The reason behind Glencairn Glass can be found in almost every bar in the world. Champagne, Brandy, Wine all have their own glass. Yet whisky, the world’s most complex spirit is sometimes served in anything from hiball tumblers to goblets.
Whisky is a drink to be savoured. Time spent enjoying the flavours on the nose are equally important as those on the palate. Raymond Davidson decided it was time for someone to design a proper whisky glass.
It wasn’t until many years later that his sons, with the help and support of the master blenders were able to take the glass around the world and promote it as the glass for whisky, developed by the whisky industry, for the whisky industry.
It’s roots lie in the traditional nosing glasses used by blenders around the world. The unique and stylish shape has been crafted with eminent care, to enhance the enjoyment of the whisky.
The glass first came into production in 2001 and since then it has been supplied almost exclusively to the whisky industry. The Glencairn Glass is the first style of glass to be endorsed by the whisky industry and members of the SWA (Scotch Whisky Association) and used by every whisky company in Scotland. It has won accolades around the world including the Queens Award, the highest award for business in the UK.
It may have taken a few hundred years to arrive, but whisky now has a glass of its own, finally.
