Chapter 11 Specialty Drinks
Cream & Tropical Drinks
Specialty drinks will never be on the typical list of your most commonly
served drinks, however, as the name of the chapter insinuates, these
are special occasion drinks. What this means to you is that you won’t
be making them often, however when you do, your customers will want
to be served something commensurate with their celebration.
In other words, you’ve got to make it good!
Cream Drinks
Cream drinks are a richer drink,
usually enjoyed after dinner and not often ordered in succession as
a result of the filling effect of the cream. The
common theme in the Cream Drink Cluster is the cream mix. We’ve
included some of the most popular Cream Drinks below:
Popular Cream Drinks at a Glance
Drink Alcohol Mix Preparation Glass
Garnish
Chocolate Rum Rum, brown crème de cacao, clear crème de
menthe Cream Rocks Double Rocks None
Grasshopper Green crème de menthe, clear crème de menthe
Cream Shaken Martini None
Almond Joy (Toasted Almond) Kahlua, Amaretto Cream Rocks Double Rocks
None
Root Beer Float Kahlua, Galliano Cream Rocks Highball Whipped Cream
Screaming Orgasm Vodka, Bailey’s, Amaretto Cream, splash club
soda Rocks Double Rocks None
Tropical Drinks
Unless you’re working at
a themed bar or a cruise ship, chances are tropical drinks won’t
be included in your staple of regulars, however, in the opinion of FreeBartendingSchool.com,
knowing how to make a good Pina Colada is paramount to being a true
bartender.
Drink Alcohol Mix Preparation Glass
Garnish
Pina Colada Light Rum Coconut Milk, Crushed Pineapple Blended Highball
Pineapple, Straw
Mai Tai Light Rum, Triple Sec Simple Syrup, Sweet & Sour Mix Rocks
Highball Cherry
Hurricane Light Rum, Dark Rum OJ, Cranberry Juice, 4 dashes grenadine
Rocks Highball Orange Slice
Planters Punch Rum, float of Jamaican rum OJ, pineapple juice, Rose’s
lime, grenadine Rocks Highball Pineapple wedge
Alabama Slammer Amaretto, sloe gin, Southern Comfort OJ Rocks Highball
Orange Slice
Blue Hawaiian Rum, blue curacao, float of Jamaican Rum Sweet & Sour,
Pineapple juice Blended Highball Pineapple wedge
Free Bartending School Test Questions
& Hands on Homework
Please find your test questions
relating to Chapter 11. These more exotic drink clusters are also important
to have committed to memory. We’d
recommend preparing one of the following:
• Almond Joy
• Hurricane
• Pina Colada
11-134 When are cream drinks most
often ordered?
11-135 What garnish goes with a
Pina Colada?
11-136 What are all the ingredients of a Hurricane?
11-137 What glass should you use for all the popular tropical drinks
listed?