Pony glass

A pony glass may mean one of two types of small glassware:

A quarter-pint glass of beer: 5 imp fl oz (142 ml), metricated to 140 ml in Australia.
A small, stemmed glass of about one ounce,^[1] similar to a stemmed shot glass. Used for liqueurs or cordials,^[2] hence also called a "cordial glass" or "liqueur glass".

Name

The name "pony" is due to the small size, and dates to the 19th century.^[3] Similar terms include pony bottle and pony keg. Folk etymologies incorrectly relate the name to horseracing.

References

↑ CocktailDB
↑ Mr. Boston Bartender's Guide, Mr. Boston Distiller Corporation, Boston, 1978, back endpapers
↑ Notes and Queries, August 8th, 1896, p. 126: “It seems probable the origin is due to the diminutiveness of the glass;”
“The expression ‘a pony of beer’ is often used in South Wales for a small glass containing about the fourth of a pint.”

Glassware

Tumblers	Collins glass Highball glass Old Fashioned glass Shot glass Table-glass

Beer glassware	Beer stein Pilsner glass Pint glass Pony glass Tankard Wheat beer glass Yard glass

Stemware	Absinthe glass Chalice Champagne coupe Champagne flute Cocktail glass Glencairn whisky glass Hurricane glass Margarita glass Sherry glass Snifter Wine glass

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