{"id":22623,"date":"2018-12-15T20:30:34","date_gmt":"2018-12-15T20:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/home.apeconsulting.co.uk\/adrian\/?p=22623"},"modified":"2018-12-14T22:53:22","modified_gmt":"2018-12-14T22:53:22","slug":"norlan-glasses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/home.apeconsulting.co.uk\/adrian\/norlan-glasses\/","title":{"rendered":"Norlan Glasses"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/home.apeconsulting.co.uk\/adrian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/12\/norlan-1024x435.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22643\" width=\"512\" height=\"218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/home.apeconsulting.co.uk\/adrian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/12\/norlan-1024x435.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/home.apeconsulting.co.uk\/adrian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/12\/norlan-300x127.jpg 300w, https:\/\/home.apeconsulting.co.uk\/adrian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/12\/norlan-768x326.jpg 768w, https:\/\/home.apeconsulting.co.uk\/adrian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/12\/norlan-1080x459.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve been thinking about buying one of these Norlan&nbsp;glasses for some time, but always struggled with the price &#8211; \u00a342 for two whisky glasses is a bit steep! &nbsp;But I was buying some other glasses this week, the supplier has these on offer, and buying both together saved on a delivery charge so I treated myself to an early Christmas present!<\/p>\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve had them a couple of weeks now, and have used them for 5-6 drams and to be honest I&#8217;m still not sure whether I like them or not?<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Good<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Whatever they might do to the liquid in the glass, they do look good. &nbsp;The double wall seems to suspend the whisky and really highlights the colour;<\/li>\n<li>They are a nice shape to hold and the flat bottom means they stand up well, even on uneven surfaces. &nbsp;Mine often rests in the settee!<\/li>\n<li>They do seem to remove some of the alcohol vapour when nosing the whisky, although I don&#8217;t think this is so apparent on a lower ABV.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The Bad<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The biggest problem for me and one I&#8217;m not sure I&#8217;ll come to terms with is the width of the rim. &nbsp;Whilst the double wall looks good, it makes the rim incredibly thick. &nbsp;So think that you feel the whisky might dribble around your lips if you tip the glass too far;<\/li>\n<li>They are very light and don&#8217;t feel very robust. &nbsp;So far I&#8217;ve been very careful with them, but I can see over time becoming more complacent and really don&#8217;t think they&#8217;ll hold up well to being knocked about.<\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;m not 100% convinced they make a great deal of difference to the tasting experience, and while they might nose differently, ultimately the important part of drinking whisky is the taste.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I maybe need to give them a little more time, and with Christmas around the corner, I&#8217;ll hopefully get a few new bottles to try them with a few different drams, but for now, I&#8217;m not really sold on the Norlan whisky glass and much prefer my more traditional tumbler. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll report back in the New Year&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been thinking about buying one of these Norlan&nbsp;glasses for some time, but always struggled with the price &#8211; \u00a342 for two whisky glasses is a bit steep! &nbsp;But I was buying some other glasses this week, the supplier has these on offer, and buying both together saved on a delivery charge so I treated [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,13],"tags":[21],"class_list":["post-22623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other","category-whisky","tag-spellchecked"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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