Whether you prefer yours shaken, not stirred, classic cocktails from the 1920s, '30s and '40s have made a comeback. Order up a dry martini or a sidecar next time you're out on the town and enjoy.
Instructions
1. Familiarize yourself with the vocabulary. Neat means served with no ice and not mixed; on the rocks means poured over ice. Shaken means the ingredients are poured into a shaker with ice, mixed vigorously and poured into a glass. In a stirred drink, the ice and ingredients are put in a mixing glass and stirred for 10 seconds before they're poured into a glass. Drinks served straight up have no ice.
2. Call your drink. If you don't designate what type of alcohol you want in your cocktail, you'll get the bottom-shelf, least expensive brands, called well. You can designate top-shelf brands, such as Grey Goose vodka or Bombay Sapphire gin. For example, order a Grey Goose Greyhound or a Grey Goose and grapefruit juice for a top-shelf, and more expensive, cocktail.
3. After you've gotten the preparation and drink calling down, know your choices. And apertif is a pre-meal beverage, usually small, used to stimulate the appetite. A highball is a simple mixed drink consisting of two ingredients (gin and tonic) combined directly in the serving glass, typically a highball glass. A rickey is a drink made with a base spirit, fresh lime juice and club soda. Traditionally served over ice in a highball glass, garnished with a wedge of lime. A spirit is an alcoholic beverage made by distilling a fermented mash of grains or fruits to a potency of at least 40 percent alcohol by volume. Examples include brandy, gin, rum, tequila, vodka and whiskey. A toddy is a drink made with a base spirit, hot water and various spices, usually served in Irish Coffee glasses, often garnished with a lemon twist or cinnamon stick. Other drink types are: Collins, fizz and sour.
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