Pony glass

Updated on Oct 01, 2024

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A pony glass may mean one of two types of small glassware:

A quarter-pint glass of beer: 5 imp fl oz (142 ml), metricated to 140 ml in Australia.

A small, stemmed glass of about one ounce, similar to a stemmed shot glass. Used for liqueurs or cordials, hence also called a "cordial glass" or "liqueur glass".

A bar measure that is 1/2 of a jigger, used to measure a cordial. A pony traditionally held 1 fluid ounce, and is attached to the bottom of a jigger measure, which held 2 fluid ounces. In modern times, however, both the size and ratio of the jigger to pony varies widely.

Name

The name "pony" is due to the small size, and dates to the 19th century. Similar terms include pony bottle and pony keg. Folk etymologies incorrectly relate the name to horseracing.

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