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title: "Well Drinks List: 20 Recipes + How to Price Them"
description: "The well drinks list every bar needs: 20 drink recipes with pours, glassware and garnishes, plus how to price rail drinks for real profit."
image: https://restaurant.eatapp.co/hubfs/Eat%20(49)%20(1)-2.webp
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  ### [Moving from Pen and Paper to Reservation Software](https://restaurant.eatapp.co/blog/moving-pen-paper-to-reservation-software)
  
  Our latest case study takes a look at Bombay Bungalow - a..

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  ### [Providing guests with seamless online booking options](https://restaurant.eatapp.co/blog/providing-guests-with-a-seamless-online-booking-option-and-improving-guest-loyalty)
  
  Our latest case study takes a look at not one but two exquisite...

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  ### [Introducing Eat App’s Integration with...](https://restaurant.eatapp.co/blog/eat-apps-integration-with-lightspeed-k-series)
  
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  ### [Introducing Eat App’s PMS Integrations for...](https://restaurant.eatapp.co/blog/eat-apps-pms-integrations-for-hotels)
  
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  ### [Customer Acquisition Strategy eBook](https://restaurant.eatapp.co/free-customer-acquisition-guide-for-restaurants)
  
  How to get more guests online and triple your restaurant revenue.

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  ### [Set Up Google Reservations](https://restaurant.eatapp.co/restaurant-google-my-business-optimization-ebook)
  
  Receive bookings from millions of potential diners searching your restaurant on Google.

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  ### [Introducing Eat App’s Integration with...](https://restaurant.eatapp.co/blog/eat-apps-integration-with-lightspeed-k-series)
  
   Restaurants rely on multiple systems to manage the guest journey....

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  ### [Introducing Eat App’s PMS Integrations for...](https://restaurant.eatapp.co/blog/eat-apps-pms-integrations-for-hotels)
  
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  ### [Introducing the Eat App × Supy Integration:...](https://restaurant.eatapp.co/blog/eat-app-supy-integration-smarter-restaurant-decisions-with-ai)
  
   Restaurants collect valuable data every day from reservations and...

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  ### [Customer Acquisition Strategy eBook](https://restaurant.eatapp.co/free-customer-acquisition-guide-for-restaurants)
  
  How to get more guests online and triple your restaurant revenue.

  ![Google Bookings (1)-2](https://restaurant.eatapp.co/hs-fs/hubfs/Google%20Bookings%20(1)-2.png?width=200&name=Google%20Bookings%20(1)-2.png)
  
  ### [Set Up Google Reservations](https://restaurant.eatapp.co/restaurant-google-my-business-optimization-ebook)
  
  Receive bookings from millions of potential diners searching your restaurant on Google.

  ![Instagram Bookings (1)-1](https://restaurant.eatapp.co/hs-fs/hubfs/Instagram%20Bookings%20(1)-1.png?width=200&name=Instagram%20Bookings%20(1)-1.png)
  
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  ### [Eat App Overview](https://restaurant.eatapp.co/knowledge/eat-app-overview)
  
  Overview of Eat App and our products

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  ### [Case Study: Moving from Pen and Paper..](https://restaurant.eatapp.co/blog/moving-pen-paper-to-reservation-software)
  
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  ### [Case Study: Providing guests with..](https://restaurant.eatapp.co/blog/providing-guests-with-a-seamless-online-booking-option-and-improving-guest-loyalty)
  
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  ### [Case Study: Putting Your Staff First](https://restaurant.eatapp.co/blog/case-study-putting-your-staff-first)
  
  Our latest case study takes a look at Dubai's most awarded F&B group, Solutions..

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  ### [Case Study: Managing Large Restaurant Venues](https://restaurant.eatapp.co/blog/case-study-managing-a-large-restaurant-venue)
  
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  ### [Simplify your Restaurant Operations with AI](https://restaurant.eatapp.co/free-ai-operations-guide)
  
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  ### [Create Responses to Guest Feedback](https://restaurant.eatapp.co/ai-guestfeedback-guide)
  
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  ### [Become a Partner](https://restaurant.eatapp.co/become-a-partner-eat-app)
  
  Boost Revenue with Eat App partner

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  ### [Integrations](https://eatapp.co/integrations)
  
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# Well Drinks List: 20 Recipes + How to Price Them

 Published:  September 20, 2024 11 min

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Rum and coke. Vodka soda. Gin and tonic.

Work one Friday shift behind the bar of any liquor licensed restaurant and you'll hear those three orders more times than you can count. Nobody names a brand. Nobody photographs them for Instagram. And yet they quietly cover a surprising share of your rent.

That's the well drink. It's the least glamorous thing you sell, and dollar for dollar, one of the most profitable. So why do so many bars treat their well drinks list like an afterthought?

This guide fixes that. You'll get a plain-English definition, 20 drink recipes your team can follow on a slammed night (pours, glassware, garnish), and the math for pricing them so they earn their spot.

 

## What are well drinks?

Well drinks are mixed drinks made with the house liquor a bar keeps within arm's reach of the bartender. Unlike other cocktails on your menu, a well drink skips the brand-name bottle entirely. When a guest orders a vodka soda without naming a brand, that's what they get.

The name comes from where the bottles live. Most bars have a rack at about waist height called the well, the speed rail or, in some places, the speed rack. As[MasterClass explains](https://www.masterclass.com/articles/what-is-a-well-drink), that's why "well" and "rail" get used interchangeably. Same thing, different slang.

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A standard well holds one bottle of each core spirit:

- Vodka
- Gin
- Rum
- Tequila
- Whiskey (usually a blended or bourbon-style bottle)

Around those, bartenders stock the mixers and soft drinks they grab constantly: soda water, club soda, tonic, cola, ginger ale, sour mix, simple syrup, grenadine, a few juices, and a tray of lime wedges and lemon wedges. Everything a well cocktail needs sits a step away, so it goes from order to guest in under a minute.

The cheaper bottle is only half of what separates a well pour from a craft cocktail. The other half is speed.

#### Further reading

- [Increase your bar revenue with Eat App](https://restaurant.eatapp.co/software-for-bars)

## **Well drinks vs. call drinks vs. premium drinks**

Your guests probably don't use these terms. Your POS and your price list should.

- **Well drinks** use the house spirit. The guest doesn't specify a brand, so the bartender reaches for whatever's in the rail.
- **Call drinks** happen when the guest "calls" a brand, like a Jack and coke or a Tanqueray and tonic. You pour a recognizable mid-tier bottle and charge more for it.
- **Premium drinks** use top shelf liquor. Think Grey Goose, aged tequila, small-batch bourbon. Top shelf liquor costs you more, so the markup has to follow.

| Instance | **Well** | **Call** | **Premium** |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| What the guest says | "Vodka soda" | "Tito's and soda" | "Grey Goose and soda" |
| Where the bottle sits | The well | Back bar, middle shelves | Top shelf |
| Price position | Lowest | Middle | Highest |
| Best for | Volume, happy hour, speed | Easy upsell | Celebrations, brand loyalists |

 

#### Further reading

- [What is a Restaurant Profit Margin? Your Complete Guide](https://restaurant.eatapp.co/blog/increase-restaurant-profit-margin)
- [Menu Engineering: How to Increase Profits by 20%](https://restaurant.eatapp.co/blog/food-cost/menu-engineering)

Here's the thing a lot of new managers miss. The gap between call drinks and well drinks is a training opportunity. A server who asks "Any preference on the vodka?" gives the guest an opening to trade up, without sounding pushy. Some will name a bottle. Others will happily stick with bottom shelf liquor, and that's fine too.

One thing worth clearing up for guests: a well drink isn't a weaker alcoholic beverage. The pour size stays the same across all three tiers. Only the brand changes, so a rail vodka soda is just as much an alcoholic beverage as the Grey Goose version, at a lower price.

## **Why your well drinks list deserves more attention**

Craft cocktails get the press. Well cocktails pay the bills. Here's why every well drink on your list is worth a second look.

### **The margins are ridiculous**

Well drinks are built from the cheapest bottles you carry plus mixers that cost pennies.[TouchBistro's well drinks guide](https://www.touchbistro.com/blog/well-drinks-list/) puts their food cost percentage at around 5%, compared with 25% to 40% for typical restaurant food. Your exact number will move with your liquor contracts and pour size. The direction won't.

For context,[Restaurant365 pegs the average bar pour cost at about 20%](https://www.restaurant365.com/blog/metric-monday-how-to-calculate-liquor-cost-in-a-restaurant/), with most operators aiming for 18% to 24% across the whole beverage program. Rail pours usually land well under that, which is exactly why they drag the blended number down in a good way.

Want to run your own numbers? Our walkthrough on how to[calculate restaurant food cost](https://restaurant.eatapp.co/blog/how-to-calculate-restaurant-food-cost) covers the formula, and it's worth comparing the result against the[average restaurant profit margin](https://restaurant.eatapp.co/blog/what-is-the-average-restaurant-profit-margin) to see how much work your bar is doing.

### **They're fast**

Speed is money on a busy night. A vodka cranberry takes one pour, one fill, one garnish. No shaking. No muddling. No double straining.

Picture two bartenders side by side. One spends two minutes building a single $16 signature cocktail. The other knocks out a round of five highballs in the same stretch. Faster tickets mean shorter waits, and your[front of house](https://restaurant.eatapp.co/blog/what-does-foh-mean) team isn't stuck hovering at the service well.

### **They meet guests where they are**

Not everyone wants a $17 mezcal creation with a smoked rosemary sprig. Plenty of people just want a gin and tonic that tastes like a gin and tonic. A solid rail menu gives price-conscious guests an easy yes. And those guests often stick around for a second round and some food.

### **They power your happy hour**

Discounting a premium pour hurts. Discounting a well cocktail barely dents your margin. That's why most[happy hour](https://restaurant.eatapp.co/blog/what-is-happy-hour) specials are built around the rail. It's a low-risk way to fill seats between 4 and 7 p.m.

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## **The well drinks list: 20 drink recipes your bartenders should know**

Below is a working drinks list grouped by spirit. Every recipe uses a 2 oz base pour because that's common in US bars, though plenty of places pour 1.5 oz. For reference, the[NIAAA counts 1.5 ounces of 40% spirits as one US standard drink](https://www.niaaa.nih.gov/alcohols-effects-health/what-standard-drink), so a 2 oz pour runs a bit stronger than that. Pick a house pour, write it down, and hold everyone to it.

Quick note on "fill rest": build the ice and spirit first, then top the glass with the mixer. Print these drink recipes, laminate them, and tape a copy near the well. New hires will thank you.

## **Vodka well drinks**

Vodka is the workhorse of any rail. It's neutral, it mixes with anything, and it's usually the bottle your bartenders stock two of.

### **Vodka soda**

The go-to for guests who want something light and not sweet. Squeeze the citrus into the glass instead of just dropping it in.

- 2 oz vodka
- Fill rest of glass with soda water
- Glass: highball glass
- Garnish: two lemon wedges or a lime wedge

### **Vodka cranberry**

Tart, pink, and absurdly easy to build in bulk during a rush. In New England you'll hear it called a Cape Codder.

- 2 oz vodka
- Fill rest of glass with cranberry juice
- Garnish with a lime wedge

### **Screwdriver**

The brunch crowd's favorite. Fresh orange juice makes a real difference here, if you have it.

- 2 oz vodka
- Fill rest of glass with orange juice
- Glass: highball glass
- Garnish: orange slice

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### **Moscow mule**

[Difford's Guide notes](https://www.diffordsguide.com/en-au/cocktails/recipe/1366/moscow-mule) that the Mule belongs to the buck family and that its exact origin, somewhere between 1941 and 1946, is still disputed. What nobody disputes is that guests love the copper mug. The ginger beer carries the whole thing, so buy one with a real spicy ginger flavor.

- 2 oz vodka
- ½ oz lime juice
- Fill rest of glass with ginger beer
- Serve in a copper mug with a lime wedge

### **Madras**

Fruity, colorful, and a nice answer when someone asks for "something sweet but not too sweet."

- 2 oz vodka
- 2 oz cranberry juice
- Fill rest of glass with orange juice
- Glass: highball glass
- Garnish: orange slice

Swap the orange juice for pineapple juice and it becomes a Bay Breeze. Same bottles, second drink on the menu.

## **Well drinks gin lovers actually order**

Of all the well drinks gin is the one where bottle quality shows fastest, so don't grab the absolute cheapest option.

### **Gin and tonic**

Maybe the most-ordered gin pour on earth. There's nowhere for a harsh gin to hide, and a lime garnish is non-negotiable.

- 2 oz gin
- 4 oz tonic water
- Glass: highball glass or rocks glass
- Garnish with a lime wedge

### **Gin buck**

A buck is spirit plus ginger plus citrus. It's a sneaky good suggestion for guests who find a G&T too bitter.

- ½ oz lime juice
- 2 oz gin
- Fill rest of glass with ginger ale
- Garnish with a lime wheel

Prefer more bite? Use ginger beer. Add an extra squeeze of lime to balance it.

### **Tom Collins**

Shake the first three ingredients in a cocktail shaker, strain over fresh ice, then top with soda. Ask for it with vodka and it's a Vodka Collins.

- 2 oz gin
- 1 oz lemon juice
- ¾ oz simple syrup
- Fill rest of glass with soda water
- Glass: highball glass
- Garnish: orange slice and a cherry

### **Gimlet**

Three ingredients, zero excuses. Shake it cold.

- 2 oz gin
- 1 oz lime juice
- ¾ oz simple syrup
- Shake hard and strain into a chilled cocktail glass
- Garnish: lime wheel

## **Rum well drinks**

Most bars stock a light rum in the well. It plays nicely with cola, citrus and mint.

### **Rum and coke**

Add a lime and you've technically made a Cuba Libre, which is the same highball with a better backstory. Build it in a highball glass over plenty of ice.

- 2 oz rum
- Fill rest of glass with cola
- Garnish: lime wedge

### **Daiquiri**

Not the frozen strawberry version. The classic cocktail is just rum and lime juice with a little sugar, and bartenders love making it. It's proof a well drink can taste like a classic cocktail when the specs are right.

- 2 oz rum
- 1 oz lime juice
- ¾ oz simple syrup
- Shake in a cocktail shaker and strain into a coupe glass

### **Mojito**

Only worth listing if you keep fresh mint on hand. Muddle gently, because shredded mint leaves turn bitter.

- 8 to 10 mint leaves
- 1 oz lime juice
- ¾ oz simple syrup
- 2 oz rum
- Fill rest of glass with club soda
- Glass: highball glass
- Garnish: mint sprig and a lime wedge

### **Rum and ginger**

If your well rum leans dark, this is basically the rum cousin of the Moscow mule.

- 2 oz rum
- Squeeze in a lime wedge
- Fill rest of glass with ginger beer

## **Tequila well drinks**

Tequila orders have climbed at a lot of bars, so don't let this corner of your rail get stale.

### **Tequila sunrise, the sweet cocktail that sells on looks**

Build the tequila and juice over ice first. Then pour the grenadine slowly down the inside of the glass so it sinks and creates that sunrise gradient.

- 2 oz tequila
- ½ oz grenadine
- Fill rest of glass with orange juice
- Glass: highball glass
- Garnish: orange slice and a cherry

### **Margarita**

Everybody's party drink. Shake it properly and serve it over fresh ice.

- 2 oz tequila
- 1 oz lime juice
- ¾ oz triple sec or another orange liqueur
- ¼ oz agave syrup (optional, for a softer finish)
- Shake in a cocktail shaker and strain into a rocks glass
- Salt rim optional

### **Paloma**

A refreshing twist for guests who are tired of margaritas. A pinch of salt makes the grapefruit pop.

- 2 oz tequila
- ½ oz lime juice
- Fill rest of glass with grapefruit soda
- Garnish: lime wheel

## **Whiskey well drinks**

Your well whiskey won't win awards. It doesn't need to.

### **Whiskey sour**

The whiskey sour has been around a long time. According to[Kevin Kos's history of the drink](https://www.kevinkos.com/post/whiskey-sour-old-vs-new), it first showed up in print in a Wisconsin newspaper in January 1870. Most bars use sour mix for the rail version. If you have fresh lemon juice and simple syrup, use those instead. Guests notice.

- 2 oz whiskey
- 1 oz lemon juice and ¾ oz simple syrup (or 2 oz sour mix)
- Shake and strain into a rocks glass over ice
- Garnish: orange slice and a cherry

### **Whiskey and coke**

As a well drink it's dead simple. When a guest names the bottle, this becomes one of the most common call drinks around, usually ordered as a "Jack and coke."

- 2 oz whiskey
- Fill rest of glass with cola
- Garnish: lime wedge (optional)

### **Whiskey ginger**

Simple, a little spicy, and a great way to move your well whiskey.

- 2 oz whiskey
- Fill rest of glass with ginger ale
- Glass: highball glass
- Garnish: lemon wedges

## **Long Island iced tea, the strongest thing in your well**

The one on this list that needs a little supervision. Five half-ounce pours add up to 2.5 ounces of spirit, so price it higher than a single-spirit highball and keep an eye on who's ordering a third.

- ½ oz vodka
- ½ oz gin
- ½ oz rum
- ½ oz tequila
- ½ oz triple sec
- 1 oz sour mix or a lemonade splash
- Top with cola
- Glass: highball glass
- Garnish: lemon wedges

Is a Long Island iced tea really a "simple cocktail"? Not quite. But it uses nothing beyond what's already in your rail, so it earns its place.

## **How to price well drinks on your bar menu**

Pricing is where many bars leave money on the table. Every well drink should have a target food cost percentage (bartenders usually call it pour cost), and the formula is short:

**Drink price = ingredient cost ÷ target pour cost**

So what does this actually look like? Here's a hypothetical vodka soda:

1. Your well vodka costs $12 per liter. A liter is about 33.8 ounces, so that's roughly $0.36 per ounce.
2. A 2 oz pour costs about $0.71.
3. Add soda water and a lime wedge, call it $0.15. Total cost: about $0.86.
4. At a 12% target, $0.86 ÷ 0.12 = $7.17. Round to $7 or $7.50 depending on your market.

Then sanity-check it against bars nearby.[WebstaurantStore's drink pricing guide](https://www.webstaurantstore.com/article/10/how-to-set-drink-prices-in-your-bar-or-restaurant.html) also suggests building in a buffer for shrinkage, which is smart. Nobody pours perfectly at 1 a.m.

A few things people forget:

- **Juice-heavy recipes cost more.** A Madras or a margarita made with fresh lime juice isn't priced like a vodka soda. Some bars leave them out of happy hour on purpose.
- **Garnishes are ingredients.** Limes, oranges and mint all go into your cost.
- **Pour costs drift.** Supplier prices change. Re-cost your rail every quarter at minimum.

If you want a structured way to decide what stays and what goes,[menu engineering](https://restaurant.eatapp.co/blog/food-cost/menu-engineering) is the framework most operators use. Our list of[profitable menu items](https://restaurant.eatapp.co/blog/profitable-menu-items) is worth a look too, since the logic carries over from food to the bar.

#### Further reading

- [A Guide To Social Media Marketing For Restaurants](https://restaurant.eatapp.co/blog/a-guide-to-social-media-marketing-for-restaurants)

## **How to make well drinks feel less basic**

Nobody's asking you to torch an orange peel on every rum and coke. But a few thoughtful twists go a long way.

- **Rename a couple of them.** A house name makes a well drink feel like part of your concept. You can charge a little more and still sit below your craft cocktail prices.
- **Upgrade the garnish.** Fresh lime, perky mint leaves, a proper orange slice instead of a sad one. The same thinking behind good[food plating techniques](https://restaurant.eatapp.co/blog/top-food-plating-techniques-for-restaurants) applies to a glass.
- **Blind-taste your well liquors.** Get the team together and try three vodkas without labels. Good well liquor is out there at a fair price. A dollar more per bottle barely moves your pour cost and can make every drink better.
- **Keep a decent triple sec in the well.** The cheapest ones taste like orange candy and drag down every margarita and Long Island.
- **Make one or two house syrups.** Ginger, honey, or a simple syrup infused with herbs. Cheap to prep, big payoff.
- **Train for customer requests.** When someone says "something sweet," your bartender should have two or three instant answers, like a tequila sunrise or a Madras.
- **Measure every pour.** Jiggers or measured pourers. Free-pouring feels generous right up until you check inventory.

Honestly? A great rail program is mostly consistency. The best well cocktails in town usually come from bars that simply make them the same way every time.

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## **How to promote your well drinks list**

Most bars don't even print their rail options. That's a missed opportunity.

### **Put them where guests can see them**

Add a short "house pours" section to your drink menu or table QR code. Most well cocktails photograph fine, too. List five or six favorites with a price. Guests who aren't sure what to order will grab one, and your servers get a script for the upsell.

### **Pair them with food**

Bundle a well cocktail with a bar snack at a combo price (a well cocktail plus fries is an easy first test), especially during slow afternoon hours. It keeps people seated longer and raises the average check. Combos like this are one of the easier[restaurant revenue drivers](https://restaurant.eatapp.co/blog/a-guide-to-restaurant-revenue-drivers-in-2023) to test.

### **Show them off online**

Short clips of a bartender building a Paloma or a Moscow mule perform surprisingly well. For more ideas, browse our[restaurant marketing strategies](https://restaurant.eatapp.co/blog/restaurant-marketing-strategies), or team up with local creators using our guide to[restaurant influencers](https://restaurant.eatapp.co/blog/restaurant-influencers).

### **Look after your regulars**

The guy who orders a whiskey ginger every Thursday is gold. Remember his order, and reward the habit. Our[restaurant loyalty strategies](https://restaurant.eatapp.co/blog/restaurant-loyalty-strategies) guide has plenty of ways to do that without giving away the house.

## **Last call**

Well drinks will never be the prettiest thing you serve. That's fine. They're fast, they're cheap to make, and when you price them right, they carry a serious share of your bar's profit.

Every well drink on your list should earn its place. Get the recipes consistent. Cost them properly. Give them a little love on the menu. Then make sure your busy nights actually run smoothly, because a great happy hour is useless if the tables are a mess. Eat App's[software for bars](https://restaurant.eatapp.co/software-for-bars) handles reservations, walk-ins and[table management](https://restaurant.eatapp.co/table-management) in one place, so your team can focus on pouring. Want to see how it works for your venue?[Book a demo](https://restaurant.eatapp.co/schedule-free-eat-app-consultation) and we'll walk you through it.

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## Frequently Ask Questions (FAQ)

#### Frequently Ask Questions

 What should be on a well drinks list?

Most bars cover the core spirits with two or three recipes each: vodka soda, vodka cranberry, screwdriver, gin and tonic, rum and coke, tequila sunrise, margarita, whiskey sour and whiskey and coke. Many also include a Long Island iced tea, since it uses only rail bottles.

 What's the difference between well drinks and call drinks?

A well drink uses the house liquor, and the guest doesn't name a brand. With call drinks, the guest asks for a specific brand, like Tito's or Jack Daniel's, and pays more for it.

 Why are well drinks also called rail drinks?

The house bottles sit in a rack behind the bar called the speed rail, also known as the well. Both names describe the same spot, so both terms stuck.

 Are well drinks cheaper?

Yes. They're usually the lowest-priced mixed drinks on the menu because the liquor costs less. That's also why happy hour deals are often limited to the rail.

 

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Restaurant Industry Expert at Eat App

Elana Kroon used to work in restaurants before becoming a journalist and expert restaurant industry content creator at Eat App.

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