List of cocktails

A cocktail is a mixed drink typically made with a distilled beverage (such as, gin, brandy, vodka, whiskey, tequila, or rum) that is mixed with other ingredients. If beer is one of the ingredients, the drink is called a beer cocktail.

Cocktails contain one or more types of liqueur, juice, fruit, sauce, 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. Further organization details about the article are as follows:

Absinthe

Beer

Cocktails made with beer are classified as beer cocktails.

Brandy or cognac

Cachaça

A caipirinha

Gin

A martini is a classic gin-based cocktail.

Ouzo

Rum

This fruity, blended Piña Colada is typical of many rum-based cocktails.

Sake

Tequila

Vodka

A Bloody Mary garnished with lemon, carrot, celery, and pitted manzanilla olives
A screwdriver

Whisky

A classic 2:1 Manhattan, made with Canadian whisky, sweet vermouth, bitters, and a cherry

Wines

Cocktails with fortified wines

The following drinks are technically cocktails because fortified wines are a mixture of distilled spirits and wine.

Wine cocktails

A Champagne cocktail with a raspberry garnish

Wine variation cocktails

The following drinks are technically cocktails unless wine is secondary by volume to a distilled beverage, since wine is a fermented beverage not a distilled one.

Sparkling wine cocktails

Champagne cocktails

Red wine cocktails

Mulled wine steeping (Swedish glögg)

White wine cocktails

Cocktails with a liqueur as the primary ingredient

Chocolate liqueur

Coffee liqueurs

A B-52

Coffee-flavored drinks

Cream liqueurs

A liqueur containing cream, imparting a milkshake-like flavor

Crème de menthe – green

An intensely green, mint-flavored liqueur

A grasshopper
Crème de menthe – white

A colorless mint-flavored liqueur

Fruit liqueurs

Apple-flavored

Manzana verde

A clear apple-flavored liqueur

Orange-flavored

A cosmopolitan

One of several orange-flavored liqueurs, like Grand Marnier, Triple Sec, or Curaçao

Other fruit flavors

Midori liqueur

A clear, bright-green, melon-flavored liqueur

Herbal liqueurs

Anise-flavored liqueurs

A Harvey Wallbanger

Licorice-flavored liqueurs

Herbsaint
Pastis

Nut-flavored liqueurs

Almond-flavored liqueurs

Whisky liqueurs

Other liqueurs

Less common spirits

A Pisco Sour

Bitters (as a primary ingredient)

Pisco

Schnapps

Other

Historical classes of cocktails

A Ramos Gin Fizz
  • Bishop
  • 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, lemon juice, sugar, and 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.
  • 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.
  • Negus
  • Punch
  • Rickey – highball made from usually gin or bourbon, lime, and carbonated water
  • Sangria
  • Shrub
  • Sling – traditional long drink prepared by stirring ingredients over ice in the glass and filling up with juice or club soda
  • Smash
  • Sour
  • Toddy

See also

References

  1. ↑ IBA Official Cocktail Archived 2015-03-07 at the Wayback Machine.. International Bartender Association. Retrieved March 24, 2007.
  2. ↑ Jay Jones. "Pall Mall Cocktail". Imbibe Magazine.
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