BARTENDING - An ART

Just like in a kitchen, a functional bar requires certain basic items: liquors, liqueurs, wine and beer, mixers, garnishes, booster ingredients, bar ware, and glassware.



  1. THE LIQUORS

• Bourbon
• Brandy
• Canadian whiskey
• Dry gin
• Rum
• Scotch whiskey
• Tequila
• Vodka

                                                                         

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
2. THE LIQUEURS

• Triple sec
• Crème de menthe
• Crème de cacao
• Kahlúa (or a coffee liqueur)
• Amaretto
• Drambuie
• Benedictine
• Cointreau

3. WINE AND BEER

• Dry vermouth
• Sweet vermouth
• White wine
• Red wine
• White zinfandel
• Champagne (optional)
• Beer—one six-pack regular, one six-pack light

4. MIXERS
 

• Bloody Mary mix (store-bought or homemade)
• Club soda
• Cola
• Cranberry juice cocktail
• Cream (heavy and light)
• Cream of coconut
• Ginger ale
• Grapefruit juice
• Grenadine
• Lemon juice
• Lime juice (Most popular: Rose’s. Not to be used as a substitute for fresh lime juice.)
• Orange juice
• Orgeat
• Piña Colada mix
• Pineapple juice
• Seltzer
• 7-Up
• Sour mix
• Tomato juice
• Tonic water
• Water

-- TO BE CONTINUED                                                       -- Bartender PANDAT

APPLESOUR

Hey friends!!! Today a special drink i am sharing which can be taken on every ocassion. The lemon and lime juice give this cocktail more than a hint of sharpness, but it is soon masked by the sweet honey and apple flavours....

                          INGREDIENTS

Pure apple juice                                      4 measure
Juice of lemon and lime                         1 each
Sugar syrup/ clear honey                       1 measure
Raspberries                                              4-5 no.
long strip apple peel                                  to garnish
crushed ice


                           METHOD

• Whizz all ingredients, except the fruit and peel, in a blenderuntil very frothly and partly frozen.
• Put three raspberries in the base of an iced tall glass, crush with wooden spoon and then pour in the fruit slush.
• dress with the raspberries and a strip of peel.

-- Bartender PANDAT

CHERRY KISS

Hey friends!!! Today i am sharing one of my DRINK which is a refreshing and almost calorie-free cocktail, perfect for dieting and definitely for one of those non-alcoholic occasions.....

INGREDIENTS

cherry syrup                          2 tbsp
club soda                               500 ml
fresh lime juice                     2-3 splashes
marchismo cherries              to garnish on cocktail stick..
(cocktail cherry)
crushed ice of aprox. 8-9 ice cubes

METHOD

• Divide the crushed ice between two glasses and pour the syrup over.
• Add lime juice and top up with soda water.
• decorate with the cherries and serve it chilled.

-- Bartender PANDAT

Mint mango panna

 Hey friends!!! Just check out my new receipe of mango drink. You will get a new experiance after drink it.. it has its unique taste and best in all...

                                      INGREDIENTS

fully ripe mangoes                                   2 no.  (250gms.approx)
ground sugar                                            5 tbsp.
water                                                          600ml.
salt                                                             1 tsp.
black salt                                                  3-4 pinches

                                       

                                                   METHOD

• Wash, wipe and roast whole mangoes on a mesh over a gas,stove or coal burner.
• Skin of mangoes should get somewhat charred, and its insides, soft and pulpy.
• Cool a bit, carefully remove skin, mash pulp well.
• Discard stones, add water, mix and strain.
• Mix other ingredients.
• Chill for at least 2-3 hours.
• Just before serving, put crushed or fruit icecubes in tall glasses and pour.

                                                                                                 -- Bartender PANDAT