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.)