Know your Algonguin from your El Diablo

The Glossary

Sometimes it can appear that us bartenders are speaking in a foreign tongue, this page helps to get us all speaking the same language.

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Ice Block

This is a homemade solid block of ice, which can either be used whole in a punch bowl, or can be used as a base from which to chip large chunks to go into glasses, as they melt much more slowly than regular ice cubes.

To make simply pour filtered or still mineral water into a sealable plastic container and place in the freezer until solid all the way through.  If you wish the block to be as clear as possible, simply rock the container gently periodically as it freezes.