Common Liquor

Behind the Bar

Tending bar requires special skills, such as learning special recipes, measuring, mixing and serving drinks, and chatting with guests. No matter which country you are working in, you are sure to come across English patrons who want a cold drink. Study the lists and expressions bartenders use. Then read the dialogue and check your understanding.

Glassware

brandy snifter
half litre/litre	a glass container for serving house wine
highball glass	a tall straight glass
martini glass
mug	a cup or glass with a handle used for hot beverages
pint glass	20 oz glass for draft
pitcher/jug	approximately 60 oz container for draft or water
rock glass/tumbler	short glass for mixed drinks
shot glass	1 oz glass for shots and shooters
sleeve	12 oz glass for draft
wine glass

Classic Cocktails

There are many different ways to prepare classic cocktails. Every bar or restaurant has rules about how much alcohol to put in a cocktail and how to build it. The following recipes do not contain specific amounts. Use them to learn the names of the cocktails, liquors, and mixes.

Black Russian	vodka, coffee liqueur, on ice (for a white russian-add milk)
Bloody Mary	vodka, tomato juice, tobasco sauce, Worcestershire sauce, salt, pepper, celery salt, slice celery, on ice
Cosmopolitan	vodka, orange liqueur, cranberry juice, lime, on ice
Daquiri	light rum, lime juice, sugar, blended with ice (for a strawberry daquiri use strawberry mix or syrup)
Long Island Iced Tea	vodka, gin, rum, orange liqueur, lemon juice, cola, on ice
Margarita	tequila, lime, salt, blended with ice
Martini	gin, dry vermouth, (garnish with olive)
Pina Colada	rum, coconut milk, pineapple juice, blended with ice
Screwdriver	vodka and orange juice, on ice
Tom Collins	gin, lemon juice, sugar, soda water, on ice

Common Liquor

Gin	clear alcohol flavoured with juniper berries
Liqueur	various sweet alcohols
Rum	clear alcohol made from sugar cane, origin Caribbean
Vodka	clear alcohol made from grain or potato, origin Russia
Whisky (Rye in Canada)	light brown alcohol made from grain, origin Scotland
Tequila	golden or clear alcohol, origin Mexico

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