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Encyclopedia > Straight up (bartending)

Straight up is a term used in bartending. A drink that is served without ice is said to be served straight up. This is contrasted by drinks served on the rocks. Straight up drinks are usually stirred or shaken with ice, and then poured through a strainer into a serving glass to remove the ice. Cocktail glasses are most commonly used to serve a drink straight up. One of the most popular drinks that is usually served straight up is the martini. A bartender is the person behind a Bar (counter) in a Bar (establishment). ... Frozen Waterfall in the Rhön mountains A natural, 4 tonne, block of ice on a beach in Iceland Ice can refer to any of the 14 known solid phases of water. ... On the rocks is a term used in bartending, simply meaning with ice. For example, a scotch on the rocks is a scotch whisky poured over ice cubes. ... A cocktail shaker is a device consisting of a container and a lid, with a strainer, used to mix beverages (usually alcoholic) by shaking. ... An amber tinted cocktail glass A cocktail glass is a narrow drinking glass having a stem and a wide, shallow, inverted cone fixed above it to hold liquid. ... See: Martini (cocktail) - a popular cocktail. ...


"Straight up" is often incorrectly used to mean "neat". However, Neat in Wiktionary defines it as "Undiluted, or without the admixture of another substance. Used when describing spirits." Various distilled beverages in a Spanish bar A distilled beverage is a liquid preparation meant for consumption containing ethyl alcohol purified by distillation from a fermented substance such as fruit, vegetables, or grain. ...


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