Old fashioned glass

{{Short description|Short tumbler used for serving spirits}} {{redirect|Whiskey glass|glass made by Glencairn|Glencairn whisky glass}} {{Infobox drink | name = Old fashioned glass | image = File:Old Fashioned Glass.jpg | caption = An old fashioned glass, traditionally used for serving spirits | type = Mixed drink | base = }}

The '''old fashioned glass''', otherwise known as the '''rocks glass''', '''whiskey glass''', and '''lowball glass'''<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.leaf.tv/articles/the-difference-between-highball-lowball-glasses/ | title=The Difference Between Highball & Lowball Glasses|access-date=February 6, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.joyjolt.com/blog/know-highball-lowball-glasses/|title=What you Should Know about Highball and Lowball Glasses|date=October 6, 2017|access-date=February 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190207072228/https://www.joyjolt.com/blog/know-highball-lowball-glasses/|archive-date=February 7, 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref> (or simply '''lowball'''), is a short tumbler used for serving spirits, such as whisky, neat or with ice cubes ("on the rocks"). It is also normally used to serve certain cocktails, such as the old fashioned. The true old fashioned glass is decorated in the cut glass style, although most modern examples are pressed glass, made using a mold. The form originated in the 17th and 18th centuries from the Scottish quaich, a shallow two-handled vessel made of materials such as wood, silver, and leather.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lieu |first=Kat |date=2024-03-10 |title=This Is How Whiskey Was Served In The 18th Century |url=https://www.tastingtable.com/1530014/whiskey-served-18th-century/ |access-date=2025-06-13 |website=Tasting Table |language=en-US}}</ref> Beginning in the 19th century, these ornately-decorated cups were slowly replaced by the glass tumbler, which had greater mass appeal and were cheaper to produce.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Understanding the History of Whiskey Drinking Glasses |url=https://www.sipdark.com/blogs/sipdark-blog/understanding-the-history-of-whiskey-drinking-glasses |access-date=2025-06-13 |website=SipDark}}</ref> Plain glass versions are lowball glasses.{{cn|date=October 2024}}

Old fashioned glasses typically have a wide brim and a thick base, so that the non-liquid ingredients of a cocktail can be mashed using a muddler before the main liquid ingredients are added.{{cn|date=October 2024}}

Old fashioned glasses usually hold {{convert|6|-|10|USoz|abbr=on|order=flip}}.<ref>{{cite book |title= The Joy of Mixology|last= Regan|first= Gary|year= 2003|publisher= Clarkson Potter|location= New York |edition = First|isbn= 0-609-60884-3|pages= 132–133}}</ref><ref name= "Rathbun">{{cite book|title= Good Spirits: Recipes, Revelations, Refreshments, and Romance, Shaken and Served with a Twist|last= Rathbun|first= A. J.|year= 2007|publisher= The Harvard Common Press|location= Boston, Massachusetts|isbn= 978-1-55832-336-0|page= [https://archive.org/details/goodspiritsrecip00rath/page/13 13]|url= https://archive.org/details/goodspiritsrecip00rath/page/13|url-access= registration}}</ref> A double old fashioned glass (sometimes referred to by retailers as a ''DOF'' glass) holds {{convert|12|-|16|USoz|abbr=on|order=flip}}.<ref name= "Rathbun"/><ref>{{cite book |title=The Ultimate A-to-Z Bar Guide |last=Herbst |first=Sharon |author2=Herbst, Ron |year=1998 |publisher=Broadway Books |location=New York |isbn=978-0-7679-0197-0 |page=[https://archive.org/details/ultimateatozbarg0000herb/page/9 9] |url=https://archive.org/details/ultimateatozbarg0000herb/page/9 }}</ref>

== See also == * {{portal inline|Liquor}} * {{portal inline|Drink}}

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Category:Drinking glasses