Bartender Tips

1/2 oz. of liquor is equal to 1 count - Using a pourer on your bottle, to measure 1 - 1/2 oz. of liquor, count "1001...1002...1003" as you are pouring.

Highball - fill glass two-thirds full of ice before adding liquor then add the mixer. Don't stir drinks with carbonated mixers.

Cocktails, lowballs, and other shaken or stirred drinks - fill shaker half-full of ice. For lowballs, fill the glass about half-full of ice before pouring drink.

Shaken drinks that contain light cream - drinks can be made as blended drinks, substituting vanilla ice cream for the light cream.

Blended drinks - first fill blender half-full of ice. Add more ice if necessary as you are blending.

Stemmed glassware - stemmed glassware are used for pre-chilled drinks. When a drink recipe calls for a stemmed glass, the drink always has to be pre-chilled before pouring into the glass.

Rock, or bucket glassware are us ed for drinks that are not pre-chilled.

Cooler, collins, or chimney are names the same type of glassware. These glasses are used for multi-liquor and mix drinks.

Wine glasses - White wineglasses are usually longer and narrow than red.

Shooter or cordial glassware are used for shooters or after dinner cordials.

STANDARD BAR MEASUREMENTS
1 Dash	1/6 teaspoon (1/32 ounces)
1 Teaspoon (Bar Spoon)	1/8 ounce
1 Tablespoon	3/8 ounce
1 Pony	1 ounce
1 Jigger (Bar Glass)	1 ½ ounce
1 Wine Glass	4 ounces
1 Split	6 ounces
1 Cup	8 ounces