Types of Drinking Glassware
There are two basic types of drinking glassware. There are the glasses used during consumption of food and the glassware used for the consumption of alcohol beverages. Food consumption glassware would include juice and water glasses and perhaps arguably, wine glasses. Wine glasses would definitely be considered part of the glassware also known as barware. Does this Spark an idea?
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Meal Glassware
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Juice glasses hold liquid in amounts of 6 oz.or less traditionally. However the orange juice industry asked us to drink water size (12 oz.) glasses of juice daily. Water glasses, or tumblers, are used for water and other beverages. Food glassware can span the glassware gamut from everyday jelly glasses to the finest hand-blown Romanian crystal. A formal table would include all glasses appropriate for the beverages planned in the meal. Two or three glasses of liquid--either water and wine--might be used.
Barware Glasses
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Barware glasses are many and varied. Each type of beverage alcohol--beer, wines and hard alcohol--has its own set of ritual drinking glasses that have been established through the ages. Barware glass is often high-quality glass and the finest crystal.
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Beer Glasses
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Beer has 15 or more formal drinking glasses with names like pilsner and mug, with many named specifically for a type of beer or ale. The beer stein is out of popular use but many are used to decorate home bars and sideboards. Tall glass beer glasses should be able to hold a pint of liquid (2 cups or 16 oz.).
Shot Glass Class
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The shot glass is the smallest drink glass in barware. It is also a measure of one unit of hard alcohol. An aperitif glass is the smallest wine glass in fluid ounces. An aperitif is a 1-oz. glass of an alcoholic beverage consumed before a meal to stimulate the appetite. Liqueur and aperitif glasses are considered fine glassware and infrequently used.
Wine Glasses
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Specific glasses are available for white or red wines. White wine glasses traditionally have a smaller liquid capacity than red wine glasses. White wine glasses are usually 6 to 10 oz. while red wine glasses may be 10 oz. or more depending on the manufacturer.
Champagne glasses come as crystal flutes, tall slender glassware or saucers, flattened bowl glasses that fall in and out of popular drinking culture use. Brandy, an aged wine, has its snifter.
Hard Liquor Glasses
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Hard liquor has its array of glasses including highball (tall and narrow), used for drinks such as a gin and tonic. A double old-fashioned glass is short and stubby and used when drinking alcohol straight or "neat" such as scotch on the rocks.
Martini and Margarita Glassware
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Two popular hard liquor drinks have merited their own special stemmed glassware. The martini's glass bowl is v-shaped and holds about 3 oz. of vodka or gin with vermouth. The margarita glass is a larger version of a champagne saucer and uses tequila as its alcohol base.
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