Engineered with Fluid Dynamics
Glencairn-inspired nosing meets modern tumbler form in this insulated, featherweight glass—refined by a master distiller to elevate every sip.
The VAILD Edition of the Norlan Whisky Glass is a blind nosing glass designed to focus your senses and deepen your appreciation of every pour — whether it's Scotch, Bourbon, Rye, or Japanese whisky. Its matte black exterior visually obscures the contents from the side, guiding your attention toward aroma, mouthfeel, and taste.
Conceived by Norlan co-founder Sruli Recht and refined with insight from master distiller Jim McEwan on the Isle of Islay, the VAILD retains the same double-walled geometry as the original Norlan glass, enhanced with subtle refinements for the sensory-focused drinker. Aeration fins at the base release volatile compounds, while the widened rim allows your nose to fully engage with the whisky’s profile.
The soft-touch lacquer exterior invites the hand, while the interior refracts light through the liquid — giving the appearance of illumination from within. Crafted from lightweight borosilicate crystal and delivered gift-ready, the VAILD Edition is for those who treat whisky as an immersive ritual. Includes a microfiber polishing cloth.
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.
An eye-catching hybrid vessel that combines a high-performance nosing capsule, silhouetted within a striking modern tumbler.
A clear rim that magnifies the amber tones within, offering a new dimension of appreciation for color and clarity.
A nosing capsule engineered through fluid dynamics, refined by a master distiller, and enhanced with aeration fins to eliminate ethanol burn and unlock aroma like no other glass.
Complex flavor compounds and aromatics are released revealing nuanced aromas and flavors in your spirit.
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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.
Exploiting the double-walled properties, our blind nosing whisky glass features an awesome surprise. When exposed to light, the whisky appears to glow from within the vessel.
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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.
