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FEATURES AT A GLANCE
The Norlan Whisky Glass, including the distinctive VAILD (Black) Edition, was designed to enhance every aspect of whisky (or whiskey) enjoyment—whether you're savoring Scotch, Bourbon, Rye, Canadian, or Japanese whisky. Our innovative glass captures and elevates whisky's complex flavors and aromatics, delivering a sensory experience like no other.
First conceptualized in 2015 by co-founder Sruli Recht and later refined by renowned master distiller Jim McEwan on Scotland’s Isle of Islay, the Norlan Whisky Glass has become a favorite among whisky enthusiasts. Nearly half a million glasses have been sold worldwide, consistently ranking among the best whisky glasses in customer reviews and surveys.
Handcrafted from lightweight borosilicate glass, the glass combines a scientifically optimized interior with an elegant exterior. In the Vaild (Black) Edition, the blind nosing glass surprises with a unique interior that reflects and amplifies the whisky’s color due to the double-walled design, offering a striking contrast to the rich, dark exterior. This creates a dynamic visual experience, complementing your whisky's aromas and flavors.
Whether you're a seasoned connoisseur or just starting your whisky journey, the Norlan Whisky Glass is the ultimate vessel for appreciating fine spirits or gifting the whisky lover in your life.
Norlan Whisky Glass
Norlan Whisky Glass, VAILD (Black) Edition
Both the Clear and VAILD (Black) editions share Norlan’s patented double-walled design — enhancing aroma, reducing ethanol burn, and elevating neat whiskey.
Clear reveals the spirit’s color and clarity. VAILD Black removes visual bias, sharpening your focus on aroma and flavor.
Perfect for bourbon, Scotch, rye, or Japanese whisky — whether building a modern bar or gifting a serious whiskey drinker.
Our iconic Norlan Whisky Glass, shrouded in matte black, designed to focus your senses to the elements of your whiskey for heightened appreciation.
Blind the eye—awaken the nose, elevate the taste. Take a sensory journey into the depths of flavor your spirit has to offer.
The spirit contained within refusing to remain unseen — glowing eerily under a single light source, its amber hues shimmer and flicker into focus, revealing a whiskey transformed.
A sensory ritual that reveals what sight often conceals. Unlock unexpected depths and hidden notes in your favorite spirit.
ETHANOL
AROMATICS
Special protrusion forms inside our tasting glass create wave-like movements in the liquid when it is swirled within the bowl. This helps to release the ethanol within the spirit, allowing the scents to become more present when nosing, which in turn improves the flavor when drinking.
Tulip shaped nosing glasses, with their narrowed rim, often concentrate the shape of the vapor in such a way that they tightly focus it, causing the ethanol to punch into the eyes and nose, and concealing the aromas.
A cool social glass, the wide opening of a tumbler (or rocks glass) diffuses the aromas of the spirit too widely, fading and flattening them out. This results in a diminished nosing and tasting experience.
Think of the Norlan Whisky Glass as a finely calibrated tool, designed to get the most out of your whisky and give you an unrivaled drinking experience. While there’s no one way to enjoy whisky, this vessel was developed as a neat glass, meaning the spirit should be tasted without the addition of ice cubes. The primary reason for this is that ice will cool the fluid and diminish the presence of aromas. (For whisky on the rocks, we've got the perfect tumbler.)
This is a compact scotch glass, but by no means diminutive. Its size is based on providing the optimal space for a traditional pour to be swirled within the inner volume. This is anywhere from 0.7 to 1.4 ounces of spirit. Pour no higher than the top of the inner protrusions and you’ll get the most out of your dram.
After pouring the real fun begins. To get those myriad aroma molecules unlocked, you'll want to give your glass a good swirl to get the whisky moving inside. From there, you can smell and taste your pour as you see fit. We won't drill down into the details of "proper" nosing and tasting here, but chiefly, we recommend you take your time and savor every sip of that liquid gold.
The Norlan Whisky Glass isn't just a highly functional double-walled nosing glass, it's also a gateway to other dimensions. Our glass has had a role in such renowned sci-fi and fantasy series as The Orville, Altered Carbon, The Sandman, and Star Trek: Picard.
