Long has the glass of choice for whiskey drinkers been the Glencairn glass. Other barware options exist as well, but the nature of the Glencairn makes it something perhaps a little more unique to this brown spirit then those other choices. Glencairn is going to be getting a run for its money though now from Libbey, an American glassmaker with roots stretching back to the early 1800s. This company has teamed up with the Kentucky Distillers’ Association (KDA) to introduce what’s being billed as “The Official Tasting Glass of the Kentucky Bourbon Trail.”

The new Libbey glass, according to those…