412 CHAPTER 10 MIXOLOGY, PART ONE

DRINK FAMILIES
Drink Type Ingredients a Method Glass
Buck Liquor, lemon, ginger ale, cube ice Build Highball
Coffee Liquor, (sugar), coffee, (whipped Build Mug or wine glass
cream), (brandy float)
Collins Liquor, lemon, sugar, soda, ice Shake/Build Collins
(cube or crushed), cherry
Cooler Liquor or wine, carbonated mix, Build Collins
(sweet, sour), (bitters), cube ice
Cream Cream, liquor, liqueur (or 2 Shake Cocktail or champagne
liqueurs)
Daisy Liquor, lemon, grenadine, crushed Shake Mug, tankard, tall glass
ice, (soda), fruit garnish
Eggnog Liquor, sugar, egg, milk, nutmeg Shake Mug
Fizz Liquor, lemon, sugar, soda, cube ice Shake/Build Highball or wine
Flip Liquor or fortified wine, sugar, egg, Shake Wine
nutmeg
Flip, hot Liquor, sugar, egg, hot milk, Shake Mug
nutmeg
Frozen drink Liquor, crushed ice, (any others) Blend 8–12 oz, chilled
Highball Liquor, carbonated mix or water, Build Highball
cube ice
Hot Buttered Rum Rum, sugar, hot water, butter, Build Mug
spices
Hot lemonade Liquor, sugar, lemon, hot water Build Mug
Hot toddy Liquor, sugar, hot water Build Mug
Ice cream drink Liquor, ice cream, (any others) Shake-Mix or Blend 8–12 oz chilled
Juice drink Liquor, juice, cube ice Build Highball
Liquor on rocks Liquor, cube ice Build Rocks
Martini/Manhattan Liquor, vermouth, garnish, (cube ice) Stir Cocktails (rocks)
Milk punch Liquor, sugar, milk, cube ice, Shake Collins
nutmeg
Milk punch, hot Liquor, sugar, hot milk, nutmeg Build Mug
Mint Julep Bourbon, mint, sugar, crushed ice Build Tall glass or mug
Mist Liquor, crushed ice Build Rocks
Old-Fashioned Bourbon (or other), sugar, bitters, Build Old-fashioned
cherry, orange, cube ice
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FIGURE 10.2
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DRINK FAMILIES (continued)

Drink Type Ingredients a Method Glass
Pousse-café Liqueurs, (cream), (brandy), floated Build Straight-sided cordial
Rickey Liquor, lime, soda, cube ice Build Highball
Shooter Liquors, (juice flavorers), straight up Shake Shot, rocks
Shot One liquor straight up Build Shot
Sling Liquor, liqueur, lemon or lime juice, Shake/Build Highball or collins
soda, garnish, cube ice
Sling, hot Liquor, sugar, lemon, hot water Build Mug
Smash (rocks) Liquor, mint, sugar, cube ice Build Rocks
Smash (tall) Liquor, mint, sugar, soda, cube ice Build Highball or collins
Sour Liquor, lemon or lime juice, sugar Shake Sour or cocktail
Spritzer Half win/half soda, cube ice, twist Build Highball or wine
Sweet-sour cocktail Liquor, lemon or lime juice, Shake Cocktail (rocks)
sweetener, (cube ice)
Swizzle Liquor, sweet, sour, (soda), (bitters), Build Highball or specialty
crushed ice
Tom and Jerry Rum, whisky, or brandy, egg-sugar- Build Mug
spice batter, hot milk or water
nutmeg
Two-liquor Base liquor, liqueur, cube ice Build Rocks
Tropical Liquor (usually rum), fruit juices, Shake Specialty
liqueurs, syrups, ice, fruits, (mint)
(flowers)
a Ingredients in parentheses are optional.

FIGURE 10.2 (Continued)

The Highball Family

A highball is a mixture of a spirit and a carbonated mixer or water, served with
ice in a highball glass. It is said to have gotten its name from the railroad signal
for ‘‘full speed ahead’’ used in the late 1800s: a ball raised high on a pole. Legend
has it that a St. Louis saloonkeeper invented the drink when his regular customers,
mostly railroad engineers, asked him to ‘‘lighten up’’ their drinks so they wouldn’t
get in trouble on the job. The resulting whiskey-and-water combination, served in
a tall glass, was probably speedy and satisfying enough, and has since become a