How to Use snifter in a Sentence

snifter

noun
  • The concoction stewed for about 5 minutes before Quinn pushed the plunger and poured the beer into a snifter.
    Josh Noel, chicagotribune.com, 11 May 2018
  • Please, don’t haul out the brandy snifters, just use ordinary wine glasses.
    Eric Asimov, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2016
  • Add ingredients to a large brandy snifter glass; top with ice.
    Megan Murphy, Robb Report, 21 Apr. 2021
  • Winners, drawn at random, will be able to buy an allotment of four beers and a snifter for $130.
    Josh Noel, chicagotribune.com, 5 Oct. 2020
  • Samples, growlers, pints, snifters and goblets are offered, based on beer styles.
    Marc Bona, cleveland.com, 11 May 2018
  • Add ingredients to shaker tins with ice, whip shake, and strain into a snifter glass.
    Amanda Schuster, Forbes, 23 June 2021
  • That’s a lot of backstory for a snifter of spirit at the end of dinner, but Guillaudeu isn’t afraid to get into heavy topics over dessert.
    Esther Mobley, SFChronicle.com, 20 May 2020
  • Poured into a snifter, these are beers to savor through an evening, their complexities evolving as the minutes tick by.
    Star Tribune, 16 Dec. 2020
  • For instance, warm brandy is served in a snifter, which is wider at the bottom so there is more surface area, allowing for more evaporation.
    Kevin Hopper, idahostatesman, 31 Oct. 2017
  • But sitting in an old boiler, upholstered with creaking antique leather, sipping smoke from a snifter of brandy?
    John Brownlee, WIRED, 27 June 2007
  • Two 12-ounce cans of Evasion and a commemorative snifter glass are included in the ticket price.
    Liz Biro, Indianapolis Star, 2 Apr. 2018
  • And of course, appropriate glassware, such as a snifter, makes a real difference.
    Robert Allen, Detroit Free Press, 9 Dec. 2017
  • We were seated near the bar at a round, marble table with wide, cushioned chairs that were almost too comfortable, perhaps better to recline with a brandy snifter than to dine.
    Michael Mayo, sun-sentinel.com, 20 June 2019
  • Brandy still suffers from a stuffy image of snifters and smoking jackets, and thousand-dollar bottlings in crystal decanters.
    Jason Wilson, New York Times, 18 Dec. 2017
  • The fruit was macerated with balsamic vinegar, lemon, sugar and black pepper, and served in a brandy snifter, giving it an elegant twist.
    Suzanne Loudermilk, baltimoresun.com, 3 Aug. 2017
  • So raise your favorite snifter or stein and get ready to experience the adults-only side of Louisville’s largest annual civic celebration, the Kentucky Derby Festival.
    Kentucky Derby Festival, The Courier-Journal, 21 Mar. 2018
  • Tulip glasses, snifters, and even wine glasses are a step up, nominal signs that a bar cares about, or at least has considered, an elevated beer experience. Don’t worry about feeling effete drinking beer from one of these glasses.
    Justin Kennedy, GQ, 22 May 2017
  • Connoisseur reception tickets include all the benefits of early admission plus a private reception area with premium and large format beers, catered appetizers from local restaurants, coat check, private restrooms and a souvenir glass snifter.
    Emma Austin, The Courier-Journal, 21 Jan. 2020
  • Connoisseur-reception: Same amenities as regular-admission plus private reception area with premium and large-format beers, catered appetizers, coat check, private restrooms and special souvenir glass snifter.
    Marc Bona, cleveland, 19 Nov. 2019

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