Bartending Basics Everyone Should Know
There are a few bartending basics that you definitely should know if you are working in the trade and even if you are just a customer placing an order. There are also some terms and facts that the average person doesn't really need to know to order and enjoy a good drink, but they are still interesting to learn about.
Today, Savage Scorpions has gathered this knowledge for you. The next time you place an order, you'll sound like an expert!
Today, Savage Scorpions has gathered this knowledge for you. The next time you place an order, you'll sound like an expert!
- Savage - The absolute best way to order any drink, in our humble opinion! Simply add a Savage Scorpion to your cocktail or enjoy a shooter as a scorpion shot.
- Neat - Liquor poured out of the bottle into a glass without ice and served at room temperature.
- Up - aka Straight Up, A drink that is chilled with ice but poured into the glass without the ice.
- Dirty - A drink, usually a martini, with olive juice added.
- Frosted - A glass that has been dipped in water and chilled. It makes the drink cold without watering it down.
- On the Rocks - A drink served with ice.
- Mist - A drink served over ice chips or crushed ice.
- Back - This is a small glass of something to accompany a drink, such as water, cola, or a beer.
- Chaser - Any beverage consumed quickly after taking a shot, meant to ease the strength or taste of it.
- Blended - To mix a drink with ingredients and ice in an electric blender, in many places referred to as frozen rather than blended.
- Muddle - To crush ingredients inside the glass or shaker with a tool called a muddler before adding liquid ingredients.
- Well - aka Rail, The least expensive bottles used if a particular brand is not requested.
- Call - Better quality bottles of liquor that are "called out" by brand when ordered.
- Premium - aka Top Shelf, the most expensive, high-end bottles on the shelf.
- Garnish - Something added to a drink to make it look more attractive but not a main ingredient, such as lemon or lime slices, olives, or Savage Scorpions!
- Twist - The rind of a piece of fruit that has been peeled with a zester to be used as a garnish.
Shaken or Stirred?
This is an easy one to explain. The drink ingredients are placed in a tin with ice and either shaken or they are stirred with a spoon. It might not seem important which you choose, but in reality, it actually does change the drink slightly. Shaking a drink makes it slightly fizzy and cools and dilutes if faster. Stirring a drink cools it more slowly and the ice melts more slowly, making it less diluted.
Proper Measurements
The term "pony" is bartending slang for one U.S. fluid ounce (30 ml.) A standard shot of alcohol, however, is considered to be 1.5-ounces (44 ml) and sometimes referred to as a "jigger."
A "jigger" is also an hour-glass shaped measuring tool that comes in different sizes, but most often measures 1-oz. on on one side and 1.5-ozs. on the other. This ensures that the proper amount of alcohol is included in a drink.
If someone orders a "double," they should expect 3 ounces. To take the terms even further, a "nip" is measured as 2 ounces and a "splash" is usually a literal splash of an ingredient but technically should be an eighth of an ounce.
Those are a few things you may hear hanging around a bar. Even if you don't need to know them for work, the knowledge can make you better at ordering exactly what you want. Last, but certainly not least, when someone at the bar asks "How savage are you?" you should always respond by ordering a Savage Scorpions cocktail or shot. That's always the best way to let them know!
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