#1: To learn is to teach.

I think "Peaty" is a euphemism for "tastes like dirt." And if one more person tells me I just have to give Laphroaig another try and I'll love it this time around....

Some of the terms have fallen out of fashion (like lace or shrub) with the rise of factory bartenders who barely know their way past Jack & Cokes and frozen drinks but most are fairly commonplace.

/It's like a fifth grade Vocab quiz in Wisconsin

i'll have a bourbon and branch, thanks

49 bits? that costs around $6.125, right?

Terms I didn't know...

Bruised
Legs
Malolactic Fermentation
Rinse
Shrub

How can I put this... I've made Lightning. When you do that most of the technical terms come up in research.

/I can afford good stuff these days.
//I don't think the Lightning was ever cheaper than rotgut and a filter.

Neat: adj. A spirit served straight out of the bottle and into a glass, unmolested. No ice, water, nothin.' "Lagavulin, neat."

Term all stupid college kids working at bars should know.

There goes your tip, Miss, "Ice in my Neat Scotch" Brittanie.

Super Chronic: I think "Peaty" is a euphemism for "tastes like dirt." And if one more person tells me I just have to give Laphroaig another try and I'll love it this time around....

Islay scotches are tough to get around; almost need some bread or cheese just to cut the damn salt. But then I don't mind Lowland scotches so...yeah

Perfect: equal part sweet and dry vermouth. Used in Manhattans and Martini's

Upside down: reverse the portions. Usually as a martini (all vermouth with a little vodka) or a gin and tonic.

Stirrup Cup: a farewell drink given to guests.

A very old expression, meaning the drink was offered when the guest had his feet in the stirrups.

vudukungfu: Neat: adj. A spirit served straight out of the bottle and into a glass, unmolested. No ice, water, nothin.' "Lagavulin, neat."

Term all stupid college kids working at bars should know.

There goes your tip, Miss, "Ice in my Neat Scotch" Brittanie.

I have even ordered a drink and said "straight up, with no ice"

and they put ice. I made them pour it out again and start over.

Strongbeerrules: Stirrup Cup: a farewell drink given to guests.

A very old expression, meaning the drink was offered when the guest had his feet in the stirrups.

Sort of like a "roadie" (back in the day. can't do it now)

Heh. The author thinks liquor from the well is "to be avoided." Sounds like the kind of newb who asks for top-shelf vodka mixed with Coke.

Chaser: n. 1. A small, tasty drink to take directly after shooting something straight. 2....are for pussies

"Leave the bottle" absent.

Neat = a pump of water in it. Like a whiskey neat. They were wrong about that at least.

Nakito: Heh. The author thinks liquor from the well is "to be avoided." Sounds like the kind of newb who asks for top-shelf vodka mixed with Coke.

Depends on what you're after. If you're an amateur and they're giving you Kessler's for a whiskey sour, meh. But say you want a vodka tonic and their well vodka is something on a par with Wolfschmitz or Taaka.... best of luck riding the puking out.

vudukungfu: Neat: adj. A spirit served straight out of the bottle and into a glass, unmolested. No ice, water, nothin.' "Lagavulin, neat."

Term all stupid college kids working at bars should know.

There goes your tip, Miss, "Ice in my Neat Scotch" Brittanie.

THIS
and....
Nice of the article to have a sizable paragraph on PEATY!!!!

Super Chronic: I think "Peaty" is a euphemism for "tastes like dirt." And if one more person tells me I just have to give Laphroaig another try and I'll love it this time around....

There are peaty scotches from Islay that are surprisingly mild and full of flavor. Very much my favorite region for good scotch. But even I do not like Laphroaig. Laphroaig has a very medicinal flavor to it. Wretched stuff.

halB: Neat = a pump of water in it. Like a whiskey neat. They were wrong about that at least.

Really? I've always known "neat" to mean without anything added. At least in the UK it is.

I was at a bar the other day and ordered a Jameson neat. The bartender didn't know what I meant. I should have just left right then.


/ended up getting served my drink in a frosted low ball. WTF

FTA: "Cup: n. A punch-type drink that is made in smaller quantities to fit in cups or glasses (not in a big punch bowl). For example: "I'd like a Pimm's cup, please."

Served in one of these?

absent from the list:

Rodeo Cold: semi-warm beers that result from sneaking them into a concert or sporting event

Isn't neat just a more classy way to say shot?

Handle: 1.75 liters of booze in a bottle that has a convenient hand grip.
Usually enough to quench the thirst of one person for 2, maybe 3 days.

Conspicuously absent is "A pint of Rosie in a skirt."

/hic

So they have "Well" but not "Rail" which indicates the same thing, but I think is more of a regional thing.

Bruised: adj. A drink that has been overshaken and thus has more water than normal. It may appear murkier.

It is also a way to ask for your cucumber garnish in your Screaming Viking

croesius: FTA: "Cup: n. A punch-type drink that is made in smaller quantities to fit in cups or glasses (not in a big punch bowl). For example: "I'd like a Pimm's cup, please."

Served in one of these?
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I hate to sound Hollywood, but could you put my Pimm's Cup in a pimp cup?

Karma Chameleon: Isn't neat just a more classy way to say shot?

A shot comes in a shot glass. Neat would be one, two, three fingers, etc.

Super Chronic: I think "Peaty" is a euphemism for "tastes like dirt." And if one more person tells me I just have to give Laphroaig another try and I'll love it this time around....

This. I'm a whiskey drinker, there's a couple of scotches I like, but Laphroaig...Laphroaig tastes like motherfarking ass. I saw it described once in Whisky Magazine as tasting of "Seaweed, smoke, and tarred rope." Recommendation, or warning? There's nothing edible in that description.

I dropped sixty-some odd bucks on a bottle of Laphroaig 10, and after fighting through the top third, I gave the rest away to a friend who actually appreciated it. He wouldn't take it for free though - he traded me a sixer of my favorite micro. I figure I came out ahead in the end.

/"You know how 'Laphroaig' sort of looks like it's French for 'The Frog?' Well, I don't think that's an accident."

halB: Neat = a pump of water in it. Like a whiskey neat. They were wrong about that at least.

No, sorry.

butt-nuggets: I made them pour it out again and start over.

Stinkyy:

THIS
and....
Nice of the article to have a sizable paragraph on PEATY!!!!

Right. I've actually had to explain to stupid college chicks that while they were busy updating their stupid facebooks at work they could have looked up neat, and earned a tip.
I get paid to surf the internet and find solutions to problems.

/fixed a ton of clients' problems this week with a MS update that farked Adobe over on a C⁺⁺ runtime error and will again next week. Just by saying to myself, "Hey, if I google that, maybe I can understand what the customer wants"

vudukungfu: Right. I've actually had to explain to stupid college chicks that while they were busy updating their stupid facebooks at work they could have looked up neat, and earned a tip.

Never let the hot chick bartenders serve you unless you see them and they look like a pro (or you just need a bottle of beer) . Ugly guys only get work as bartenders if they know what they're doing, use them to gauge the talents of the bartenders.

For what it's worth, Scotch has prettier legs.

I'm a fan of sambuca legs, any other sambuca drinkers in the house?

butt-nuggets: Strongbeerrules: Stirrup Cup: a farewell drink given to guests.

A very old expression, meaning the drink was offered when the guest had his feet in the stirrups.

Sort of like a "roadie" (back in the day. can't do it now)

I guess impaired driving/horse riding wasn't taken seriously back then.