It's no secret that a correctly selected glass allows you to fully appreciate the aroma and taste of a good drink. Rocks - glasses, which are considered one of the most popular types of utensils for strong alcohol, have long been an attribute of any decent bar. What drinks can be served in such a glass? What is a classic rox (glass)? The photo published below will clearly explain this. Let's get to know each other better.
Description
What kind of dishes is called roxa? Glasses “for quick service” - the most common glassware for whiskey and other strong drinks around the world - are simple elongated cone-shaped glasses with smooth straight walls. Whiskey with pieces or cubes of transparent ice in the Rox glasses can be seen not only on the bar, but also on the screen: this kind of glass has long been a classic character in commercials and Hollywood films.
Rox glasses are made of thick glass, due to which they are considered the strongest, almost indestructible dishes for the bar. The main feature is the rather thick glass bottom, due to which the ice in the drink melts slowly.
The traditional volume of rock is 250 ml, but today there are many options for such dishes from 120 to 400 ml.
Rocks: classic glasses from the Wild West
How did classic roxes come about? Glasses for serving whiskey on the rocks, that is, "on the rocks", have their history from the century before last. Such dishes were intended to serve one of the most popular drinks in the saloons of the Wild West, when chipped pieces of ice were laid in glasses with whiskey. There is a version that the inventive American bartenders made the first Rocks from the bottoms of empty bottles, thus getting dishes that are cheap and you don’t mind breaking them.
It is for these qualities that modern Rocks are so loved around the world. Glasses are most often used in drinking establishments with high attendance. The shape of the rox allows you to quickly mix ice and drinks in them, and the thickness of the glass makes this classic glassware reliable and strong.
What drinks are Rox glasses intended for?
What drinks are recommended to be poured into roxes? Glasses are primarily intended for serving various types of whiskey - from inexpensive blended drinks to aged noble alcohol. In Rocks, the classic delivery of this drink is carried out - mist and on the rocks - undiluted and with cubes or chipped pieces of ice.
In the same way, you can serve other strong drinks in a Rox glass : rum, gin, brandy. It is perfectly acceptable to use roxes for mixes based on strong drinks, most often with whiskey as the main ingredient.