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Almost every alcoholic drink has its own dishes: sake is served in small ceramic cups, beer at Oktoberfest – in massive liter mugs, champagne – in wine glasses. And for alcoholic mixes, there is no unambiguous option: cocktail glasses vary in shape, volume and purpose. Consider the main types.
Tumbler
Tumbler (English “tumbler”). A short wide glass with a thick bottom, often rounded. Sometimes it has a convex bottom so that the taster could not put it on the table without spilling the drink (hence the name) and was forced to keep the glass in his hand all the time, warming the drink. Originally created for whiskey, but now the term has expanded to include a whole category of glasses, including “old fashion”, “shot” and others. The classic tumbler holds 150-300 ml and can be used to serve both pure spirits and cocktails based on bourbon, scotch or Irish whiskey.
Олд-фэшн (Old Fashioned)
Old Fashioned (translated from English – “old-fashioned”). A “shortened” tumbler is a rectangular glass with a thickened bottom, from 180 to 470 ml (the latter is for the “double old-fashioned”). It is used for hard alcohol with ice (for example, whiskey) or a number of cocktails – in particular, the classic Old Fashioned aperitif (whiskey or bourbon with cane sugar and a couple of drops of angostura), after which the glass was named.
Collins
Collins is a tall narrow glass of cylindrical shape, volume 300-410 ml, it serves longdrink cocktails. Sometimes used to serve soft drinks such as soda or tropical fruit juice. The name comes from the Tom Collins cocktail (4 parts soda water, 3 parts gin, 2 parts freshly squeezed lemon juice and 1 part sugar syrup).
Shot
Shot, from the English “shot” (in the context of alcohol – “in one gulp”), and not short – “short”, as is commonly believed. Small cocktail glasses, usually cylindrical, but variations are possible. The first samples appeared in the United States at the turn of the 20th and 100th centuries. The size varies from XNUMX to XNUMX ml depending on the serving (single or double) and the country (the smallest shots are produced in Germany, Scandinavia, Serbia, the largest in Japan and Bulgaria).
Shots are used to drink shooter cocktails, which are often just as erroneously referred to as simply “shots”. These are strong alcoholic mixes, often layered, which are required not to be savored, but to be swallowed in one sitting, for example, B-52 or Hiroshima.
Martini glass, cocktail glass
The second name is a cocktail glass. Martini glass, in English is simply called cocktail glass, that is, “cocktail glass”, although variations specifically for martini can be a little more elegant. This is a vessel on a high thin leg with a cone-shaped bowl. Appeared at the end of the 90th century with the development of the fashion for cocktails and standardly holds from 300 to XNUMX ml, although there are exceptions. Traditionally, martinis and cocktails based on any vermouth are drunk from such glasses.
Margarita glass
Margarita glass, a variant of a champagne glass (buy) but slightly modified. It has an original shape – a double bowl is similar to a shot glass set in a “slide” and will buy a volume of 250-300 ml. Margarita serves not only the cocktail of the same name, for which the glass was created, but also any drinks based on tequila.
Харрикейн (Hurricane)
Hurricane (from the English “hurricane”). This is a large volume cocktail glass., which holds almost 600 ml of drink. The vessel appeared in the middle of the XNUMXth century and has an original shape: a short leg, a “pot-bellied” cone, tapering at the top.
Most of all, the glass looks like a vase or the flask of an old kerosene lamp (hurricane lamp). Hurricane serves a cocktail of the same name (equal parts dark and light rum, half a serving of strong rum, fruit syrup and lemon juice to taste), as well as a variety of slings, Blue Hawaiis and other mixes.
Хайбол (Highball)
Highball, a cone-shaped tall glass with a volume of 240-350 ml. Higher than the “old fashion”, but lower and wider than the “collins”. Serves for serving highball cocktails (drinks based on strong alcohol with the addition of a generous portion of a non-alcoholic component). Classic highball drinks are whiskey and soda, gin and tonic. The glass itself, as well as cocktails for it, appeared around the beginning of the XNUMXth century.
Liquor glass (Liqueur glass)
Liqueur glass, a small glass for strong and sweet spirits, such as Baileys. It usually holds 30-60 ml of drink, the shape is similar to a miniature wine glass, but other solutions are possible.
Сауэр (Sour glass)
Sour glass (from English “sour”). He is also a “double shot”, the shape resembles two cut cones (one larger, the other smaller), made up of bottoms. Looks like an hourglass. Sometimes it is an ordinary glass with slightly sloping sides of the bowl. Volume 100 ml, appeared in the middle of the XNUMXth century, intended for cocktails of the same name or other alcoholic beverages.
Glass for Irish coffee (Irish Coffee mug)
Irish Coffee mug – Irish coffee mug. It looks like a cross between a cup and a glass: the vessel has a short thick leg, a tulip-shaped bowl and a comfortable handle.
It appeared in the middle of the 250th century specifically for serving the hot cocktail of the same name: coffee with whiskey and cream. Now used for a variety of hot alcoholic drinks: mulled wine, grog, etc. The volume varies from 360 to XNUMX ml.
