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Drink definitions and more

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Posted: February 14, 2008 - 1:41 pm

Check out my column this week for a rundown of familiar bar terms, in case you aren't sure what to order when your boss asks for a scotch, neat. Below I've made an expanded list of bartending terms for those of you who've always wondered what a "Crusta" is. These terms were compiled from various bartending and mixed drink sites, listed below.

Bang!: A term used to identify the double or triple flavor cocktails (i.e. Peach Bang!)

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

Call drink: A liquor and a mixer in which the liquor is a defined brand (i.e. Jack and Coke).

Cobbler: A tall drink served in a highball glass with shaved or crushed ice and a fruit or mint garnish.

Chaser: A separate drink consumed after a shot of liquor.

Collins: A drink similar to a sour, served in a tall glass with soda or seltzer water.

Cooler: A drink with ginger ale, soda water and a twist or fruit rind, served in a highball glass.

Crusta: A sour drink served in a glass completely lined with a citrus peel cut in a continuous strip.

Daisy: A sour, oversize drink, usually made with rum or gin. It's served over crushed ice with a straw and sweetened with fruit syrup.

Lace: Applies to the last ingredient in a drink recipe, meaning to pour onto the top of the drink.

Fix: A sour drink similar to the Daisy, made with crushed ice in a large goblet.

Fizz: An effervescent beverage (i.e. carbonated or emitting bubbles).

Flag: Term used when someone has had enough to drink. Also a garnish.

Flip: A chilled, creamy drink made of eggs, sugar and a wine or spirit. Brandy and sherry flips are some better known kinds.

Frappe: A partially frozen, often fruity drink. Usually a mixture of ingredients served over crushed ice.

Grog: A rum-based beverage with water, fruit juice and sugar served in a large mug.

Highball: A drink served with ice and soda water in a medium or tall glass.

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

Lowball: A short drink served with ice, water or soda water in a small glass.

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, unaccompanied shot.

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

Nip: A quarter of a bottle.

Nightcap: A wine or liquor taken before bedtime.

On the Rocks: A drink served over ice cubes.

Pick-Me-Up: A drink designed to relieve the effects of overindulgence in alcohol. (Think hangover cure or hair of the dog.)

Posset: An old British drink from which eggnog was derived, consisting of heated ale or wine curdled with milk, eggs and spices.

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

Rickey: A drink with liquor (usually gin) a half lime and soda water, sometimes sweetened and then served with ice in a rickey glass. Named for Colonel Joe Rickey, and old-time Washington lobbyist

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

Shooter: A straight shot of whiskey or other spirit taken neat.

Shrub: Spirits, fruit juices and sugar aged in a sealed container or crock, then bottled.

Sling: A tall drink made with brandy, whiskey or gin, with lemon juice, sugar and soda water. Served both hot and cold.

Smash: A short julep made of liquor, sugar and mind served in a small glass.

Sour: A short drink consisting of liquor, lemon/lime juice and sugar.

Super call: Also known as top shelf or super premium, meaning the high octane, often high proof alcohols or super-aged versions.

Swizzle: A tall, traditionally rum-based cocktail filled with cracked ice. A stirring rod or swizzle stick is quickly rotated between the palm of the hands to form frost on the glass.

Syllabub: A drink made from a mixture of sweetened milk or cream, wine and spices.

Toddy: A sweetened drink of liquor and hot water, often with spices and served in a tall glass.

Tot: A small amount of liquor.

Well Drink: A liquor and a mixer, in which the liquor isn't a defined brand (i.e., gin and tonic.)

For more information try these sites: www.drinksmixer.com,
drinkoftheweek.com, supercocktails.com, Behind the Bar terms from www.mixed-drink.com, and The Webtender's Bartending Handbook.

-- by Jessica Bowman

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