No matter what your level of knowledge or expertise, sometimes it’s good to have a comprehensive reference at your fingertips. But, this isn’t it.
We’ve developed this Cocktail Glossary for the aspiring bartender to provide concise explanations of basic cocktail and bartending terms. We’ll leave the exhaustive explanations to Wikipedia and the witty repartee for others, but this resource is intended to get you up and running quickly.
Contact us to give us your feedback or suggest terms we’ve missed.
- Alcohol Aging
- Alcohol Proof
- Ale
- Amaretto
- Anisette
- Aperitif
- Aquavit
- Armagnac
- Aromatized Wine
- Back
- Backbar
- Bar Spoon
- Bitters
- Blend
- Blended Scotch Whiskey
- Blended Straight Whiskey
- Blender Ball
- Boston Shaker
- Bourbon
- Brandy
- Build in Glass
- Cachaça
- Caesar Cocktail
- Calvados
- Canadian Whiskey
- Champagne
- Champagne Flute
- Channel Knife
- Chaser
- Classic Cocktail
- Cobbler Shaker
- Cocktail
- Cocktail Glass
- Cognac
- Collins
- Collins Glass
- Cooler
- Cordial
- Coupe Glass
- Crème de Cacao
- Crème de Cassis
- Crème de Menthe
- Crusta
- Curaçao
- Daiquiri
- Dash
- Digestif
- Dirty
- Distillation
- Double Strain
- Drink Mixer
- Dry
- Dry Vermouth
- Eau de Vie
- Eighty-Six
- Falernum
- Fermentation
- Fifth
- Fizz Cocktail
- Flair Bartending
- Flaming Zest
- Flash Blend
- Flip Cocktail
- Float
- Fortified Wine
- Frappe
- Free Pour
- Garnish
- Gimlet
- Gin
- Ginger Beer
- Gomme Syrup
- Grappa
- Grenadine
- Handle
- Hawthorne Strainer
- Highball Cocktail
- Highball Glass
- Ice
- Infusion
- Irish Whiskey
- Jigger
- Juicer
- Julep Cocktail
- Julep Strainer
- Lager
- Layering
- Lemon Twist
- Lewis Bag
- Liqueur
- Long Drink
- Maceration
- Manhattan Cocktail
- Maraschino Cherry
- Margarita
- Margarita Cocktail
- Margarita Glass
- Martini Cocktail
- Mezcal
- Mist Cocktail
- Mixto
- Modern Cocktail
- Mojito
- Muddler
- Muddling
- Neat
- Nick and Nora Glass
- Old Fashioned Cocktail
- Old Fashioned Glass
- Orange Bitters
- Orgeat
- Ouzo
- Parisian Shaker
- Perfect
- Pisco
- Port
- Pour Spout
- Pousse-Café
- Punch
- Punch Cups
- Rail Liquor
- Rickey Cocktail
- Rimming
- On the Rocks
- Rum
- Rye Whiskey
- Sake
- Sambuca
- Sangria
- Schnapps
- Scotch Whiskey
- Shaking
- Sherry
- Short Drink
- Shot
- Shot Glass
- Simple Syrup
- Single Malt Whiskey
- Sling Cocktail
- Sloe Gin
- Smash Cocktail
- Snifter
- Soda Water
- Sour Cocktail
- Sour Mix
- Splash
- Spritzer
- Straight Up
- Sweet Vermouth
- Tequila
- Toddy
- Tonic Water
- Traditional Cocktail
- Triple Sec
- Twist
- Up
- Vermouth
- Virgin Cocktail
- Vodka
- Wedge
- Well Liquor
- Wheel
- Whiskey
- Zest