| 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. |
| 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. |
| Frappé |
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) |