Icupa rya whisky rirenze ikintu cyumwuka gusa; ikubiyemo umuco wikirango, ubukorikori, nagaciro kegeranijwe. Kuva kuri malts imwe kuva muri Scottish Highlands kugeza uburyohe bworoshye bwa whisky yUbuyapani, ikirahuri cya buri gacupa gitwara inkuru idasanzwe.
Amacupa ya whisky gakondo akozwe mubirahuri bisobanutse cyangwa bya amber, ibyanyuma byungurura urumuri neza, birinda umwuka kwangirika kwa UV no gutinda kwa okiside ya flavour. Ingano isanzwe ni 700ml (Uburayi) cyangwa 750ml (US), ariko inyandiko ntarengwa cyangwa ibikoresho byabakusanyije akenshi biza mubunini buto (nka 200ml) cyangwa ubunini bunini (nka 1.5L kugeza 3L) kugirango babone ibyo bakeneye bitandukanye. Ibishushanyo by'icupa biva kuri geometrike ntoya kugeza mubukorikori bwashushanyijeho, nk'ikirango cya kera cy'urukiramende rw'ikirango cya Scottish Glenfiddich cyangwa imirongo ntoya ya marike yo mu Buyapani Yamazaki, buri kimwe kigaragaza umwirondoro wacyo binyuze mu mvugo.
Ku bijyanye n'ibikoresho, ibidukikije bigenda bitera gukoresha ibirahuri bisubirwamo, hamwe na divayi zimwe zigerageza ibikoresho bitunganijwe neza cyangwa impuzu zidasanzwe kugirango zongere kashe. Guhagarika amacupa ashyizwe mubwoko bubiri: corks na caps ya screw. Corks itanga gusaza ariko igomba kubikwa mu buryo butambitse; imipira ya screw iroroshye gufungura no gutanga kashe ihamye, bigatuma bahitamo gukundwa cyane kuri - style ya whisky.
Amacupa adasanzwe arashobora kuzana ibihumbi icumi byamadorari mugukusanya. 1926 ya Macallan whisky yigeze kuzana igiciro cyanditse, itwarwa nubusugire bwicupa ryumwimerere, amateka yarwo, hamwe nubuke bwibipfunyika. Byongeye kandi, amakosa yimyandikire, nimero ntarengwa, cyangwa ibyamamare byemeza kumacupa arashobora kuzamura cyane agaciro ka whisky.
Icupa rya whisky, murwego rwaryo, nubuhamya bwigihe nigihe cyigihe. Ikora nk'uburyo bwo kunywa ndetse n'imodoka yo guhuza ibihangano n'ubucuruzi. Hamwe na buri gusuka, ihuza ibyibukwa byashize nubu.
