Friday, August 24, 2012

COCKTAILS

There are so many types of cocktail we can see in the bars. these are as follows:

  • Blended cocktail:-  Made using a liquidiser.
  • Champagne cocktails:- their main base liqour is champagne and it includes fizz.
  • Cobblers:- Wine and Spirit based, served with straws and decorated with fruit.
  • Collins:- Hot weather drinks, spirit-based, served with plenty of ice.
  • Cooler:- Almost identical to the collins but usually containing the peel of the fruit cut into a spiral;spirit or wine based.
  • Crutas:-  May be made with any spirit, most popular being brandy;edge of glass decorated with powdered sugar and crushed ice placed in glass.
  • Cups:-Hot weather, wine based.
  • Daisies:- Made with any spirit; usually served in tankards or wine glasses filled with crushed ice.
  • Egg nogs:- Traditional christmas drink; rum or Brandy and milk based; served in tumblers.
  • Fixes:- Short drink made by pouring any spirit over crushed ice; decorated with fruit and served with short straws.
  • Fizzes:- Similar to a collins; always shaken and then topped with soda;must be drink immediately.
  • Flips:- Similar to the edd nogs, containing egg yolk but never milk; spirit, wine or sherry based.
  • Frappes:- Served on crushed ice
  • Highball:- American;a simple drink that is quickly prepared with spirit and a mixer
  • Juleps:- American;  containing mint with claret, Madeira or bourbon whiskey base.
  • Pick-me-ups:- To aid digestion.
  • Pousse-cafe:- Layered mix of liqueurs and spirits using differences in the specific densities of drinks to create layers- heaviest at the bottom,lightest at the top.
  • Smashes:- Smaller version of Juleps.
  • Sours:- Always made with fresh juices to sharpen the flavour of te drink.
  • Swizzles:- Take their name from the stick used to stir the drink;"swizzlings" creates a frost on the outside of glass.
  • Toddies:- Refreshers that may be served hot or cold; contain lemon, cinnamon and nutmeg.