Message 6475 of 22774 in Behind the Bar

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> > Mixed drink champ not a cocktail. If you dont understand the 
> > difference.
> 
> :-)
> 
> Would you care to define the difference between what you call a mixed 
> drink and a cocktail?
> Number of ingredients? See Martini. See Black Russian. Is Lemon,Lime 
> & Bitters a forbidden |cocktail" ? 
> Type of ingredients? See anything with juice or mixer.
> Is a Cuba Libre a cocktail? Is a Tequila Sunrise? 
> 
> There are locations where the definition is enshrined in licensing 
> law, but everyone realizes that's unworkable 
> [summieone] Re: double pouring--- Gidwick 
> 
> Wouldn't you be disturbed if you wanted a particular drink, the 
> ingredients were in front of you, but the 'tender refused to put them 
> together for you?
> Shall I order three straight shots of liquor and ask for a glass?
> 
> :-B
> 
> .dan.

Please see the following Monsignor Melon Mano
http://webmonkey.wired.com/cgi-bin/back.cgi/cocktail/links/mixed.drink.html?/cocktail/97/39/drink_o_week.html

Further more there are possibly 1000's of meals possible using ingredents on a 
menu and so to behind the bar using various ingresients AS I continue to state 
quality over quantity. So I walk into your bar and asked for a long island 
iced tea in a pint glass you gonna make it dan?