So I posted a picture of a margarita we had at a newly opened restaurant near us and one person commented that what is clearly a shadow might be a fill line. But the thing is, the fill line is about 1/3 up and she swears that this is a common thing. So I have never seen this before in my life; I cannot find any examples of it on the internet; and I cannot imagine a single advantage that this would provide. Any experts out there care to enlighten me?
My wife (the professional photographer in the family) took this shot which does a better job of showing no fill line.
I’ve definitely seen glasses that had markings (such as through changes in glass thickness) for a certain pour amount like 2 oz. Though this one could be for better stacking such that the two glasses won’t get stuck together which could end up with one of them breaking in the process of removal or such that the glasses are more safe to stack several high without any cracking or breaking.
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I’m sure that’s it. A somewhat common practice in high volume beer joints.
I’ve seen it quite often on beer and wine glasses to show the customer they are getting a proper pour, but this was 1/3 of the way from the bottom of a Collins glass. Who serves glasses 1/3 full of anything?
I don’t know if anybody else is using those glasses
I don’t know if anyone else could use them—I have no idea where the bar gets them, but I’ve never seen them for sale and as far as I know they’re not a standard glass for anything, really.
That’s what I thought. I just wanted to confer with the experts before I made a fool out of myself. Once again, you are a fount of knowledge!
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reminds me of D-still unbreakable (plastic) glasses. it’s not a wash line - it’s either aesthetic or so that the bottom of the glass has a thing to cause a gap and doesn’t have the glass get stick inside another one when stacked
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Of course, it may just be a pattern of scuffing on the glasses from repeated stacking, and not part of the design at all…
i’ve tried to find the glass it reminds me of - there’s on in Australia that looks terribly similar - usually used in pubs for beers?
I think the little line in the glass is an inset that the base of the other glass sits on, it’s not obviously useful as a wash line, and they don’t advertise any features like this on any glasses with this design i could find.