A snifter refers to a type of stemware, a short-stemmed glass whose main vessel has a wide bottom but that narrows at the top. It is often used to serve brandy.

Snifter is also a colloquial British term for a small quantity of strong alcoholic spirits - such as whisky. The snifter is more often to be found being drunk by older males and is stereotypically consumed by sozzled retired colonels to help stiffen their backbones or those of their friends. The snifter was the supposed favourite drink of Denis Thatcher as lampooned in the Private Eye series "Dear Bill".