Glassware

Shot Glasses and Shot Glass Designs

Shot glasses are always in style and can be found in a variety of basic shapes, sizes and capacity. While I'm not too fond of doing shots I do find shot glasses a great and stylish addiction--we have dozens of shot glass designs at our home from crazy tourist shot glasses (usually decorated or contain additional odd bears, lobsters and other excessively silly parts) to practical ones to use for...well, doing shots....

Buying bartools, glassware, syrups and bitters online...why?

I had a great question come in today asking why I spend so much time reviewing bitters on awesomedrinks.com. It is a great question, but I think the answer goes far beyond just reviewing bitters as a single niche product area. The question should be broader, in my opinion, covering all items in a store. Here is the question I propose...  "Why do you review the products you carry in...

GlassDharma Straws, Will They Break?

You ever want to validate a claim but just can't take the risk? GlassDharma claims their straws won't break or chip under typical use and are willing to back that claim up by saying, if they do, return them and get free replacements. I found this video they did and I had to share because I think this backs up their claim without us (the consumers) haven't to try it...

Stirrings Authentic Grenadine, Now In Store

I've spent a few weeks trying to handle the great Fee Brothers American Beauty shortage that I'm finding. The Fee Brothers are doing so well that folks like me tend to get squeezed out and ignored when it comes to getting my hands on products I love. So, I've started seeking out an alternative and lo-and-behold, I find a product right out of my own backyard! Stirrings Authentic Grenadine is a Massachusetts product bursting with...

Mason Shaker, A Comprehensive Review

W&P Design recently launched their Mason Shaker product, this is a 4-piece cocktail shaker with a bit of hillbilly style. The latest craze in glassware is taking a mason jar and doing all kinds of crazy things with it from gluing on a candlestick to a jar to ... making a 4-piece "cobbler shaker" of sorts. While we do carry the Mason Shaker in our store I do believe in a...

GlassDharma Straws Have Arrived!

So, what the heck is a GlassDharma straw and why do you care? In my mind there are two initiatives and a bit of cross-over between the two specific reasons to own a glass straw. Glass Straws are cool! Glass Straws help your environment Glass Straws Are Cool This one is a bit self-explanatory I believe, but let us just say that nothing makes a better impression than handing someone a collins glass...

AwesomeDrinks Expands Into Syrups and Bitters

As part of the acquisition of AwesomeDrinks we've decided the next strategic move is to get into Bitters and Syrups. Many syrups, of course, Grenadine being the biggest, work well in a cocktail as do all bitter flavors. There are many syrups on the list that I want to get including Fee Brothers Blue Curacao Syrup, an orgeat syrup and a few other sweetners that are fun. Of course, many also work in coffee, so you've got...

Why Angostura Bitters?

Angostura Bitters, one of the supremely key ingredients to a classic cocktail. Angostura has been around a long time, long enough to have a hand in some of the most well known cocktails of the last 100 years. While there are great alternatives to Angostura (namely Fee Brothers product line), there are some that just ask for it by name: "Two dashes of Angostura bitters please." That is right, Angostura is the "household name" (barhold...

Cocktail Bitters, Angostura and Fee Brothers Bitters

One of the big cocktail mysteries, bitters. People use them when a "dash" is called for but very few people really understand why--they just have them on hand incase a classic cocktail utilizes them. We've finally got our first round of bitter offerings here at AwesomeDrinks: Angostura Aromatic Bitters Fee Brothers Old Fashioned Aromatic Bitters Fee Brothers West Indian Orange Bitters Why did I select those three to start off our...

Limoncello Cordial Glasses: The New Trend

Limoncello is definitely the "in thing" right now, people are creating homemade recipes for limoncello all the time and I don't know what has inspired this new craze but it's out there. Perhaps there was a movie or something that has started the new trend or a celebrity--all I know is that searching for homemade recipes and limonchello glassware is on the rise. With that, I decided to carry some...

Coupe Glass or Martini Glass?

So you're trying to decide between a classy looking coupe glass or a fancy martini glass? Which makes more sense for you? There are a few things you may want to consider:   First Impressions You're having a party, perhaps for halloween, new years or even a summer barbecue and you want to really impress your friends. You've got the right food for the party (chicken and steak over hamburgers and hot...

The Coupe Glass, Re-starting a Trend

The coupe glass, a glass first developed in 1663 and didn't become trendy until the 1930's. Heck, the coupe was designed before the word trendy was even used to be reference a trend (that information may be completely inaccurate but sounds great!). What I love about the coupe is its elegant design and sexy contours. One historical reference lays claim that the design was based on an aristocrate's breast but its...