1.Beer Mug
You put beer in this.Some people put them in the freezer to frost them before use.One glass typically holds 16 oz.of fluid,but there are no rules.
2.Highball Glass
It’s a straight-sided glass of varying heights and is what you’re usually given when you order a whiskey and Coke,gin and tonic or other mixed drink.
3.Cocktail Glass (a.k.a.Martini Glass)
The angled,triangular bowl and long stem are unmistakable and is designed to keep the drinker from allowing her or his hands to warm the drink.Of course,after two drinks pretty much everyonecradles the bowl,thereby wasting its functional purpose.
4.Brandy Snifter
Its short stem and globe shape encourage cradling so the hand warms the drink,and the tapered edges focus the odor of the liquor up into the tippler’s nose.
5.Champagne Flute
The long tulip-shaped vessel lets drinkers enjoy the gentle cascade of boozy bubbles and also focuses the effervescence upward so that it will create a foamy,nose-ticklingmousse. 1.Beer Mug
You put beer in this.Some people put them in the freezer to frost them before use.One glass typically holds 16 oz.of fluid,but there are no rules.
2.Highball Glass
It’s a straight-sided glass of varying heights and is what you’re usually given when you order a whiskey and Coke,gin and tonic or other mixed drink.
3.Cocktail Glass (a.k.a.Martini Glass)
The angled,triangular bowl and long stem are unmistakable and is designed to keep the drinker from allowing her or his hands to warm the drink.Of course,after two drinks pretty much everyonecradles the bowl,thereby wasting its functional purpose.
4.Brandy Snifter
Its short stem and globe shape encourage cradling so the hand warms the drink,and the tapered edges focus the odor of the liquor up into the tippler’s nose.
5.Champagne Flute
The long tulip-shaped vessel lets drinkers enjoy the gentle cascade of boozy bubbles and also focuses the effervescence upward so that it will create a foamy,nose-ticklingmousse.