Rocks glass
A short, straight-sided tumbler with a heavy base and a wide mouth, for spirits over ice.
The weight is the working part. A thick base holds cold long enough that a single large cube melts slowly instead of watering the drink down. The wide mouth is what lets you use one: a big cube has less surface for its size than a handful of small ones, so it chills without diluting as fast.
It goes by several names and they all mean this glass. Old fashioned glass is the formal one, after the drink. Lowball is the older term, said against a highball. Whiskey glass is the same thing again. A double old fashioned is this shape made larger, holding roughly 35 to 47 cl against the usual 18 to 30.
- Capacity
- ~24-35 cl
Served in this glass
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Black RussianVodka and coffee liqueur over ice, and nothing more
BoulevardierA Negroni that swapped its gin for bourbon
CaipirinhaBrazil's national drink - cachaça muddled with lime and sugar
Campari Spritz · via VenezianoThe older Venetian way: shorter and savoury, with an olive
Gin Basil SmashGin smashed with basil until it turns grass green
Gold RushA whiskey sour with honey syrup where the sugar should be
Mai TaiTrader Vic's tiki classic
Milano TorinoCampari from Milan, vermouth from Turin - the Negroni's ancestor
NegroniBitter, stirred and unapologetically strong
Negroni SbagliatoA Negroni gone fizzy - prosecco where the gin should be
Old FashionedWhiskey, sugar and bitters - Near perfection
Planter's PunchJamaican rum, lime and cane sugar
RositaA tequila Negroni, with the vermouth split between sweet and dry
Rusty NailScotch and Drambuie over ice, no fuzz
SazeracRye in an absinthe-rinsed glass.
Tommy's MargaritaA Margarita with agave syrup in place of the orange liqueur
Whiskey SourBourbon, lemon and sugar under a cap of foam
White RussianA Black Russian with cream poured over the back of a spoon