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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! A yard glass is a very tall glass used for drinking a yard of ale. The yard of ale usually contains around 2.5 Imperial pints (1.4 litres, or 4 standard drinks), depending upon the diameter. The glass is approximately 1 yard long, shaped with a bulb at the bottom, and a widening shaft which constitutes most of the height. The glass most likely originated in 17th-century England where the glass was known also as a Long Glass, a Cambridge Yard (Glass) and an Ell Glass. It is associated by legend with stagecoach drivers, though was mainly used for drinking feats and special toasts. Drinking a yard glass full of beer is a traditional pub game. The fastest drinking of a yard of ale in the Guinness Book of Records is 5 seconds.

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