5 [more] quick lessons you can take to the bar:
"Against the Wall": This is an OLD term that many bartenders probably don't know. This means to add a float of Galliano on your drink. (Galliano is an Italian herbal liqueur.) For example, a Screwdriver is a cocktail of just vodka and orange juice. A "Screwdriver Against the Wall" is vodka, orange juice, and Galliano. Also, a Harvey Wallbanger is the same thing as a "Screwdriver Against the Wall." And if you ordered a "Slow, Comfortable Screw Against the Wall" you'd be ordering a Screwdriver with Sloe Gin ("Slow"), Southern Comfort ("Comfortable"), and Galliano ("Against the Wall"). Oh, the confusing world of bar!
Neat: No ice. Typically if you order a "Jameson neat" it should come in NOT a shot glass. If you were to order a "shot of Jameson" then yes, it would come in a shot glass. "Jameson neat" and a "shot of Jameson" are the same pour, but just presented differently. By ordering "neat" you are implying you are going to sip your drink.
Training Wheels: Salt and lime for tequila shots. The implication is that whoever is ordering their tequila shot with salt and lime cannot handle the tequila on their own, and therefore needs training wheels.
Up: Used to indicate that you want your drink without ice and served up in stemware. You can order a "margarita up" or a "margarita chilled and served without ice"... but which one is easier to say? Exactly. You can also order a margarita "straight up" which means it is served without ice but in any glass (typically a non-stemware piece, because if you wanted it in a stemware piece, you would have just said "up," not "straight up.").
'Well' or 'Rail': The cheap booze we keep in our speed rack. Hidden below the bar level and used to make a "whiskey coke" if someone doesn't specify the whiskey they want. In Canada they use the word "rail" instead of "well."
Click here to read Bar Jargon, part 1!
Any terms you're interested in knowing? Let me know for part 3! (There are a LOT of bar terms / lingo out there.)