Whisky Glass Berlin 300ml, Wave Relief, Lead-Free Crystal Glass (Pack of 6)

For a bar that serves spirits neat or over ice, and the cocktails built in a low glass: Old Fashioned, Negroni, a short Americano. The maker calls it whisky neat and lists it for whisky, rum and other spirits, neat or on the rocks. In a cocktail bar it is the glass that works hardest after ten at night, so it is the one that has to take the most washes and pass through the most hands.

Weight says a lot about a low tumbler. Here it is 250g in 8.5cm: the guest feels it on lifting the glass, and the glass stays put on the bar when the bartender stirs the ice with the bar spoon.

The structure is a series of waves in relief that spiral round the cylinder. The maker links it to 1920s Berlin and to Art Deco, and writes that it gives the glass a hand-crafted look. Production is by machine, so six glasses from the same pack are identical to each other, and so are the ones bought six months later.

With an amber spirit the relief does its work: the light passes through the waves and the colour of the whisky moves on the wall. For the fingers it is a grip, useful when the glass is cold and wet with condensation.

Specifications

• Capacity: 300ml
• Height: 8.5cm
• Diameter: 7.5cm
• Weight per glass: 250g
• Material: lead-free crystal glass, machine-made
• Surface: wave relief
• Dishwasher safe: declared by the maker
• Pack quantity: 6 glasses
• Range: Berlin
• MPN: 1430046

300ml and the ice

The 7.5cm diameter is the measurement to check before ordering, for anyone who uses a large cube or a sphere: the mould has to give a piece narrower than the rim. With standard cubes the glass fills to the rim and leaves room for a stirred drink and the peel. For a neat spirit, 300ml gives air above the liquid.

Washing and replacement

The maker declares the glass dishwasher safe, resistant to breakage and durable. The relief is worth a look after the wash, because limescale settles between the waves before it does on plain glass. The range is in the maker’s current catalogue: if a glass breaks, you reorder the same one.

Six per pack

A bar with ten seats works with three packs of whisky glasses on the line and one in reserve. A venue with a whisky selection on the list keeps more, because the glass stays on the table for a long time.

The more you buy, the less you pay: 4 packs -5%, 6 -7%, 8 -10%, on the same item. The discount applies automatically in the basket.

In the same range there are the 490ml highball glass, the 315ml Universal, the 805ml balloon glass, the 230ml cocktail glass. The other low tumblers are in the old fashioned glasses category.

At home

At home it is the whisky glass for after dinner and for the first Old Fashioned you make yourself: heavy in the hand, six of a kind, and dishwasher safe.

FAQ

Is the Berlin whisky glass crystal? It is lead-free crystal glass, machine-made.

Is it dishwasher safe? Yes, the maker declares it.

Does a large ice cube fit? The rim is 7.5cm wide: the cube has to be narrower.

Is the price for one glass? No, it is for the pack of six.

Dispatched from Rome, Italy.