Buck
| Cocktail | |
|---|---|
| Type | Cocktail family |
| Common alcohol(s) | |
| Served | On the rocks; poured over ice |
| Standard garnish | Any common garnish may be used |
| Standard drinkware | Copper cup, Collins |
| Commonly used ingredients | ginger beer for a classic buck, deeper more complex cocktail, or ginger ale, for a neutral/sweet, dive bar style buck. Lime or other citrus juice |
| Preparation | May be mixed or muddled if mint, syrups, or fresh fruit is added; shaken vigorously with ice, then strained into the glass. Topped with ginger ale or ginger beer. |
A buck is a cocktail that is made with ginger ale or ginger beer, citrus juice, and any of a number of base liquors.[1] Buck cocktails are sometimes called 'mules' due to the popularity of a vodka buck that is known as a Moscow Mule.
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History[edit]
The buck is believed to have gotten its name when someone added a shot of whiskey to the previously nonalcoholic Horse's Neck, which consisted of ginger ale with lemon juice. The added alcohol gave the horse a 'kick' - hence, a bucking horse.[2] Online casino reviews uk.
Variations[edit]
Variations include:
- Bourbon, rye, or whiskey buck.[1]
- Kentucky Buck, containing bourbon and strawberry.[3][4][5][6]
- Gin buck, containing gin. Sometimes known as British Buck or London Buck.[7][8]
- Gin Gin Mule, containing gin and mint.[9][10] Also known as a Ginger Rogers[11][12] (after the actress of the same name.)
- Irish buck, containing Irish whiskey[13]
- Mamie Taylor, containing scotch whisky.[14][15]
- Rum buck, also called a Barbados buck or Jamaican buck to indicate the origin of the rum. Adding lime to a Dark 'N' Stormy creates a rum buck.[1]
- Shanghai buck, made with light rum, and served at the Shanghai Club in the 1930s.[1]
- Vodka buck, also known as a Moscow mule, invented in Los Angeles, California, US, and largely responsible for the popularity of vodka in the United States from the 1940s through 1960s.[1]
- Chilcano, made with Pisco.[16][17]
- Variations using brandy and other liquors[1]
- Addition of syrups, different types of juice, fresh ginger, mint, and various garnishes[1]
In popular culture[edit]
- In the Better Call Saul season 2 episode, 'Bali H'ai', Schweikart, a founding partner of Kim Wexler's opposing firm, treats her to an upscale lunch to recruit her, orders a Moscow Mule in a copper mug, and offers her one, too. She declines both the mid-day drink, which she calls 'vintage', and the job offer, but tacitly acknowledges Schweikart's message that the freedom to drink during a working lunch symbolizes the firm's larger offer of freedom to 'spread her wings', in a firm unlike HHM's restrictive, unsupportive environment. Later that evening, Kim orders herself a Moscow Mule at a bar, and then calls Jimmy to help her fleece a philanderer who is hitting on her.[18]
See also[edit]
- Liquor portal
Buck Butler Sewanee
The buck is believed to have gotten its name when someone added a shot of whiskey to the previously nonalcoholic Horse's Neck, which consisted of ginger ale with lemon juice. The added alcohol gave the horse a 'kick' - hence, a bucking horse.[2] Online casino reviews uk.
Variations[edit]
Variations include:
- Bourbon, rye, or whiskey buck.[1]
- Kentucky Buck, containing bourbon and strawberry.[3][4][5][6]
- Gin buck, containing gin. Sometimes known as British Buck or London Buck.[7][8]
- Gin Gin Mule, containing gin and mint.[9][10] Also known as a Ginger Rogers[11][12] (after the actress of the same name.)
- Irish buck, containing Irish whiskey[13]
- Mamie Taylor, containing scotch whisky.[14][15]
- Rum buck, also called a Barbados buck or Jamaican buck to indicate the origin of the rum. Adding lime to a Dark 'N' Stormy creates a rum buck.[1]
- Shanghai buck, made with light rum, and served at the Shanghai Club in the 1930s.[1]
- Vodka buck, also known as a Moscow mule, invented in Los Angeles, California, US, and largely responsible for the popularity of vodka in the United States from the 1940s through 1960s.[1]
- Chilcano, made with Pisco.[16][17]
- Variations using brandy and other liquors[1]
- Addition of syrups, different types of juice, fresh ginger, mint, and various garnishes[1]
In popular culture[edit]
- In the Better Call Saul season 2 episode, 'Bali H'ai', Schweikart, a founding partner of Kim Wexler's opposing firm, treats her to an upscale lunch to recruit her, orders a Moscow Mule in a copper mug, and offers her one, too. She declines both the mid-day drink, which she calls 'vintage', and the job offer, but tacitly acknowledges Schweikart's message that the freedom to drink during a working lunch symbolizes the firm's larger offer of freedom to 'spread her wings', in a firm unlike HHM's restrictive, unsupportive environment. Later that evening, Kim orders herself a Moscow Mule at a bar, and then calls Jimmy to help her fleece a philanderer who is hitting on her.[18]
See also[edit]
- Liquor portal
Buck Butler Sewanee
References[edit]
- ^ abcdefgCamper English (2009-07-24). 'Ginger beer gives a buck more bang'. San Francisco Chronicle.
- ^https://www.makersmark.com/cocktails/merry-berry-buck
- ^'Kentucky Buck'. Saveur. Retrieved 2020-05-16.
- ^English, Camper; Chronicle, Special to The (2009-07-26). 'Ginger beer gives a buck more bang'. SFGate. Retrieved 2020-05-16.
- ^'Kentucky Buck Cocktail Recipe'. www.diffordsguide.com. Retrieved 2020-05-16.
- ^Imbibe (2014-05-02). 'Kentucky Buck Recipe'. Imbibe Magazine. Retrieved 2020-05-16.
- ^'London Buck with Thomas Henry Spicy Ginger | Drinks with Gin | Recipes'. Thomas Henry. Retrieved 2020-05-16.
- ^'British Buck | Kindred Cocktails'. kindredcocktails.com. Retrieved 2020-05-16.
- ^'Gin Gin Mule'. Washington Post. Retrieved 2020-05-16.
- ^'Gin-Gin Mule'. Los Angeles Times. 2006-04-26. Retrieved 2020-05-16.
- ^Imbibe (2015-09-15). 'Ginger Rogers Cocktail'. Imbibe Magazine. Retrieved 2020-05-16.
- ^Punch. 'PUNCH | Ginger Rogers Cocktail Recipe'. PUNCH. Retrieved 2020-05-16.
- ^Graham, Colleen (October 19, 2019). 'The Classic Whiskey Highball Is Easy and Refreshing'. The Spruce Eats.
- ^'If You Love the Moscow Mule, Try a Mamie Taylor'. Liquor.com. Retrieved 2020-05-16.
- ^Imbibe (2009-12-04). 'Mamie Taylor Cocktail'. Imbibe Magazine. Retrieved 2020-05-16.
- ^'The Chilcano is the Pisco Cocktail You're Craving'. Liquor.com. Retrieved 2020-05-16.
- ^Imbibe (2016-08-16). 'The Chilcano Cocktail'. Imbibe Magazine. Retrieved 2020-05-16.
- ^Bowman, Donna (March 21, 2016). 'Better Call Saul: Bali H'ai'. AV Club.
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