What should bourbon be drank from?

[BigVMan23]

Shot glass? Something akin to a brandy snifter? Straight out of the bottle as soon as you leave the store?:whistling:

 

Seriously though, for you bourbon drinkers out there, when partaking what do you use?

[formerkywrestler]

Glencairn

[BigVMan23]

Glencairn

 

I had no idea what that was and had to Google it. My word for the day, thanks fkyw!:thumb:

[BigVMan23]

Glencairn

 

And the elaborate...what does drinking it from a glecairn impart on the bourbon?

[spindoc]

Back in the day I'd have said a belly button.

[mcpapa]

Glencairn

 

If neat, good call.

 

If rocks, a rocks glass. Just make sure it's one large cube or piece of ice.

[JDEaston]

Straight out of the barell.

[All Tell]

Glencairn

 

 

[BirdBrain]

I have some favorites that I have acquired over the years of travel, that being said, I refuse to address my kleptomania for fear of losing my single malt glasses

[cathbird]

Straight out of the bottle, still in a brown paper bag, underneath a bridge. Go big or go home.

[Colonels_Wear_Blue]

When I try a new bourbon, I like to drink it neat out of a Glencairn.

 

That being said, I generally drink my bourbon on the rocks. When I'm in my own home...I'm drinking it in a rocks glass over a large, clear ice cube. (The clearer the ice, the less oxygen there is in the ice and thereby the denser the ice is and the slower it is to melt.) Here's how I get my ice:

 

[bugatti]

My friend is convinced only out of copper.

[Colonels_Wear_Blue]

My friend is convinced only out of copper.

 

...so does he/she think glass is reactive with bourbon, then?

[formerkywrestler]

And the elaborate...what does drinking it from a glecairn impart on the bourbon?

Opens it up and allows you to get a better nose of the bourbon. Since a lot of what we call taste is actually the smell this is good. I've done side-by-sides in different glasses, there is a noticeable difference when using a Glencairn.

[BIG BLACK JACK]

Lowball glass.