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The title says whiskey; four of the five bullets say martini

Host 11400

Two real-glass double-wall tumblers with cooling gel, frozen for two hours before use.

Host Tasting Glass FREEZE grey double wall cooling glasses, set of two

Host 11400

Two real-glass double-wall tumblers with cooling gel, frozen for two hours before use.

Type
Insulated cooling glass — a chilling tumbler, not a tasting glass
Quantity
2
Capacity
6.7 oz
Material
Real glass, double wall
Gel
Active cooling gel in the walls
Freezing time
Two hours
Band
Silicone, for comfortable handling
Stated drinks
The title says whiskey tasting; the bullets describe martinis and classic cocktails
Size
124 × 124 × 114 mm (4.88 × 4.88 × 4.49 in)
Weight
306 g (10.8 oz)
Dishwasher
Not stated by the maker
Amazon reference
B0D6WMMTDP
EAN
0842094114009
  • Real glass with a published freezing time of two hours, which the maker’s plastic cup on this shelf does not state
  • Chills without ice, so a spirit or a cocktail does not dilute as it gets cold — the stated point of the whole range
  • The title sells it as a whiskey tasting glass and four of the five bullets describe martini glasses — the listing does not know what it is

Best for: A chilled spirit or a cocktail served without ice, from a glass that spent two hours in the freezer

≈ $30
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Specifications

Type
Insulated cooling glass — a chilling tumbler, not a tasting glass
Quantity
2
Capacity
6.7 oz
Material
Real glass, double wall
Gel
Active cooling gel in the walls
Freezing time
Two hours
Band
Silicone, for comfortable handling
Stated drinks
The title says whiskey tasting; the bullets describe martinis and classic cocktails
Size
124 × 124 × 114 mm (4.88 × 4.88 × 4.49 in)
Weight
306 g (10.8 oz)
Dishwasher
Not stated by the maker
Amazon reference
B0D6WMMTDP
EAN
0842094114009

What the maker puts in writing

  • Real glass, double wall, 6.7 oz, set of 2
  • Insulated walls filled with active cooling gel — a drink cooler when frozen
  • Two hours in the freezer
  • Silicone band for comfortable handling
  • “This set of martini glasses” — in a listing titled Whiskey Tasting Glasses

The listing argues with its own title

Whiskey, on the front.

Martini, in bullets one, two, three and four: martini glasses, frozen martini glasses, freezer martini glasses, insulated martini glasses.

It is a 6.7 oz chilled glass. It will serve a whiskey and it will serve a martini. But a buyer searching for one of those two things is reading a page written about the other.

What it does well

Two hours in the freezer and a spirit stays cold with no ice in it. For a measured pour of something good, that is the whole point.

Availability

Read on the day this page was built: $30 at the American Amazon shop.

Read from Keepa on the day this page was last revised; stock and price both move without notice.

Prices quoted in this text were read on 2026-10-04. The live price is at the top of the page.

What readers ask us

Is it for whiskey or for martinis?

The title says whiskey tasting glasses. Bullets one, two, three and four say martini glasses, frozen martini glasses, insulated martini glasses and classic cocktails. The object is a 6.7 oz chilled glass and it serves either; the listing simply contradicts itself.

How long in the freezer?

Two hours, published. That is the same figure the maker gives for the glass wine cup on this shelf, and the plastic cup publishes none at all.

Why not just use ice?

Because ice melts into the drink. That is the argument for every gel-walled glass on this shelf, and it is a sound one for a spirit measured in ounces.

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