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snifter

1. a pear-shaped glass with a short stem and a bowl that narrows towards the top so that the aroma of brandy or a liqueur is retained
2. Informal a small quantity of alcoholic drink
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The Allegany County school board is set to crush a decades-old promnight tradition of letting students choose beer mugs, wine glasses and brandy snifters as commemorative keepsakes.
A good bar setup should include glasses for martinis, highballs, Collins and beer as well as brandy snifters, sherry copitas and champagne flutes.
Previously, brandy snifters and Scotch nosing glasses were used to taste bourbon, as the optimal glass for this spirit had never been developed.
Alfred Fromm and Otto Meyer are pictured holding brandy snifters; very appropriately, as they were leaders in the marketing of California brandy; one with Fromm & Sichel selling Christian Brothers brandy and the latter with Paul Masson.
Rossing of Northern Illinois University in DeKalb brought a number of brandy snifters and wine glasses into the laboratory.
Unlike brandy snifters that have a wide rim, The Dalmore's copita is small and tulip-shaped, with just enough space to stick one's nose in.
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