<P> In the early to mid-1800s, glass blowers began to use molds and several different patterns of "whiskey tasters" in several different colors were being made in molds . These glasses are also thick like today's shot glass but they will have rough pontiled bottoms from being hand blown into the mold . By the 1870s to 1890s as glass making technology improved, the rough pontiled bottoms largely disappeared from glasses and bottles . </P> <P> Just before Prohibition in the U.S. in the late 1800s to early 1900s, thin - sided mass - produced whiskey glasses were common . Many of these glasses feature etched advertising on them . After Prohibition, these were replaced by shot glasses with a thick base and thick sides . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Country </Th> <Th> Small </Th> <Th> Single </Th> <Th> Double </Th> <Th> Notes </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Australia </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 30 ml </Td> <Td> 60 ml </Td> <Td> A single shot is sometimes called a "nip". At 30 mL, a typical spirit with 40 percent alcohol is roughly equivalent to one Australian standard drink . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Bulgaria </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 50 ml </Td> <Td> 100 ml </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Canada </Td> <Td> 30 ml (1 US fl oz) or 28 ml (1 imp fl oz) </Td> <Td> 44 ml (1.5 US fl oz) or 43 ml (1.5 imp fl oz) </Td> <Td> 71 ml (2.5 imp fl oz) </Td> <Td> In Canada, a "shot" may refer to an official "standard drink" of 1.5 imperial fluid ounces or 42.6 millilitres, though many establishments serve a "standard drink" of 1 oz . However, shot glasses available in Canada typically are manufactured according to US fluid ounces rather than imperial, making them about 4% larger . A smaller 1.0 fl . oz . shot is usually referred to as a "pony shot" or "short shot". </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Denmark </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 20 ml </Td> <Td> 40 ml </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Estonia </Td> <Td> 20 or 30 ml </Td> <Td> 40 ml </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Finland </Td> <Td> 20 ml </Td> <Td> 40 ml </Td> <Td> N / A </Td> <Td> In Finland, the amount of strong alcohol that restaurants are allowed to serve is regulated by law to one portion of no more than 40 mL at a time per customer . Doubles cannot be legally served . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Germany </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 20 ml </Td> <Td> 40 ml </Td> <Td> In Germany, shot glasses (German: Schnapsglas, Pinnchen, Stamperl) are smaller . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Greece </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 45 ml </Td> <Td> 90 ml </Td> <Td> A shot is commonly referred to as a "sfinaki" and it can be made of one liquor or a cocktail mix . There is also an 3 oz--"bottoms up" version of "sfinaki", called "ipovrihio", Greek word for submarine . It's served in a standard liquor glass half full of blonde beer, where the bartender adds a glass shot filled with vodka or whiskey . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Hungary </Td> <Td> 20 or 30 ml </Td> <Td> 40 or 50 ml </Td> <Td> 80 or 100 ml </Td> <Td> In Hungarian, shot glasses are called felespohár (feles meaning "half", standing for 0.5 dl), pálinkáspohár (for pálinka), kupica or stampedli . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> India </Td> <Td> 30 ml </Td> <Td> 30 ml </Td> <Td> 60 ml </Td> <Td> A shot is commonly referred to as a "peg", and is measured as a "small" (chhota), or a "large" (bud - da) peg . A 120 ml shot in India is called a Patiala peg . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Ireland </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 35.5 ml </Td> <Td> 71 ml </Td> <Td> Derived from the use of a quarter - gill (35.516 ml, one - sixteenth of a pint) as the traditional Irish spirit measure . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Israel </Td> <Td> 30 ml </Td> <Td> 50 or 60 ml </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> In Israel, the common word for a small shot is צ'ייסר ("chaser"). </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Italy </Td> <Td> 30 ml </Td> <Td> 40 or 60 ml </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> In Italy, the common word for a shot is cicchetto or, more informally and used mainly in nightclubs by young people, shortino . In North Italy, the cicchetto is the most - common way to taste grappa from at least two centuries . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Japan </Td> <Td> 30 ml </Td> <Td> 60 ml </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> In Japanese, the word ショット グラス (shottogurasu) is the singular term for a shot glass . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Poland </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 50 ml </Td> <Td> 100 ml </Td> <Td> A standard shot (small) is called pięćdziesiątka (lit . fifty, as in 50 ml) while a large shot (double) is called setka or, coloquially, seta (lit . a hundred, as in 100 ml). </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Romania </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 50 ml </Td> <Td> 100 ml </Td> <Td> A single shot is traditionally known in the Romanian language as unu mic (una mică) meaning "a small one" or cinzeacă, meaning "a fifty", as in fifty milliliters . A double shot is simply called unu (una mare), meaning "one (big)". </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Russia </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 50 ml </Td> <Td> 100 ml </Td> <Td> Both single and double shots are commonly called стопка (stópka) in Russian, though a variety of slang names exist . Before metrication a single shot was called шкалик (shkálik) and amounted to 61.5 ml, while a double was called чарка (chárka) and was equal to 123 ml--both names are still occasionally used . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Serbia </Td> <Td> 20 ml </Td> <Td> 30--50 ml </Td> <Td> 50--70 ml </Td> <Td> A single shot is traditionally known in the Serbian language as чашица за ракију and ракијска чашица, meaning "small glass for rakija" and "rakija glass", or simply as мера--мерица, meaning "measure". A double shot is simply called Дупли, meaning "a double", while the smallest, 20 milliliter glass, is known as dvojka meaning "two". </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Sweden </Td> <Td> 20 ml </Td> <Td> 40 ml </Td> <Td> 120 ml </Td> <Td> A single shot is referred to as a fyra, meaning "a four" and a double is referred to as a sexa, meaning "a six", as Swedes generally use centiliters rather than milliliters . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Slovakia </Td> <Td> 20 or 25 ml </Td> <Td> 40 or 50 ml </Td> <Td> 80 or 100 ml </Td> <Td> The most - common single - shot size is the pol deci (literally, "half a decilitre", 50 ml). </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> South Africa </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 25 ml </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> The South African government has an official definition for the single - shot size . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> United Kingdom </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 25 or 35 ml </Td> <Td> 50 or 70 ml </Td> <Td> Shots sold on - premises must contain either 25 ml or 35 ml measures of whisky, gin, rum, or vodka as defined in the Weights and Measures Act of 1985 . This requirement does not extend to other spirits . A 2001 amendment allowed a double shot of 70 ml to be served . Generally, a single measure is equal to 35 ml in Northern Ireland and Scotland and 25 ml in England and Wales . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> United States </Td> <Td> 30 ml (1 US fl oz) </Td> <Td> 44 ml (1.5 US fl oz) </Td> <Td> 59 to 89 ml (2 to 3 US fl oz) </Td> <Td> There is no standard size for a single shot, except in Utah, where a shot is defined as 1.5 US fl oz (44 ml). Elsewhere in the U.S., the standard size is generally considered to be 1.25--1.5 US fl oz (37--44 ml). A double shot in the U.S. may be 2 fluid ounces or more . </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Country </Th> <Th> Small </Th> <Th> Single </Th> <Th> Double </Th> <Th> Notes </Th> </Tr>

Where did the term shot of liquor come from