Preliminaries Flashcards
What is a cocktail?
Any beverage that balances flavors and ingredients
2 types of drinks
Built and shaken
What is a built drink?
Pour components over ice in the glass it will be served in.
Prevents dilution while also chilling drink
What is a shaken drink?
Made by pouring components into shaking tin with ice then straining it into glass- good for drinks with a lot of ingredients
Purpose of measuring ingredients
To achieve a balance of flavors and a balance of alcohol, control over both
What is a washline
The location the cocktail fills up to in a particular glass
Importance of washline
Accuracy: Gives you confidence you successfully included all the ingredients with their intended volumetric amounts the recipe calls for (you made the drink correctly)
Consistency: you’re serving the same amount of liquid to each customer
How much of ___ = 1 oz of liquid ( list tools)
30 ml
8 bar spoons
36 dashes
600 drops
Oz is base unit of measurement
Jigger
Bartender measuring cup, double sided
Japanese precision jiggers recommended: Narrower the jigger the less error
Pour top
Speed pourers, good for high traffic events
ABV
alcohol by volume
Expressed in %
Determines how much alcohol is in a substance, per unit of volume
Proof
Determines amount of alcohol in substance
Expressed as a number of
To get proof, double abv
50% abv is 100 proof
A bottle of alcohol has 30 proof. What is the abv?
15%
A bottle of alcohol has 8% abv. Find the proof
16
How much of ethanol is in a Standard drink
Drink with 14 g (.5 oz) of pure ethanol
Common measurements of Standard drinks
1.5 oz of 40% abv liquor =
12 oz of 5% abv beer =
5 oz of 12% abv wine
BAC
Blood alcohol content
Amount of alcohol in bloodstream
Measured as a percentage of
BAC limit in NY
.08
7 factors affect intoxication
- Sex - males have more enzymes to break it down, periods lower ability to metabolize as quickly
Metabolic rate
Weight/size - more weight = lower bac
Food consumption - eating before drinking slows rate at which alcohol enters bloodstream
Rate of consumption - 1 drink per hr
Abv/proof of drink - higher proof —> higher BAC
Medications/drugs - could mask or exacerbate effects of alcohol
4 visible cues of intoxication
- loss of inhibitions
- loss of judgement
- loss of reaction time
- loss of coordination
JIRC
Dram Shop Act
Prohibits bartenders from serving liquor to someone who is intoxicated
civil liability to bartenders who serve alcohol to someone who later commits a crime due to negligence