Rocks glass
The low, sturdy bowl suits concentrated drinks and gives one large cube enough width.
- Capacity
- 200–300 ml6¾–10¼ oz (300–350 ml for a double)
- Typical pour
- 90 ml3 oz
- How it’s served
- Served on the rocks
- In this collection
- 90 cocktails
Why this shape
Short, wide and heavy. The width is what makes a large cube possible, and the large cube is the point: it exposes far less surface per unit of volume than the same water as small cubes, so it chills a concentrated drink without watering it down. The heavy base is not decoration — it is what lets you muddle in the glass without breaking it.
Getting it cold
Chill the glass if the drink is going in without ice. With a king cube, the cube does the work.
The usual mistake
Filling a rocks glass with small cubes and then wondering why an Old Fashioned tastes thin ten minutes in.
Where it comes from
Also called an Old Fashioned glass, after the drink — the glass is named for what people kept ordering in it.
No rocks glass? Use this instead
Use a small water tumbler with a heavy base.
Cocktails served in it
90 in all, pouring between 60–150 ml2–5 oz.
