Glasses you need to know

Today I will go over the different types of glasses. Paper and plastic cups might be fine when you have no money, or if your camping. Other than that forget it. Unless your homeless drinking out of a paper bag is never good, especially if your by yourself.

To be a good home bartender you should be serving the drinks in appropriate glassware. Their names make them pretty much self explanatory. Below is a chart of the most used glassware for the bar, with a list of the names below that.

1. champagne flute
2. bandy / cognac balloon
3. beer mug
4. tulip / hurricane glass
5. margarita glass
6. tumbler
7. low stemmed highball glass
8. tall highball glass
9. punch glass
10. cocktail / martini glass
11. rock glass
12. jelly jar
13. cordial glass
14. punch bowl service
15. goblet
16. pilsner glass
17. shot glass
18. wine glass
19. Irish coffee glass
20. high ball glass

These are the most common glasses. You can find them in many sizes, colors, printed patterns, and many company logos. You can serve different drinks in different glasses, it wont change the drink.

The latest trend is to mix up new flavored drinks and serve them in a cocktail glass just to call it a martini. There have been many pages dedicated to what is a martini and what isn't. I am not going to get into that here. Lets just say that a lot of cocktail glass sets have been sold over the past decade in the name of martinis. If that is what people like...

Just remember as the bartender it is up to you to give the best drink to the person receiving it, even if they would like a lager served in a hurricane glass.

Till next time.
Cheers:
Steve Aniolwoski, A. K. A. Spicy