| Glassware normally refers to drinking and eating | | | | are ample and shallow. White wine glasses generally |
| apparatus made from glass. There are many types | | | | have narrower bowls, so that the wine can remain |
| available, and we will disseminate the more popular | | | | crisp and full of flavor. |
| ones used in homes and restaurants. Chances are, | | | | Cocktail Glassware |
| you will have at least two or more types in your | | | | The most seen cocktail glassware would be the |
| home. | | | | Whiskey glass. It is very small and meant for a single |
| Beer Glassware | | | | pouring at any one time. Next is the Shot glass, |
| Most people think that there are only one or two | | | | which houses up to 4 ounces of liquor. It is thicker in |
| types of beer glassware. This is not entirely true. | | | | the base than a whiskey glass. Another trendy piece |
| Depending on the style of beer served, it normally | | | | of cocktail glassware would have to be the Highball |
| would have its own special container. For instance, a | | | | glass, used to mix a myriad of highball drinks, like Gin |
| pint glass is used when pouring Stouts and English | | | | and Tonic and Long Island Tea. If you go to a |
| Ales. An ordinary pint glass is normally shaped like a | | | | restaurant or bar, chances are your alcoholic |
| cone, a jug or with a flared top. Next on the list is | | | | beverages would be made in one. An Old Fashioned |
| the Pilsner glass, good for of course, Pilsner beer. | | | | glass is usually used for serving simple cocktails or |
| Slim, slight and narrowed, this glass works best for | | | | beverages taken "on the rocks" (meaning the choice |
| light beers. For serving Scottish Ales and other styles | | | | of drink is diluted with ice cubes) and is wide-shaped |
| of aromatic beer, a tulip glass is recommended. Its | | | | and stocky. A Collins glass, shaped like a tapered |
| curvatures separate it from other drinking glassware. | | | | cylinder is used to serve mix drinks, in particular Tom |
| The most common of beer glassware would be the | | | | Collins cocktails. Aperitifs, port and sherry are |
| eponymous wheat glass beer, found in almost every | | | | normally served in a sherry glass, which is minute in |
| pub. This glass is narrow at the bottom at wide at | | | | size, approximately 120 milliliters. And finally, let us not |
| the top, meant for holding beer foam in place. | | | | forget the ever-enduring Martini glass, immortalized |
| Wine Glasses | | | | by James Bond and represents elegance and |
| There are many types available, and we will look at | | | | exquisite taste. The Martini glass has a long stem |
| the more regular ones. This glass stemware ordinarily | | | | with a flat bowl shaped like a cone, permitting the |
| has 3 components; bowl, stem and foot. The red | | | | drinker to hold the glass without tampering with the |
| wine glass usually comes in two forms - for Bordeaux | | | | drink's temperature. |
| and for Burgundy. A Bordeaux glass is tall with an | | | | is a large distribution company based in Miami, Florida. |
| expansive bowl, meant for full bodied wines such as | | | | They are web-based and factory-direct which allows |
| Cabernet and Merlot, whilst a Burgundy glass is wider | | | | them to keep prices lower than the rest of the |
| than the former, compatible for aromatic wines like | | | | competition. They also have a huge selection of |
| Pinot Noir. White wine glassware consists of a wide | | | | products from coffee mugs and travel mugs to wine |
| range of types, from Champagne flutes, (long stem | | | | glasses and promotional pens. For more information |
| with a slender bowl) to Chardonnay glassware which | | | | on wine glasses visit Discount Mugs. |
