Crystal Whiskey Glass, Set of 6, Clear, 6 Pack

Glencarin are tip top, look great and are a very nice addition to my collection. This price was awesome, great value for the price

Perfect for sampling spirits. Instead of a high ball glass, use this instead! Feels like youre getting more and its a better experience all around. Its really a hard feeling to pin down they are utilitarian but graceful and a unique beauty to them as well. Get some! You wont be disapointed, and if you are Ill buy them off of you!

Glencairn glasses greatly improved my whisky experience. They make it so much easier to really enjoy the aromas of single malt.

I am no master whisky taster, nor am I a snob. Im a firm believer in whisky as an everymans drink, but at the same time I appreciate it as a craft worthy of considerable study and capable of great nuance. How anyone chooses to enjoy it is up to the individual, and youll get no argument from me on what you like and how you want to drink it. Want to mix Scotch, red wine, and orange juice together in a Collins glass with ice and chug in down? Cheers! Now, that said, when it comes to my own enjoyment of beverages, Im very particular about glassware. I both love the material and appreciate what it can do for the senses. It all begins with the look, and the feel in the hand. Just as I like a delicate and tall fluted glass for a sparkling wine, I like a nice heavy glass when I drink spirits, just not something so overbuilt as to get in the way. For look a feel, I havent yet found glassware I like better than the Glencairn for whisky. The heavy base lets it feel sturdy in the hand, while staying low on the table and letting you pick it up to look through the liquid without your hand getting in the way. The glass itself is elegant without being pretentious and overly complicated. In due time, I believe it will become far more commonplace and universally understood to be the unique glassware for whisky as recognizable as wine glasses are today. Besides being very attractive and unmistakably a glass for complex spirits and not anything else, the tulip shape above the base allows for a nice quick swirl, and concentrates the aromas for when you want to stick your nose in the glass, a nostril at a time so you dont overwhelm your sense of smell. There is a way to do this without being totally awkward, although it might take a bit of practice. I also recommend relaxing your jaw and keeping your mouth open while you do this, just a little bit. Depending on your sense of smell, you may or may not smell things you never have before in your favorite whiskies, but it is undeniable that the aroma is stronger in a glass of this shape. As the sense of smell is so important to how things taste, I would say that Glencairns are worth it on that basis alone. Drinking out of a Glencairn is not particularly social. You will be hard pressed to maintain eye contact with somebody across a table while you take a sip, which is arguably the biggest downside to a glass like this. The upside is that by breaking your eye line you are forced to concentrate more on the drink itself. The shape of the glass again aids in the flavor of the drink by directing aromas towards your nose as you drink from it. I wont pretend to know how the shape of the glass affects the flow of the liquid itself, or what, if any, benefit that might make. There are other attempts at an official whisky glass out there. I will leave it up to you to decide if any of them are better at enhancing the whisky-drinking experience, but knowing a thing or two about glass and how its made, I expect the Glencairn to ultimately win more hearts and minds. For one, it is a very simple design, lending itself to easier manufacture and greater durability. Two, because of that simplicity, it is and will always be cheaper, thus will not be so easily painted as glassware for snobs, driving adoption by regular people. I fully expect that the Glaincairn will be widely imitated, with perhaps minor future variations improving it slightly. Clearly the Glencairn is a winner, and does exactly what it set out to do.

The design is appealing, and does seem to concentrate the aroma of our single malt scotch. We use the glasses for other beverages also when we want only a smidgen, we like them so much. A couple of glasses are not completely flat inside at the bottom, which is especially noticeable with dark beverages and purely something aesthetic to mention. Otherwise they are very well made, sit level, have no blemishes or seams, and the etched words on the bottoms of the glasses is clear and easy to read: “the Glencairn glass”. Each glass was individually boxed, then all six were wrapped together with some plastic. The remainder will be easy to store still boxed, if you do not want to put all six on the shelf. We are very happy with this purchase.

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This particular design of whiskey glass is used universally. The shape of these glasses direct aromas toward the rim, so one gets the aroma and the taste at the same moment.

Amazon asked me what I thought about these so I thought I would respond. I’m be had them for over a year and use them as sipping glasses for bourbon. They have a sturdy bottom and concentrate the aromas with a wide bottom and a smaller top. I also use for port on occasion. I’m happy with them.

Have always loved this style of glass for really any distilled spirits not just scotch and this brand did not disappoint. However, the glass is more delicate than Ive experienced so be careful when handling and make sure there arent any hairline cracks when received.