Cocktails often also contain various types of juice, fruit, honey, milk or cream, spices, or other flavorings. Cocktails may vary in their ingredients from bartender to bartender, and from region to region. Two creations may have the same name but taste very different because of differences in how the drinks are prepared.
This article is organized by the primary type of alcohol (by volume) contained in the beverage. Cocktails marked with "IBA" are designated as IBA official cocktails by the International Bartenders Association, and are some of the most popular cocktails worldwide.
Cobbler – traditional long drink that is characterized by a glass 3⁄4 filled with crushed or shaved ice that is formed into a centered cone, topped by slices of fruit
Collins – traditional long drink stirred with ice in the same glass it is served in and diluted with club soda, e.g. Tom Collins
Crusta – characterized by a sugar rim on the glass, spirit (brandy being the most common), maraschino liqueur, aromatic bitters, lemon juice, curaçao, with an entire lemon rind as garnish
Daisy – traditional long drink consisting of a base spirit, citrus juice, sugar, and a modifier, typically a liqueur or grenadine. The most common daisy cocktail is the Brandy Daisy. Other commonly known daisies are the Whiskey Daisy, Bourbon Daisy, Gin Daisy, Rum Daisy, Lemon Daisy (the non-alcoholic variant), Portuguese Daisy (port and brandy), vodka daisy, and Champagne daisy. The Margarita and Sidecar (cocktail) are both variants of the Daisy; both use the simplest form of the specification (base spirit, citrus juice, and liqueur) with triple sec as the modifier; the former uses tequila as the base spirit and lime juice, while the latter uses brandy as the base spirit and lemon juice.[2]
Fix – traditional long drink related to Cobblers, but mixed in a shaker and served over crushed ice
Fizz – traditional long drink including acidic juices and club soda, e.g. gin fizz
Flip – traditional half-long drink that is characterized by inclusion of sugar and egg yolk
Julep – base spirit, sugar, and mint over ice. The most common is the mint julep. Other variations include gin julep, whiskey julep, pineapple julep, and Georgia mint julep.
Mizuwari – a mixture of a distilled spirit, such as whisky, diluted with water and ice
Negus – wine (often port wine), mixed with hot water, oranges or lemons, spices, and sugar
Punch – wide assortment of drinks, generally containing fruit or fruit juice; see also punsch
Rickey – highball made from usually gin or bourbon, lime, and carbonated water
Sangria – red wine and chopped fruit, often with other ingredients such as orange juice or brandy
Shrub – one of two different types of drink – a fruit liqueur typically made with rum or brandy mixed with sugar and the juice or rinds of citrus fruit, or a vinegared syrup with spirits, water, or carbonated water
Sling – traditional long drink prepared by stirring ingredients over ice in the glass and filling up with juice or club soda
Some recipes call for a strawberry syrup that can be made using strawberries, vanilla extract, sugar, and water.[6] Some strawberry cocktail recipes do not call for a syrup, but rely on puréed strawberries to play that part.[7]
Strawberries are often mixed with basil.[8] Strawberry is popular in smashes since after the beverage has been drunk, the alcohol-infused strawberries can be consumed as well.
Champagne bowler (Cognac, white wine, sparkling wine, simple syrup, strawberries)[9]
Cherub's cup (vodka, St. Germain elderflower liqueur, brut rosé sparkling wine, lemon juice, simple syrup, strawberry)[10]
Christmas Jones (vodka, sugar, pineapple juice, lemon-lime soda, strawberries)[11]
Fresh strawberry and lime Tom Collins (gin, lime juice, club soda, agave, strawberries)[12]
Kentucky kiss (Maker's Mark bourbon, lemon juice, maple syrup, club soda, strawberries)[13]
Carrot juice can be mixed with spirits such as agave spirits, whiskey, tequila, gin, or mezcal. Vodka is sometimes chosen because its neutral taste allows more of the carrot juice taste to shine through. Carrot juice can also be mixed with liqueurs such as amaro. ginger, orange, lemon and honey can be other ingredients in carrot juice cocktails. Turmeric infusions are also common. Examples of drinks made with carrot juice include:[23]
A smash is a casual icy julep (spirits, sugar, and herb)[32] cocktail filled with hunks of fresh fruit, so that after the liquid part of the drink has been consumed, one can also eat the alcohol-infused fruit (e.g. strawberries). The history of smashes goes back at least as far as the 1862 book How to Mix Drinks.[33] The old-style whiskey smash was an example of an early smash.[34]
The herb used in a smash is often mint, although basil is sometimes used in cocktails that go well with it, e.g. many strawberry cocktails. The name "smash" comes from the idea that on a hot day, one takes whatever fruit is on hand and smashes it all together to make a refreshing beverage.[35] Generally a smash will have crushed ice.[36]
Apple bourbon smash (bourbon, honeycrisp apple, honey, lemon, nutmeg, cardamom)[37]
Blueberry smash (vodka, St. Germain elderflower liqueur, lemon rounds, lime rounds, blueberries, mint leaves)[38]
Bourbon blackberry smash (bourbon, lime juice, mint leaves, blackberries, simple syrup, club soda)[39]
Bourbon peach smash (bourbon, brown sugar simple syrup, peach, mint leaves, ginger beer or seltzer)[40]
Bourbon strawberry smash (bourbon, strawberries, simple syrup, lemon juice, mint leaves, club soda)[41]
Cranberry smash (vodka or bourbon, cranberries, mint leaves, lime, brown sugar, ginger ale)[42]
Grapefruit smash (cachaça, ruby red grapefruit, simple syrup, mint)[43]
A number of hard lemonades, such as Lynchburg lemonade (whose alcoholic ingredient is Jack Daniel'sTennessee whiskey) have been marketed. This section includes drinks that have the ingredients of lemonade (lemon juice and sugar).
Lemonade margarita (tequila blanco, Cointreau, and either frozen lemonade from concentrate or a naturally sweetened lemonade made of lemon juice, maple syrup or agave, and water)[53][54]
Lemonade rum punch (coconut rum, dark rum, pineapple juice, lemonade)[55]
A ginger soda cocktail is a cocktail with ginger ale or ginger beer. Small Town Brewery produced the 5.90% ABV Not Your Father's Ginger Ale.[96]Coney Island Brewing Co.Henry's Hard Soda produced the 4.2% ABV Henry's Hard Ginger Ale. Others have included Crabbie's Original Alcoholic Ginger Beer (4.8 percent) and Spiced Orange Alcoholic Ginger Beer (4.8 percent), Fentimen's Alcoholic Ginger Beer (4 percent), and New City Ginger Beer (8 percent).[97]
↑ Janzen, Emma (April 3, 2017). "Elements: Carrot Cocktails". Imbibe Magazine. Archived from the original on October 22, 2019. Retrieved October 22, 2019.
↑ Lower, Claire (May 3, 2019). "Unwind With a Piña Colada". Skillet.lifehacker.com. Archived from the original on July 19, 2019. Retrieved October 14, 2019.
↑ Derian, John; Angeles, Cedric (June 1, 2012). "Blueberry Smash Recipe". Bon Appetit. Archived from the original on July 23, 2019. Retrieved July 23, 2019.
↑ Frizell, Tyler Caffall and St John (November 21, 2016). "Gunga Din". Supercall. Archived from the original on July 21, 2019. Retrieved October 14, 2019.
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