2006-12-27 05:37:24 · 6 answers · asked by adam 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Beer, Wine & Spirits
Well refers to your "Speed Well" Your essential cheap liquor. Gin, Vodka, White Rum, Whiskey and Scotch. What's on your back bar is your good stuff or in this case, your "calls"
2006-12-27 14:40:52 · answer #1 · answered by no name brand canned beans 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well refers to the container along the bar, usually hooked to the side of the bar or ice bin. This is where the most common liquors are going to be stored. You keep your Rum, Vodka, Gin, Tequilla, Tipple Sec, Grenadine, and Lime Juice in these bins. However, it also refers to the liquors being cheap, because they are the ones you use all the time.
If you want better liquor, then your "Call" and "Top Shelf" are more expensive. Smirnoff Vodka would be Call, but Grey Goose would be Top Shelf.
Good drinking
2006-12-27 06:05:31 · answer #2 · answered by Brian H 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The 'well' is a rack or line of bottles that are easily accessible by the bartender, normally stored beneath the bar in a metal rack.
Well drinks tend to be the least expensive of a particular establishment's menu; but this is relative! If you have any doubts, then ask your bartender. Well drinks differ from 'call' or 'top shelf' in that if a guest doesn't specify their liquor, the bartender (unless they are exceptional, and 'upsells' or suggests a higher-tier liquor) normally the drink will be made with the well liquors. "I'd like a gin and tonic" vs. "I'd like a Bombay Sapphire and tonic" (with two limes!!) :)
2006-12-27 05:43:02 · answer #3 · answered by Ali 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well drinks are those made from the "Generic" or Less expensive alcohol they keep near the bar in whats called "The Well" Usually it contains Bourbon, Scotch, Vodka, Tequila, and Gin, and some mixers.
Call drinks are those made from name brand alcohol, like a "Jack and Coke" is Jack Daniels and coke, etc.
2006-12-27 06:07:16 · answer #4 · answered by kc_in_kc 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wells - bar liquor - standard price - i.e. McCormicks
Calls - premium brands - extra cost - i.e. Chivas
Ask was the bar brand is. Sometimes they do pour a good brand & you can judge whether it's worth the extra cost for the premium. Especially if you're doing a mix drink; people in the know silently laugh when you pay extra for a Chivas & Coke.
2006-12-27 05:46:47 · answer #5 · answered by mike s 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
"Well" drinks are the house brands. Cheap stuff usually. 'Call" are a step up. good drinks..not great. "Top shelf" is the really god stuff.
2006-12-27 05:41:30 · answer #6 · answered by pilgrim 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋