Pony
1. (n.) A small tulip-shaped glass that holds one fluid ounce, commonly used in historic cocktail recipes and considered to be the predecessor to the shot glass. Today, a pony…
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Perfect
(adj.) A description for a vermouth cocktail in which the vermouth component is a mix of half-sweet and half-dry, usually applied to the Martini or the Manhattan.
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On The Rocks
(phrase) A drink order requesting that a spirit or cocktail be served over ice cubes (“rocks”).
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Nightcap
(n.) An alcoholic beverage consumed before going to sleep, a nightcap is different in theory than a digestif, as it is not necessarily associated with the end of a meal,…
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Neat
(adj.) A drink order requesting that a spirit be served un-chilled without ice or water, most frequently associated with spirits in the whiskey family.
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Muddle
(v.) A bartending technique in which a long blunt instrument is used to mash fruits, herbs, sugar or spices. Depending on what is being muddled, the action serves different functions:…
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Mocktail
(n.) A portmanteau of “mock” and “cocktail,” used to designate a cocktail that contains no alcohol. While this term can and does overlap with “virgin,” a distinction can be made…
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Mixer
(n.) Any non-alcoholic component of cocktail or mixed drink, most frequently soda or juice.
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Lowball
(n.) An umbrella term for any drink served in a lowball glass, otherwise known as an Old-Fashioned or rocks glass. This sweeping category encompasses cocktails served with ice or neat,…
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Jigger
(n.) A bartending tool used to measure small quantities of liquid. In 19th-century recipes, this measurement was imprecise, but some speculate it correlated with either the pony glass or something…
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