Tall glass

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A tall glass is a variety of tumbler intended for bubbly mixed drinks, particularly long drinks. A traditional bar glass, it is flat-bottomed with a thin, minimally tapered or perpendicular wall. Large and small tall glasses are called a Collins glass and highball glass respectively, for their respective eponymous cocktails, the Collins and the highball (the latter as opposed to a lowball glass). The fizz glass is an archaic, further smaller tall glass for fizzes. A tall glass of 10–12 US fluid ounces (300–350 ml) can be used interchangeably as a Collins glass or highball glass: a Collins glass typically holds about 10–14 US fluid ounces (300–410 ml), whilst a highball glass may hold about 8–12 US fluid ounces (240–350 ml). In some bars, a tall glass may be replaced with the readily available pint glass. The tall Collins glass or chimney glass is a larger 16 US fluid ounces (470 ml) glass used for large cocktails like the Singapore sling or Zombie.

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