Our Home Bar – Terminology
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.
Fizz
An effervescent beverage. (ie. that which is carbonated or which emits small bubbles.)
Flipp
A chilled, creamy drink made of eggs, sugar, and a wine or spirit. Brandy and sherry flips are two of the better known kinds.
Highball
Any spirit served with ice and soda water in a medium to tall glass (often a highball glass).
Lowball
A short drink made of spirits served with ice, water or soda in a small glass.
Neat
The consumption of a spirit as a straight, unaccompanied shot.
Nip
A quarter of a bottle.
On The Rocks
A wine or liquor poured over ice cubes.
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.
Shooter
A straight shot of whiskey or other kind of spirit taken neat.
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.