Scotch Glasses
 

So for years, I've been drinking fine single malt out of small glasses. Just, you know, normal glasses, just a size between "shot" and "small." Well, for reasons complicated beyond this post, I no longer have those glasses....

... and I'm wondering if there's any tangible difference between $2 Whiskey glasses from K-Mart and $15 Glencairn Scotch glasses from Wine Enthusiast. Whiskey Stones are a must, I think, if I'm going to go for a set of actual Scotch glasses, but ... does it really matter what glass you drink it from? Can anyone here actually taste a difference? Is it better in some way?

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Thanks,
Dan

I don't think the glass makes a difference but I would drink any single malt neat.

Here is mine but not for Scotch!

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There is no difference in taste IMO but I prefer drinking scotch from a crystal glass... It gives it a sense of occasion.
It's like drinking good tea from a fine china cup and saucer.

In the movie "Blade Runner" Harrison Ford drunk from square shaped glasses. I looked for years and finally found a web page that sells them.

Blade Runner Deckard Whiskey Glass

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I usually use rock glasses...

I could be old fashioned (well the pun is there) but I think an Old Fashion style glass is better for most spirits. Slanted side, no compound curves, not too thick of rim, but not wine thin; complete control over the sip.

So I am not supposed to use a jelly jar?

What are Rock Glasses?

Rock Glasses

Heck, I've been using Mason Quart jars for the last week or two. Ok for a 10 year Scotch, but a poor choice for an 18 year Islay, if you ask me. While I'm trying to figure out if good glasses are really worth it, I picked up a set of 6oz juice glasses. Heavy glass, good size, should work ok for now.

:)

Dan

Wise choice...might not be as likely to break when you get smashed and drop one.

A Bourbon drinker will tell you 'not much'.

A Scotch drinker will tell you 'it's an acquired taste'.

You beat me to it! :D

Exactly! This ex bourbon swiller would tell you scotch tastes like the cold medicine 1950's moms would force down the throats of their unwilling children.

Tastes a lot like horse linament smells...

Back to glasses...I have a pair of rosenthal crystal glasses..the Porsche crest made of a blob of glass melted to the bottom 1/3 of them. Won as a door prize at a PCA thing back in the early 70's. Anybody here remember these?

I bartended for about 5 years. I've tried several different Scotches. I'm going to go with "It's an acquired taste." I never managed to acquire it. I've tried single malts, old, you name it. I just can't like the stuff.

I once put a tiny amount in several glasses at work and tried them all (including an Irish Whiskey or two). I believe there was one Scotch and one Irish whiskey where I thought, "that's not nearly as bad as the others." It was Jameson and, I think, Glenfiddich.

It's just not worth it to me to try really hard to acquire a taste for something that's expensive anyway. I've got enough expensive tastes. I don't need to develop more.

I drink my favorite single malt out of one of these.
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Collects the smell which I really enjoy. Its just the right size too.

I drink scotch on occasion but it's not my drink of choice.

While we're on the subject, there was a short article in Playboy maybe 10 years ago about company Christmas parties. It explained why Scotch is the drink of choice at said parties. I recall that it was a rather funny article but I haven't been able to find it since. Anyone here know it?

send me some fine single malt Scotch and I will run a scientifically valid test to determine if there's any tangible difference between $2 Whiskey glasses from K-Mart and $15 Glencairn Scotch glasses.

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Go to the liquor store and buy a bottle of Johnnie Walker or Glenlivet in a combo pack that comes with two nice scoth glasses. I have a set of each, and the combo packs were the same price as the bottles themselves.