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Lesson 7 PPT-Mixology

The document discusses the art of mixology and cocktail making. It defines mixology as the art of mixing alcoholic drinks and explains that bartenders require skill and knowledge of drinks, ingredients, and methods. It discusses the history of cocktails and defines a cocktail as a mixed drink containing alcohol that is mixed with other ingredients like juices, whereas a mocktail contains no alcohol. The document also covers measuring ingredients accurately, common mixology terms, types of glasses used for different cocktails, and important bar tools.

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Lesson 7 PPT-Mixology

The document discusses the art of mixology and cocktail making. It defines mixology as the art of mixing alcoholic drinks and explains that bartenders require skill and knowledge of drinks, ingredients, and methods. It discusses the history of cocktails and defines a cocktail as a mixed drink containing alcohol that is mixed with other ingredients like juices, whereas a mocktail contains no alcohol. The document also covers measuring ingredients accurately, common mixology terms, types of glasses used for different cocktails, and important bar tools.

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CHAPTER 4 - ART OF MIXING

BY: JANZELL PALBACAL, MIHM


• At the end of this concept, you are expected to:
• Understand what is mixology
• Explain what is cocktail and its history
• Know how ingredients are measured and choose an appropriate
method of measurement.
• Understand the different common mixology term used in bar service
operation
• The term is typically
defined as the art or skill of
mixing drinks containing alcohol.
It includes the techniques of the
bartender; which do indeed
require skill and sometimes art,
along with the knowledge to
back up the skill. The bartender
must know the drinks by name,
their ingredients, their mixing
methods, and the way they are
served.
•A

which may include spirits,


liqueurs, milk, cream, fruit and
fruit juice and ice.
• The main difference
between a
is that cocktail is a
beverage that requires mixing
either one type of alcohol with
juices, soft drink, and other
fruits or mixing multiple
alcoholic drinks with juices or ice
tea and mocktail is any mixed
drink that does not have alcohol.
• The origin of the word cocktail for a mixed drink is cloaked in mystery.
There are about a dozen good stories about its history. The most
persistent fixes its birth in
where

Another version has the Americans raiding the


British Army’s commissary and stealing several roosters, and their
favorite innkeeper (Betsy) stirred their drinks in celebration with the
cocks’ tail feathers. The accompanying toast- “Here’s to the divine
liquor which is as delicious to the palate as cocks’ tails are beautiful to
the eye! – was shortened by a toasting Frenchman to “Vive le
Cocktail!”
• The term mixed drink includes
any drink in which one alcoholic
beverage is mixed with another
or others or with one or more
non-alcoholic ingredients.
• The major ingredient is the
of the drink. The and
flavor accents make each drink
different from all others having
the same base.
• A successful mixed drink is based
on

You should
make these calculations when
you plan your drink menu and
before you buy your glasses and
choose your size of ice cubes.
• Taste Complexity. In addition to
the list of ingredients, you
should consider two things when
creating a drink; its taste
complexity, which means the
overall sophistication of the
drink and the degree of difficulty
it will take to make the drink.
• Measuring. The only way to
pour a drink that follows a recipe
is to measure every ingredient.
There are various of measuring
liquor. There is the metered
pour, in which at least the major
ingredients are measured and
dispensed through a handgun or
through pourers that shut off at
the proper measure. A second
way is for the bartender to pour
into a measure jigger and to stop
pouring at a certain line.
• A third way is to Free
pouring is a subjective form of
measurement that involves
turning the bottle-with its
pourer cap in place – upside
down for full-force flow while
the bartender counts silently.
• Dash = 1/6 teaspoon or 10 drops
• Teaspoon (tsp) = 1/6 ounce (oz, fluid ounce) or 5 milliliters (ml)
• Barspoon = 1 teaspoon
• Standard jigger = 1 ½ ounces or 45 milliliters (or whatever amount you set as your basic drink)
• Pony = 1 ounce or 30 milliliter
• Scoop (of ice) = approximately 1 cup.
• Splash (of syrup, lemon juice, etc) = ¼ ounce
• Wineglass = 4 ounces or 120 milliliters
• 1 fluid ounce = 30 milliliters
• 1 ounce by weight = 28 grams
• Pinch = whatever you can get between your fingers and thumb.
• Add: Combine into the drink or • Long: A total of five measures or
container. “Build” is the more more of fluid.
correct term.
• Blend: To blend and pour • Neat: A liquor poured as is,
unstrained. undiluted, not mixed with
• Broken Ice: Large cubes, anything.
chopped down to about one-
third their original size. • Pour : To add to the glass
• Dry: For a Martini, this means without straining, unless
the proportion of vermouth is specified.
very small compared to the
proportion of gin.
• Frosted: A glass chilled in the
freezer, or by filling with crushed
ice, so that a cool mist forms on
the outside of the glass.
• Garnish: To decorate or attach to
the rim of a glass.
• Ignite: To set on fire.
• Rim: To coat the edge (rim) of
the glass by moistening it and
then dipping it into something
like salt or sugar.

• Short: Less than five measures


of fluid in total
• Strain: To filter out ice and other
solids, leaving them behind
when you pour out liquid. If the
drink has been stirred, a bar
strainer is used for this purpose.
• Twist: A piece of citrus peel,
about 1.5 to 2.5 inches (3 to 6
cm) in length, held over a drink
and twisted to release a drop or
two of oil from the fruit peel into
the drink. The twist itself is
usually dropped into the drink
after releasing its oil.
THANK YOU!!!!
-Cocktail shaker (Boston/Cobbler)
-Jigger
-Muddling stick
-Bar strainer (hawthorne)
-bar spoon
-mixing glass
• Rock glass
• martini glass
• highball glass
• champagne saucer
• margarita glass

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