In the bartending world, there are often technical terms that my seem difficult to a first-timer. Since we’re so fine and cool, we’ve put up a list of the most common terms you will encounter, so your friends won’t make fun of you:
Drinks typically served after a nice meal. A perfect topper for the evening.
Pour into and out of a shaker, usually only once. Gives the drink a quick mixing without shaking.
A liquor and mixer, of which the liquor is a defined brand. (ie. Tanqueray and Tonic, Bacardi and Coke)
Consumed immediately after a straight shot of liquor to create a different taste.
Any liquor served in a collins or highball glass with shaved or crushed ice and garnished with fresh fruit and mint sprigs.
Any of various alcoholic beverages consisting usually of brandy, whiskey, vodka, or gin combined with fruit juices
A drink akin to a sour which is served in a tall glass with soda water or seltzer water.
A drink consisting of ginger ale, soda water, and a fresh spiral or twist of citrus fruit rind.
A sour-type drink served in a glass that is completely lined with an orange or lemon peel cut in a continuous strip.
A punch-type drink that made up in quantities.
An oversize drink of the sour type, normally made with rum or gin.
A traditional holiday drink containing a combination of eggs beaten with cream or milk, sugar, and a liquor such as brandy, rum, or bourbon.
A sour-type drink similar to the daisy.
An effervescent beverage.
A chilled, creamy drink made of eggs, sugar, and a wine or spirit.
A partially frozen, often fruity drink.
A rum-based beverage with water, fruit juice and sugar.
Any spirit served with ice and soda water in a medium to tall glass.
A drink made of bourbon, mint, sugar and crushed ice.
Last ingredient in a recipe, meaning to pour onto the top of the drink.
A short drink made of spirits served with ice.
A liquor served over a glass filled with crushed ice.
A sweetened and spiced heated liquor, wine or beer, served as a hot punch.
The consumption of a spirit as a straight.
A punch-like combination containing a wine, such as port, heated with spices and sweetened.
A wine or liquor taken before bedtime.
A quarter of a bottle.
Poured over ice cubes.
A drink designed to relieve the effects of overindulgence in alcohol.
It consists of a mixture of heated ale or wine curdled with milk, eggs, and spices. An old british drink from which the eggnog was derived.
A traditional afternoon drink made of equal parts spirit and milk, topped with club soda and served over ice.
A party-size beverage consisting of fruit, fruit juices, flavorings and sweeteners, soft drinks, and a wine or liquor base.
A drink made a liquor, usually gin, a half lime and soda water.
A tall chilled and sweetened wine/liquor garnished with nutmeg.
A straight shot of whiskey or other kind of spirit taken neat.
Spirits, fruit juices, and sugar, aged in a sealed container such as a cask or crock, then usually bottled
A tall drink made with either brandy, whiskey or gin, with lemon juice, sugar and soda water.
A short julep made of liquor, sugar, and mint.
A short drink consisting of liquor, lemon or lime juice and sugar.
Also known as top shelf or super premium. The high octane, often higher proof alcohols.Sweet and Sour mix
Mix can be made with 1 – 1 1/2 tbs. Lemon Juice and 1 tsp. of Powdered Sugar
A tall, traditionally rum-based cocktail filled with cracked ice.
A beverage made from a mixture of sweetened milk/cream, wine and spices.
A sweetened drink of liquor and hot water.
A small amount of liquor.
Non-alcoholic
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