introduction to bartending

1. Essential Ingredients for Cocktail
Mixing

2. Cola
Usually contains caffeine, lots of
sugar and caramel colouring and is
often used in long cocktails, like Long
Island Ice Tea.

3. Double Cream
Is used to add a rich, thick texture to
both hot and cold cocktails. It is often
diluted with milk to achieve the desired
consistency.

4. Fresh Coffee
Make a real difference to the taste of a
finished cocktail providing a rich, deep
stimulating flavour to the drink.

5. Fresh Mint
Mostly a perennial herb that typically
refers to the genus Mentha, which
includes about 25 species. It is one of
the most common cocktail ingredients.

6. Ginger Ale
Less strong in flavor than the ginger
beer, this is non-alcoholic
carbonatedrink contains essence ginger,
colouring and sweeteners.

7. Grand Marnier
A very popular French orange-flavored
liqueur that can be enjoyed on its own or
mixed in a wide variety of cocktails.

8. Cranberry Juice
Used in many well-known cocktails,
such as Cosmopolitan or Sex on the
Beach or simply mixed with vodka and
ice.

9. Dry Vermouth
A type of fortified, aromatised wine
produced in northwest of Italy and south
east of France.

10. Fresh Eggs
Can appear as unusual ingredient for
making cocktails, however, it is used
commonly in many recipes.

11. Gin
Made with juniper berries, the most
common type used in cocktail is London
dry gin which features a pleasant round
bitter taste.

12. Ginger Beer
This carbonated soft drink is similar to
ginger ale, but tends to be much
stronger in flavour due to the larger
amount of ginger used.

13. Grapefruit Juice
Just like the cranberry, grapefruit juice
contains lots of antioxidants and
vitamins particularly when the flesh is
darker.

14. Grenadine Syrup
Also known as pomegranate syrup,
commercially produced syrup today are
often flavoured with red berries and
cherry juice.

15. Ice
By far the most important ingredient for
preparing cocktails, ice comes in many
forms and used in different ways
accordingly.

16. Lime Cordial
A mix with lime juice and sugar, lime
cordial was first used to preserve lime
juice without alcohol. It is used to add
citrusy flavor to cocktails

17. Maraschino Cherry
Is preserved, sweetened cherry, which
features an almond flavour. It is mostly
used to garnish cocktails

18. Orange Juice
Most commonly used fruit juice for
mixing cocktails, orange juice is packed
with vitamin C and extremely easy to
make yourself.

19. Raspberries
Raspnerries are sweet and intense, rich
in anti oxidant vitaminC and a key
ingredient for many cocktails. They are
mostly used for their juice and garnish.

20. Soda Water
Known as seltzer, is a carbonated drink
with carbon dioxide and is used to dilute
cocktails and alcohols.

21. Honey
For the purpose of mixing cocktails, it is
often easier to use naturally runny
honey-light honey is usually best given
its delicate flavor.

22. Lemons
Together with lime, lemons are probably
the most commonly used ingredient for
making cocktails aside from sugar syrup
and ice.

23. Limes
Smaller, rounder and slightly more sour
than lemons, green limes are used as a
core ingredient in a variety of rum
cocktails.

24. Milk
Dairy milk is used from time to time to
add body and depth to certain cocktails,
such as hot cocktails or coffee based
cocktails

25. Pineapple juice
A large number of cocktail recipes rely
on using pineapple juice, including Piña
Colada, Zombie and Sex on the Beach.

26. Scotch Whiskey
A type of malt grain spirit produced in
Scotland that is featured in many
popular Cocktails such as Sour and
Whisky Fizz.

27. Strawberries
Fresh strawberries are sweet and
fragrant and closely related to
raspberries and blackberries , being a
member of the rose family.

28. Sugar cubes
Many cocktail ingredients are naturally
sweet, but some recipes require sugar
cubes to balance the bitterness of
certain ingredients

29. Tea
Fresh tea adds colour, flavour and a
caffeine twist to a cocktail, without
empowering the ingredients present in
the drink.

30. Vanilla Pods
The 2nd most expensive spice after
saffron and used to flavor lots of
cocktails. It is often used as cocktail
garnish.

31. White Rum
Also known as light or silver rum is
produced in many countries in Central
and South America.

32. Sugar Syrup
Can be an alternative to honey and easy
to make yourself.

33. Tonic Water
Also known as Indian TonicWater, this
carbonated softdrink is flavored with
quinine, giving it a slightly bitter taste.

34. Vodka
Is used for making popular cocktails,
such as Bloody Mary or Screwdriver.

35. Aged Tequila
Is made from the blue agave, a plant
similar to cactus that thrives in the
volcanic soil of the Tequila region.

36. Apple juice
Just like pineapple juice, there are
hundreds of cocktails based on using
apple juice, such as Apple Pie Martini,
Voodoo or Orchard Breeze.

37. Berry Liqueur
Often made by infusion or maceration of
blackberries, blackcurrants or
raspberries, producing a rich, fruity
flavor

38. Champagne
Luxuriously sparkling wine is mostly
produced out of blackgrapes in the town
of Epernay and Reims in the
Champagne of France.

39. Cognac
This popular type of brandy is named
after the french town of Cognac and
produced according to tradition.

40. Angostura Bitters
A concentrated bitter used for food and
drink, composed of water, alcohol,
gentian root and vegetable extracts.

41. Apricot Brandy
The most versatile flavoured brandy.

42. Bourbon Whiskey
Named after the Bourbon County of
Kentucky, bourbon whiskey is a U. S.
Spirit made from the grain mixture with
at least 51% corn.

43. Coffee Liqueur
High alcohol mix consisting primarily of
sugar, spirit and coffee extract, popular
by making B-2

44. Cointreau Liqueur
Is a premium type of French triple sec
liqueur made from peels of bitter and
sweet oranges.