Bartending Terminologies
Bartending Terminologies
Bartending Terminologies
Part 1
Box
Pour into and out of shaker, usually only once. Gives the drink a quick mixing without shaking. A mixer that is consumed immediately after a straight shot of liquor to create a different taste.
Cocktail
Any of various alcoholic beverages consisting usually of brandy, whiskey, vodka, or gin combined with fruit juices or other liquors and often served chilled.
Cup
A punch-type drink that made is made up in quantities of cups or glasses in preference to a punch bowl.
Daisy
An oversized drink of the sour type, normally made with rum or gin. It is served over crushed ice with a straw, and sweetened with a fruit syrup.
Lace
Normally applies to the last ingredient in a recipe, meaning to pour onto the top of the drink.
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, made with crushed ice in a large goblet.
Fizz
An effervescent beverage. (carbonated)
Flip
A chilled, creamy drink made of eggs, sugar, and a wine or spirit. Brandy and sherry flips are two of the better known kinds.
Frappe
A partially frozen, often fruity drink. It is usually a mixture of ingredients served over a mound of crushed ice.
Grog
A rum-based beverage with water, fruit juice, and sugar, commonly served in a large mug.
Bartending Terminologies
Part 2
Neat
Drink served at room temperature without ice.
Straight Up
The ingredients of the drink are chilled before they are poured into the serving glass. NO ICE.
Virgin (Unleaded)
A drink without any alcohol in it.
Back (Chaser)
A drink served in a separate glass.
Bruised
A straight up Martini that is shaken instead of stirred.
Ditch
A drink with a water mix.
Double
A drink with double the amount of liquor.
Electric
A drink with Tequila mixed in.
Screaming
A drink with Vodka poured on top.
Frappe (Mist)
A drink poured over crushed ice.
Topless
A Margarita without the salted rim on the glass.
(With a) Twist
A lemon twisted on top of the drink and dripped into it.
Wet
More of the mix.
Stone
Any drink that has the word stone in it contains orange juice.
Dirty/Brave/Black
Any drink whose name has any of these three words in it, contains Kahlua. (Kahla is a Mexican coffee-flavored rumbased liqueur. It is dense and sweet, with the distinct taste of coffee, from which it is made.)