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Traditionally, the liquor is consumed in a single gulp and is then "chased" by the beer, which is sipped. [9] [10] The liquor and beer may be mixed by pouring or dropping the shot into the beer. The mixture may be stirred. [9] If the shot glass is dropped into the beer glass, the drink can also be known as a depth charge. [11]
Sling – traditional long drink prepared by stirring ingredients over ice in the glass and filling up with juice or club soda; Smoking bishop – type of mulled wine, punch or wassail; Sour – mixed drink consisting of a base liquor, lemon or lime juice, and a sweetener; Toddy – mix of liquor and water with honey or sugar and herbs and ...
Black and tan – A layered drink made from a blend of pale ale and a dark beer such as a stout or porter. Traditionally uses bitter and stout. Black Velvet – A layered drink using a combination of Stout and sparkling wine or champagne. Blow My Skull – Ale or porter with rum and brandy; Boilermaker – Mild ale mixed with bottled brown ale ...
Others were made with wine and grated cheese. [1] It is widely believed that kykeon usually refers to a psychoactive compounded brew, as in the case of the Eleusinian Mysteries. [2] A kykeon was used at the climax of the Eleusinian Mysteries to break a sacred fast, but it is also mentioned as a favourite drink of Greek peasants.
A wine cocktail is a mixed drink, similar to a true cocktail. It is made predominantly with wine (including Champagne and Prosecco), into which distilled alcohol or other drink mixer is combined. A spritz is a drink that has Prosecco added to it. The distinction between a wine cocktail and a cocktail with wine is the relative amounts of the ...
A black velvet can also be made by filling a champagne flute halfway with sparkling wine and floating the chilled stout beer on top of the wine. [5] The differing densities of the liquids cause them to remain largely in separate layers (as in a pousse-café). [5]
In more modern times, the drink has also been referred to as a “quarter water,” a nod to the cost of the drink (25 cents), according to one of the earliest mentions of the slang term on Urban ...
A flip is a class of mixed drinks. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the term was first used in 1695 to describe a mixture of beer, rum, and sugar, heated with a red-hot iron ("Thus we live at sea; eat biscuit, and drink flip"). [1] The iron caused the drink to froth, and this frothing (or "flipping") engendered the name. Over time ...