I have this small stem-less Glencairn glass and I’ve never complained about my hands warming up the whisky. A double wall is a good thing for hot drinks, but for whisky it think it’s unnecessary. It makes taking small sips more difficult than it should be – I actually spilled some whisky by not paying attention to it. Of course it is a consequence of the double walled glass design, but it feels like drinking whisky from a Starbucks mug. The biggest downside must be the wide, thick brim. In the end, I wouldn’t say one is better than the other, it depends on your preferences and I’m already very pleased to say it’s already up there with the best glasses… but doesn’t outperform my favourites. That’s welcome for overly sweet or overly peated whiskies, I guess, but it’s not ideal for lower strength / older whisky (which happens to be my kinda whisky). It is fairly wide (about 1,5x the diameter of a Bugatti) and therefore it has a lower concentration effect. I’d say the Norlan doesn’t amplify as much. Some of them I specifically poured into the Norlan whisky glass and my favourite glass so far, the Bugatti kelch. I tried the glass for several weeks with different whiskies: unpeated, peated, heavily sherried, more delicate old stuff, bourbon, etc. I don’t have scientific evidence but it seems to work. That is also what the Norlan glass is trying to promote: it has a central knob and four knobs at its base, which cause the liquid to clash against them if you swirl. However from my own experience I would say it does seem to aid evaporation, perhaps by breaking up aroma molecules or making them dissolve more rapidly? The other day someone from Diageo told me it works for wine but it’s useless to swirl whisky as whisky compounds don’t oxidize that rapidly. This may not be the most important thing about a glass, but it’s nice to hold, it feels solid and somehow less breakable than a Bugatti kelch for instance. One of the aims was to combine the looks of a whisky tumbler with the performance of a tulip glass. Let’s look at a few different aspects and see how it compares to other glasses. The glass was developed using 3D printers and continuous feedback from industry experts. I have been intrigued by the Norlan Whisky Glass since it was announced as a Kickstarter project.
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