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Feb 25, 2011

Let's drink!



Hey Guyz! how often do ya drink?
Twice? Thrice a week? or, Daily?
Well, how do ya know about bar and related things?






After-Dinner Drinks





Drinks typically served after a nice meal. A perfect topper for the evening.



Box




Pour into and out of a shaker, usually only once. Gives the drink a quick mixing without shaking.



Call Drink





A liquor and mixer, of which the liquor is a defined brand. (ie. Tanqueray and Tonic, Bacardi and Coke)



Chaser




Consumed immediately after a straight shot of liquor to create a different taste.



Cobbler





Any liquor served in a collins or highball glass with shaved or crushed ice and garnished with fresh fruit and mint sprigs.



Cocktail





Any of various alcoholic beverages consisting usually of brandy, whiskey, vodka, or gin combined with fruit juices



Collins





A drink akin to a sour which is served in a tall glass with soda water or seltzer water.



Cooler





A drink consisting of ginger ale, soda water, and a fresh spiral or twist of citrus fruit rind.



Crusta





A sour-type drink served in a glass that is completely lined with an orange or lemon peel cut in a continuous strip.



Cup





A punch-type drink that made up in quantities.



Daisy





An oversize drink of the sour type, normally made with rum or gin.



Eggnog





A traditional holiday drink containing a combination of eggs beaten with cream or milk, sugar, and a liquor such as brandy, rum, or bourbon.



Fix





A sour-type drink similar to the daisy.



Fizz





An effervescent beverage.



Flip





A chilled, creamy drink made of eggs, sugar, and a wine or spirit.



Frapp�





A partially frozen, often fruity drink.



Grog





A rum-based beverage with water, fruit juice and sugar.



Highball





Any spirit served with ice and soda water in a medium to tall glass.



Julep





A drink made of bourbon, mint, sugar and crushed ice.



Lace





Last ingredient in a recipe, meaning to pour onto the top of the drink.



Lowball





A short drink made of spirits served with ice.



Mist





A liquor served over a glass filled with crushed ice.



Mulls





A sweetened and spiced heated liquor, wine or beer, served as a hot punch.



Neat





The consumption of a spirit as a straight.



Negus





A punch-like combination containing a wine, such as port, heated with spices and sweetened.



Nightcap





A wine or liquor taken before bedtime.



Nip





A quarter of a bottle.



On The Rocks





Poured over ice cubes.



Pick-Me-Up





A drink designed to relieve the effects of overindulgence in alcohol.



Posset





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.



Puff





A traditional afternoon drink made of equal parts spirit and milk, topped with club soda and served over ice.



Punch





A party-size beverage consisting of fruit, fruit juices, flavorings and sweeteners, soft drinks, and a wine or liquor base.



Rickey





A drink made a liquor, usually gin, a half lime and soda water.



Sangaree





A tall chilled and sweetened wine/liquor garnished with nutmeg.



Shooter





A straight shot of whiskey or other kind of spirit taken neat.



Shrub





Spirits, fruit juices, and sugar, aged in a sealed container such as a cask or crock, then usually bottled



Sling





A tall drink made with either brandy, whiskey or gin, with lemon juice, sugar and soda water.



Smash





A short julep made of liquor, sugar, and mint.



Sour





A short drink consisting of liquor, lemon or lime juice and sugar.



Supercall





Also known as top shelf or super premium. The high octane, often higher proof alcohols.



Sweet and Sour mix





Sweet and Sour Mix can be made with 1 - 1 1/2 tbs. Lemon Juice and 1 tsp. of Powdered Sugar



Swizzle





A tall, traditionally rum-based cocktail filled with cracked ice.



Syllabub





A beverage made from a mixture of sweetened milk/cream, wine and spices.



Toddy





A sweetened drink of liquor and hot water.



Tot





A small amount of liquor.



Virgin





Non-alcoholic



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