5 Different Types Of Glasses To Have In Every Home Bar
Glassware has a big role to play in mixology. Different kinds of cocktails require a variety of glasses which best bring out the flavours and aromas in these drinks.
For someone who is keen to master bartending skills and mixology techniques, one of the crucial learning elements is the art of serving drinks in glasses most suited to a cocktail’s overall character.
For instance, champagne is always served in long flute glasses because their narrow shape preserves the effervescence in the drink, keeping it light and sparkling.
An amateur bartender building a collection of glassware can begin with the basic containers that will hold classic and simple cocktail mixes. With this, one can practise the art of presentation, pouring and serving drinks and garnishing them according to the make and type of the glasses.
Not only that, these glasses when arranged aesthetically in a home bar also manage to become decor options that accentuate the look of the space.
Here are a few types of essential glasses that bartending enthusiasts can stock up in their home bar:
Rocks Or Old Fashioned Glass
Sour cocktails or negronis are more often than not served in rocks glasses. As the name suggests, the old-fashioned glass is used to house this cocktail along with spirits like whisky or bourbon which are served neat or on the rocks.
So, one of the cocktail glass varieties to have in a home bar is a rocks glass with a thick base and a wide surface area. These glasses tend to be short, however their width accommodates an appropriate quantity of a cocktail blend.
Such a glass is good for muddling ingredients so a spirit and mixer can be poured directly over citruses and herbs while crafting different whisky-based drinks.
Collins Glass
Another basic glass to have in one’s liquor cabinet or home bar is the Collins Glass. A Collins Glass cocktail generally constitutes one part spirit topped off with about two or three parts of a carbonated mixer. Gin and tonic, vodka and soda, a classic tom collins are some examples of simple Collins Glass cocktails which are served in a tall cylindrical glass with a narrow mouth.
These glasses are so designed that they can hold plenty of ice upon which the cocktail ingredients are built. The glasses also have enough room to accommodate a great amount of the carbonated mixer which is integral to these cocktail recipes.
Wine Glasses
For an oenophile who houses an excellent collection of red and white wines, about half a dozen wine glasses are a must have in their home bar. These will come handy when one is hosting an intimate gathering at home and serving a selection of merlot or chardonnay.
Wine glasses with wider bowls are suitable for serving red wines whereas a small glass with a narrow opening is excellent for dessert wines like sauternes or port.
Certain wine glasses can also be used to serve sangrias, making them an integral part of one’s home bar.
Martini Cocktail Glass
If one is keen on mastering the art of blending cocktails, there would undoubtedly be some effort dedicated towards perfecting the martini cocktail. And what better option to serve this drink than a coupé glass especially designed to hold the martini cocktail?
Such a glass is essentially a wide bowl with a narrow stem and is crafted in such a way that the broad rim releases the aromas in the mix. A martini cocktail glass is also used to serve other ‘up’ cocktails, or drinks presented without ice, like the manhattan.
Evidently, their stems become useful because these prevent one’s hands from warming the drink.
Pint Glasses
These glasses hardly need an introduction. Pint glasses for carrying frothy and foamy beer are an absolute essential for anyone who ferments and serves lager, cider or draught beer at home.
Many beer enthusiasts are inclined towards perfecting the recipes for stout and ale and often serve these to guests at a gathering. It is here that about half a dozen pint glasses prove useful so that beer can be served with its frothy finish intact.
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