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272:) or a "water back" (a separate glass of water). These terms commingle as well; it is common in many locales to hear a "beer back" ordered as the chaser to a shot. A drink may specifically be ordered "no chaser" as well.
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401:" is slang for one US fluid ounce (30 ml) of spirit, while in the US the standard-size "shot" of alcohol is a 1.5-US-fluid-ounce (44 ml) "jigger", with a "double" being three US fluid ounces (89 ml).
319: US fl oz (7.4 ml), and used for stirring cocktails and measuring ingredients. The other side often ends with a fork for poking fruit out of a syrupy dessert.
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more expensive, better-quality liqueurs and spirits are displayed on shelves behind the bar where they attract patrons to the available selection.
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107:" as whiskey that has met particular requirements for its ingredients, production process, and aging. For example, the label of a bottle of
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562:", Jeffrey Morgenthaler, Friday, May 9, 2008
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