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

MANHATTAN

A Manhattan is a cocktail made with whiskey, sweet vermouth, and bitters. Commonly used whiskeys include  Canadian whisky, bourbon, blended whiskey and Tennessee whiskey. The cocktail is often stirred with ice and strained into a cocktail glass, where it is garnished with a Maraschino cherry with a stem.

INGREDIENTS

3/4 oz sweet vermouth
2 1/2 oz bourbon whiskey
1 dash Angostura® bitters
1 maraschino cherry
1 twist orange peel

METHOD

• Combine the vermouth, bourbon whiskey, and bitters with 2 - 3 ice cubes in a mixing glass. 
• Stir gently, don't bruise the spirits and cloud the drink. 
• Place the cherry in a chilled cocktail glass and strain the whiskey mixture over the cherry. 
• Rub the cut edge of the orange peel over the rim of the glass and twist it over the drink to release the oils but don't drop it in. 

VARIATION: No bitters. Substitute a twist of lime for the cherry and orange. 

                         Hold the lime twist in a lighted match over the drink and then drop it in. 

                         The heat really zips up the lime flavor.