The old fashioned glass, otherwise known as the rocks glass and lowball glass (or simply lowball), is a short

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used for serving spirits, such as

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or with

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("on the rocks"). It is also normally used to serve certain

cocktail A cocktail is an alcoholic mixed drink. Most commonly, cocktails are either a combination of spirits, or one or more spirits mixed with other ingredients such as tonic water, fruit juice, flavored syrup, or cream. Cocktails vary widely acr ...

s, such as the

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. The true old fashioned glass is decorated in the

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style, although most modern examples are

pressed glass Pressed glass (or pattern glass)
is a form of

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before the main liquid ingredients are added. Old fashioned glasses usually contain . A double old fashioned glass (sometimes referred to by retailers as a ''DOF'' glass) contains .

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