade crystal cup (such as Riedel), designer joint model

Tips: The influence of cup shape on flavor
Wide mouth of the cup: The alcohol feeling is more obvious, suitable for heavy taste or ice drinking.

Narrow mouth of the cup: The aroma is concentrated, highlighting delicate flavors such as floral, fruity, and woody tones.

Cup belly size: affects the speed of decanting, and a large cup belly makes high-alcohol liquor softer.

Choosing a suitable wine glass can greatly enhance the whiskey experience. It is recommended to match it according to drinking habits and the characteristics of the wine!