Cocktail | |
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Type | Cocktail family |
Common alcohol(s) | |
Served | On the rocks: poured over ice |
Standard garnish | Any common garnish may be used |
Standard drinkware | Collins glass |
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.
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]
Variations include:
Cocktail | |
---|---|
Type | Cocktail family |
Common alcohol(s) | |
Served | On the rocks: poured over ice |
Standard garnish | Any common garnish may be used |
Standard drinkware | Collins glass |
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.
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]
Variations include: