Mixed drink






Mixed drinks come in a wide variety of shapes and sizes, and they may be either alcoholic or non-alcoholic.


A mixed drink is a beverage in which two or more ingredients are mixed. Some contain liquor, others are non-alcoholic.




Contents






  • 1 Types


  • 2 Lists


    • 2.1 Drinks


    • 2.2 Supplies




  • 3 See also


    • 3.1 Categories




  • 4 References





Types




Mixed drinks


Some popular types of mixed drinks are:




  • Cobbler, a beverage made with wine or sherry, citrus juice, and sugar


  • Cocktail, narrowly a mixture of liquor, sugar, water, and bitters/citrus; more broadly any mixed drink containing three or more flavors.


  • Cooler, a mixed drink with relatively low alcohol content, often with fruit flavor and sweet carbonated soda


  • Crusta, a liquor and citrus drink served in a glass frosted with sugar


  • Cup, a mixture of wine and other ingredients, typically fruit juice and a carbonated beverage, similar to a Wine cooler

  • Fix, a mixture of liquor, citrus, and sugar


  • Fizz, a fix with a carbonated beverage added


  • Flip, an alcoholic mixed drink incorporating beaten egg, especially one made with liquor or wine, sugar, and egg, topped with powdered nutmeg and served hot or cold. Also used to describe a sailor's drink made from beer mixed with rum or brandy, sweetened and served hot


  • Highball narrowly a mix of liquor and one flavor served over ice in a tall glass topped with soda water, more generally any mix of two ingredients served on ice in a tall glass.

  • Julep, a sweet drink of liquor and aromatics, specifically mint

  • Punch


  • Pousse-café, various liqueurs arranged in colored layers


  • Shrub, a mixed drink made with vinegar-syrup

  • Sour

  • Sling, originally American, a drink composed of spirit and water, sweetened and flavoured [1]



Lists



Drinks



  • List of cocktails

  • List of beer cocktails

  • List of flaming beverages

  • List of non-alcoholic cocktails

  • List of non-alcoholic punches

  • List of wine cocktails



Supplies



  • List of glassware

  • List of common edible cocktail garnishes

  • List of common inedible cocktail garnishes



See also





  • Cocktails, which are one or more distilled spirits combined with drink mixers.


  • Mixed drink shooters and drink shots, which are small servings of cocktails in special glasses.


  • Beer cocktails, which combine beer with a drink mixer or distilled spirits.


  • Wine cocktails and punches, which combine wine (still or sparkling) with drink mixers.


  • Flaming beverages, which are cocktails containing high-proof alcohol ignited prior to serving.


  • Non-alcoholic mixed drinks, which are soft drinks that do not contain alcohol.


  • Mixed drink supplies are used by bartenders to prepare and serve mixed drinks.

  • List of beverages



Categories


Collections of related articles are categorized under the following topics:



  • Category:Alcohol-related lists

  • Category:Mixed drinks

  • Category:Alcoholic beverages

  • Category:Soft drinks



References









  1. ^ OED sling, n.5











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