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That kind of associative thinking is powerful, can't discount any psychological benefits of your favourite glassware. Combine the two and try and get some tumblers that taper in at the lip, similar to the shape of the rocking ones there, and you'll get the best of both worlds. A trip to TK Maxx would sort you a couple of nice Dartington ones for a fiver
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Had a dram with @Apone using the norlan glasses he was given as a present, and you are correct they are disconcertingly light, but you get good aroma, and the whiskey tasted smoother, less fiery on the throat in that first sip. But they feel plastic and relatively cheap for the price of them... Glad I got the chance to hold them as now I know they wouldn't satisfy weight wise.
cornelius_blackfoot
personal preference, but the Glencairn feel a bit wine/champagne glass for me, there's something quite reassuring, and adult (masculine) about drinking from a tumbler. Probably just how my brain makes the connections with drinking spirits, and who as a child I saw drinking spirits in my house..