Bar vocabulary

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BAR
VOCABULARY

KANYARAT WORAPHASERTKUL 633080227-3
THANAPHON NANTHARAT 633080610-4

bar

a place, sometimes within a
restaurant, where alcoholic drinks are
served, or a long, high table in such a
place along which people stand or sit

while drinking

stool

a seat without any support for
the back or arms

spirit

a strong alcoholic drink

cocktail shaker

a device used to mix beverages by
shaking

Nick & Nora glass

a stemmed glass with
an inverted bowl

cocktail glass

a stemmed glass with an inverted
cone bowl

highball glass

a glass tumbler that can contain 240
to 350 millilitres

collins glass

a glass tumbler which typically will
contain 300 to 410 millilitres

old fashioned glass

a short tumbler used for serving
spirits, such as whisky, neat or with

ice cubes

shot glass

a glass originally designed to hold or
measure spirits or liquor

margarita glass

a variant of the classic champagne
coupe

hurricane glass

a form of drinking glass which
typically will contain 20 US fluid

ounces

wine glass

a type of glass that are stemware
(goblets) and used to drink and taste

wine

champagne glass

a glass for drinking champagne, either
a glass with a wide mouth and a

roughly triangular shape or a tall flute

bar spoon

a long-handled spoon used in
bartending for mixing and layering of

both alcoholic and non-alcoholic
mixed drinks

hawthorne strainer

a metal bar accessory used to remove
ice from a mixed drink as it is poured

into the serving glass

jigger

a small, round metal container used
for measuring strong alcoholic drinks,

or the amount of alcohol that this
container holds

Mexican elbow

a metal juicer with an elbow joint

juice pourer

a stainless steel or plastic spout that
is inserted into the most often used

liquor bottles in a bar

fine strainer

a small circular wire mesh screens
that fit into a metal ring or globe

julep strainer

used to filter drinks [usually stirred
drinks] from glass or Boston Shaker

rum

a strong alcoholic drink made from the
juice of the sugar cane plant

martini

an alcoholic drink that combines gin
and vermouth

Bloody Mary

an alcoholic drink made of vodka and
tomato juice

gin

a clear, strong alcoholic drink flavored
with juniper berries

tonic

carbonated (= with bubbles) water
with a bitter taste that can be drunk on

its own or added to alcoholic drinks

vodka

a clear, strong alcoholic drink made
especially from grain or potatoes

whisky

a strong, pale brown alcoholic drink,
originally from Scotland and Ireland,

made from grain such as barley,
maize, or rye

tequila

a strong alcoholic drink originally from
Mexico, made from the agave plant

Black Russian

a cocktail of vodka, coffee liqueur,
on ice

Pina Colada

a cocktail of rum, coconut milk,
pineapple juice, blended with ice

Screwdriver

a alcoholic highball cocktail made
with orange juice and vodka

Tom Collins

a Collins cocktail made from gin,
lemon juice, sugar, and
carbonated water.

Daiquiri

a cocktail whose main ingredients
are rum, citrus juice (typically lime

juice), and sugar or other
sweetener

draught beer

beer served from a keg, rather
than from a bottle or can

booze

a slang word for alcohol

barkeep

another word for bartender

on the rocks

if you have an alcoholic drink on
the rocks, you have it with pieces

of ice

virgin

refers to a non-alcoholic drink.
Used to order common cocktails

minus the alcohol

neat

having it out of the bottle into a
glass served at room temperature

without ice

dirty

add an extra ingredient or
change some of the essential
ingredients to slightly alter the

color and taste of it

dry

refers to a drink that lacks the
qualities to make it sweet

last call

the last orders in a bar

happy hour

a period of time, usually in the
early evening, when drinks are
sold cheaply in a bar or a pub

a round of drinks

a drink for each person in
a group.

designated driver

one person in a group who agrees
not to drink alcohol in order to drive
the other people to and from a place

where they will drink alcohol

on tap

(of drinks) on draught

float

bartending technique where a
liquor or ingredient is layered at

the top of a drink

highball

a drink that consists of a small quantity
of a spirit (= a strong alcoholic drink)
mixed with a larger quantity of a mixer
(= a drink without alcohol), and ice,

served in a tall glass