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)
Cobbler
A tall drink of any liquor served in a collins or highball glass with shaved or
crushed ice and garnished with fresh fruit and mint sprigs.
Chaser
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.
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, served in a collins or highball glass.
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 of cups or glasses in preference
to a punch bowl.
Daisy
An oversize 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. (ie. that which is carbonated or which emits small bubbles.)
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.
Highball
Any spirit served with ice and soda water in a medium to tall glass (often a highball
glass).
Julep
A drink made of bourbon, mint, sugar and crushed ice.
Lowball
A short drink made of spirits served with ice, water or soda in a small glass.
Mist
A liquor served over a glass filled with crushed ice, often a way of serving liqueur
as an after dinner drink.
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 a 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 wine or liquor poured over ice cubes.
Pick-Me-Up
A drink designed to relieve the effects of overindulgence in alcohol.
Posset
An old british drink from which the eggnog was derived. It consists of a mixture
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.
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. It is sometimes
sweetened, and often served with ice in a rickey glass.
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. It is served both hot and cold.
Smash
A short julep made of liquor, sugar, and mint, served in a small glass.
Sour
A short drink consisting of liquor, lemon/lime juice and sugar.
Supercall
Also known as top shelf or super premium. The high octane, often higher proof
alcohols, or super-aged or flavored 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 beverage made from a mixture of sweetened milk/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.
Virgin
A non-alcoholic drink.
Well Drink
A liquor and mixer, of which neither are defined brands. (ie. Gin and Tonic, Rum
and Coke)
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