Bartending Terms That Everyone Should Know

Bartending Terms That Everyone Should Know It does not matter whether you are visiting a San Luis Obispo clubs with your friends to hang out or throwing a party at your home, the quality of the drinks can make or break the celebration. Knowing what goes inside the drink is only half of the battle. To make your drink delicious, you need to communicate with the bartender or the host of the party to let them know your requirement.

There is hardly a better way than to use the right terminology while communicating with the bartender.

The right terms will help the bartender to understand your exact requirements and will make sure that everyone gets the right drink. So, if you want to have the best drinks every time at a party, you should check the following section of this article. Here we have created a list of the terminology of the bartenders that you should need to know.

Straight Up You must have heard the term straight-up hundreds of different times while watching television. However, most of you don't even know the exact meaning of the term. So, if you order a drink straight up in clubs in slo, know that the bartender will give you a glass of alcohol without mixing anything in it. However, if the drink you order is as good as it is chilled as it is in the room temperature, then the term straight up might need some clarification.

Neat That Brings upright to the term neat. The meaning of neat is almost similar to that of ‘straight-up’. Upon hearing this term, the bartender will pour the drink out of a bottle straight into the glass. Neat means, the drink would not need any ice, chilling, or any other mixtures. Also, this term is only used for drinks that are purely one kind of alcohol.

On The Rocks, Frosted and Mist Among the trio, the ‘on the rocks’ term is pretty common. Most of you must know that on the rocks means drink served over the ice cubes. You can ask your bartender to pour any liquor in the same way, however, be ready to handle some strange look. Whisky is the only drink that is most commonly served on the rocks. The reason is that the ice and whisky acts together and enhances the aroma and the flavor of the whiskey. Some bourbon brands also need to be served on ice to tone down the taste of the alcohol a bit.

The downside of this drink is that it can dilute the taste of whiskey if you wait for too long.

Frosted and Mist when it comes to high-end scotch, instead of asking on the rocks, you should be ordering them frosted. In this case, the bartender dips the glass in water and freezes them just to serve the scotch in it. Just like the ice cube, the frosted glass enhances the taste and aroma of the alcohol.

Mist, on the other hand, is used when you want your scotch poured over chips of ice instead of cube ones. The mist offers you the chill and the right amount of dilution that enhances the taste of the drink.

Stirred and shaken It is always better if you ask for the shaken or stirred drink only after knowing the difference it would create on it. During the shaking, the bartender is aerating your drink while at the same time cooling it. The shake changes the texture of the drink and makes it more frizzy. Also, it fills your drink with shreds of ice cubes that sneaks through the straining process.

On the other hand, stirring does not aerate your drink as much. It also makes sure that your drink gets less diluted. The chill and dilution of your drink will largely depend on the size of the ice cube that the bartender uses while stirring the drink.

So, these are some of the most common bar tenders lingoes that can help you to get a great drink. Make sure to know all of them before hitting a bar and you can witness the difference it makes without any doubts. It does matter where you are across the world, if you know these lingoes, you will be able to order the right drink and your bartender will thank you.