Which statement best distinguishes building a drink in the glass from shaking a drink in a shaker?

• A. Building in the glass means pouring ingredients directly over ice in the serving glass; shaking means combining ingredients in a shaker with ice and then straining
• B. Building is always hot; shaking is cold
• C. Building uses a blender; shaking uses a spoon
• D. Building uses no ice; shaking uses ice

Answer: (A)

The main idea here is how the drink is assembled and how that affects the final texture and temperature. Building in the glass means you pour ingredients directly into the serving glass, usually over ice, and serve without moving everything to a shaker. Shaking in a shaker means you combine the ingredients with ice in a shaker, shake to chill and blend, and then strain into a glass. This distinction explains why shaken drinks tend to be colder, more aerated, and often more finely mixed after straining, while built drinks stay in the serving glass with the ice already present.

Other statements don’t fit because building in a glass commonly involves ice in the glass, not a no-ice approach; and shaking always uses a shaker rather than a blender or a spoon as the primary mixing method. Additionally, the hot versus cold idea isn’t the defining difference, since both methods can yield cold drinks depending on how they’re executed.