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Though it’s easy to want to get a different type of glass for every type of drink you make, that’s really unnecessary when you’re first starting out. According to Simó, “You can make 90 percent of drinks into a good, all-purpose cocktail glass like a rocks or a collins glass.” A collins — or highball — glass is the one that looks like a chimney, and generally you’re looking for something that’s about 12 ounces, like these collins glasses from bartender-favorite brand Cocktail Kingdom.
For a rocks glass, Simó says the ideal size is between eight and ten ounces. “That’s enough where you could put a decent-size chunk of ice in there if you like making the fancy ice,” he explains. This set of four rocks glasses recommended by Theo Lieberman, the beverage director of, is slightly larger at 11 ounces each , and he says they’re durable, machine-washable, and look good to boot.
If you’re looking for glassware beyond the basic collins and rocks glasses, Swenson suggests adding some coupe, or bell-shaped, glasses to your setup, because they’re more forgiving than a V-shaped martini glass . “The curve on a coupe holds the liquid in a little bit more, so if you get jostled, the liquid is more likely to slosh within the glass but stay in the glass,” Swenson explains. “They’re sleek, they’re smaller, and they look a lot classier than a martini glass.
, likes these six-ounce coupe glasses, telling us that, in his opinion, “everything tastes better out of a coupe glass.”
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