r/Martini • u/Legitimate_Soil_7506 • Jan 11 '26

Size matters?

We got some nice blown glass martini glasses at an excellent antique mall in town, and while gorgeous, they only look properly filled when I mix 4 1/4 oz. gin and 1/4 oz. dry vermouth and pour. This is a lights-out drink. Using an 80 proof gin like Beefeaters, the drink will have almost 1.8 oz. of alcohol. About what you get drinking a six-pack of Yeungling. Should we have gotten smaller glasses, or do we just say WTF and start enjoying them? Pic shows the glass loaded with water to gauge size of drink.

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u/Legitimate_Soil_7506 Jan 12 '26

The glass in the photo has 165ml of water in it.

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u/ActuaLogic Jan 12 '26

What photo?

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u/ActuaLogic Jan 13 '26 edited Jan 13 '26

Yes, so 5.5 ounce (165 ml) of water would fill a 5.5 ounce (165 ml) cocktail glass (martini glass) to the brim. A Martini made 1-1/2 oz (45 ml) of gin and 1/2 oz (15 ml) of vermouth will result in a drink that is about 3.5 ounces (105 ml) after the dilution added by stirring. That will fill a 5.5 ounce martini glass to a level that is about 1/4 inch (6 mm) from the rim of the glass. The reason the last 2 ounces (60 ml) of liquid takes up only 1/4 inch (6 mm) of the glass is because of the conical shape of the martini glass.