A cocktail is a mixed drink typically made with a distilled liquor (such as arrack, brandy, cachaça, gin, rum, tequila, vodka, or whiskey) as its base ingredient that is then mixed with other ingredients or garnishments. Sweetened liqueurs, wine, or beer may also serve as the base or be added. If beer is one of the ingredients, the drink is called a beer cocktail.

Cocktails often also contain one or more 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.

Absinthe

Beer

Cocktails made with beer are classified as beer cocktails.

Brandy

Cachaça

Gin

Rum

Sake

Tequila

Mezcal

• Illegal
• Naked and famous
• Oaxaca old fashioned
• Mezcal Negroni
• Mezcal last word
• Tia mia
• Division bell
• Medicina Latina

Vodka

Whisky

Wines

Fortified wines

• Port wine: Cheeky Vimto
• Port wine: Portbuka
• Sherry: Rebujito
• Sherry: Up to date
• Vermouth: Americano
• Vermouth: Boulevardier
• Vermouth: Hanky panky
• Vermouth: Rose
• Sherry and vermouth: Adonis

Wine

Wine variation

Sparkling wine

• Agua de Sevilla
• Spritz
• Bellini
• Hugo
• Rossini

Champagne

• Atomic
• Black velvet
• Chambord Royale
• Champagne cocktail
• French 75
• Kir royal
• Mimosa (a.k.a. Buck's fizz)
• Ochsenblut

Red wine

• Calimocho or Kalimotxo
• Claret cup
• Mulled wine (Glögg)
• Tinto de verano
• Zurracapote

White wine

• Kir
• Spritzer

Flavored liqueurs

Anise-flavored liqueurs

Herbsaint

• Herbsaint frappé

Pastis

• Mauresque
• Perroquet
• Rourou
• Tomate

Chocolate liqueur

• Chocolate martini

Coffee liqueurs

Coffee-flavored drinks

Cream liqueur

A liqueur containing cream, imparting a milkshake-like flavor

Crème liqueur

Crème de menthe – green

An intensely green, mint-flavored liqueur

• Grasshopper
• Springbokkie

Crème de menthe – white

A colorless mint-flavored liqueur

• Brandy Alexander
• Revelation
• Stinger

Crème de violette

• Aviation

Fruit liqueurs

Apple-flavored

• Apple-kneel

Orange-flavored

One of several orange-flavored liqueurs, like Grand Marnier, triple sec, or Curaçao

• Golden doublet
• Golden dream
• Moonwalk
• Skittle bomb

Other fruit flavors

Midori

A clear, bright-green, melon-flavored liqueur

• Japanese slipper
• Tequila sour

Nut-flavored liqueurs

Almond-flavored liqueurs

Swedish punsch-flavored cocktails

• Boomerang (cocktail)
• Diki-diki
• Doctor (cocktail)
• Malecon

Misc. liqueur-based cocktails

Less common spirits

Bitters

Korn

Ouzo

Pisco

Schnapps

Other

• Jello shot
• Karsk
• Nutcracker
• Tamango

Historical classes of cocktails

By mixer

Strawberry

Strawberries can be muddled or puréed and added to many drinks, and they are liquor-friendly, being compatible with, e.g., bourbon whiskey, Cointreau, vodka, tequila, rum, and Champagne, among other spirits and liqueurs and so on.

Some recipes call for a strawberry syrup that can be made using strawberries, vanilla extract, sugar, and water. Some strawberry cocktail recipes do not call for a syrup, but rely on puréed strawberries to play that part.

Strawberries are often mixed with basil. 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)
• Cherub's cup (vodka, St. Germain elderflower liqueur, brut rosé sparkling wine, lemon juice, simple syrup, strawberry)
• Christmas Jones (vodka, sugar, pineapple juice, lemon-lime soda, strawberries)
• Fresh strawberry and lime Tom Collins (gin, lime juice, club soda, agave, strawberries)
• Kentucky kiss (Maker's Mark bourbon, lemon juice, maple syrup, club soda, strawberries)
• Strawberry beer margarita (tequila, Corona beer, limeade concentrate, lemon lime soda, strawberries)
• Strawberry berryoska (Russian standard vodka, lemonade, strawberries)
• Strawberry gin and tonic (gin, lime juice, orange bitters, tonic water, strawberry syrup)
• Strawberry gin smash (gin, strawberries, sugar, lime juice, elderflower liquor, club soda, mint sprigs)
• Strawberry mint sparkling limeade (Champagne, mint leaves, lime juice, honey)
• Strawberry pom mojito (white rum, mint leaves, lime juice, pomegranate juice, club soda or lime soda, strawberries)
• Strawberry rose gin fizz (gin, sugar, rose water, salt, club soda, strawberries)
• Strawberry smash (vodka, basil leaves, lemon juice, honey, club soda, strawberries)
• Strawberry whiskey lemonade (whiskey, lemon juice, strawberry syrup)
• Strawberry Mango Bourbon Smash (bourbon, strawberries, mango juice, lime juice, sugar syrup, ginger beer)

Carrot juice

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:

• 24 Carrot Gold Punch (gin, carrot juice, pineapple juice, lemon juice, ginger beer, pineapple slices, edible flowers)
• Jessica Rabbit (Big Gin, carrot juice, yellow Chartreuse, kümmel, lime juice, lime oleo saccharum, carrot top oil, arugula flower)

Pineapple juice

• Chuck Yeager (named after American Air Force Pilot Chuck Yeager. Includes pineapple juice and Jägermeister)
• Electric shark (rum, blue curaçao, pineapple juice, ginger beer)
• Jungle bird (dark rum, campari, simple syrup, pineapple juice, lime juice)
• Piña colada (light rum, pineapple juice, cream of coconut)
• Shark bite (coconut rum, pineapple juice, blue curaçao)
• Wiki wiki (rum, mango brandy, lime juice, pineapple juice, cane syrup, kiwi)
• Yaka hula hickey dula (dark rum, dry vermouth, pineapple juice)

Smashed fruit

A smash is a casual icy julep (spirits, sugar, and herb) 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. The old-style whiskey smash was an example of an early smash.

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. Generally a smash will have crushed ice.

• Apple bourbon smash (bourbon, honeycrisp apple, honey, lemon, nutmeg, cardamom)
• Blueberry smash (vodka, St. Germain elderflower liqueur, lemon rounds, lime rounds, blueberries, mint leaves)
• Bourbon blackberry smash (bourbon, lime juice, mint leaves, blackberries, simple syrup, club soda)
• Bourbon peach smash (bourbon, brown sugar simple syrup, peach, mint leaves, ginger beer or seltzer)
• Bourbon strawberry smash (bourbon, strawberries, simple syrup, lemon juice, mint leaves, club soda)
• Cranberry smash (vodka or bourbon, cranberries, mint leaves, lime, brown sugar, ginger ale)
• Grapefruit smash (cachaça, ruby red grapefruit, simple syrup, mint)
• Kiwi smash (gin, basil leaves, kiwifruit, honey syrup, lemon juice)
• Pear bourbon smash (bourbon, maple syrup, water, pear, mint leaves, lemon juice)
• Pineapple smash (spiced rum, pineapple rum, pineapple rings, lime juice, soda water)
• Raspberry smash (Champagne, vodka, lime wedges, sugar, raspberries)
• Watermelon smash (Vodka, watermelon juice, lemon juice, simple syrup, mint leaves)

Lemonade

A number of hard lemonades, such as Lynchburg lemonade (whose alcoholic ingredient is Jack Daniel's Tennessee whiskey) have been marketed. This section includes drinks that have the ingredients of lemonade (lemon juice and sugar).

• Boozy frozen lemonade (limoncello, lemon vodka, or lemon liqueur; lemon; sugar; lemonade)
• Boozy lemonade sorbet (vodka, lemon sorbet, lemonade)
• Fireball lemonade (Fireball cinnamon whisky, grenadine, lemonade)
• Fresh raspberry vodka lemonade (vodka, raspberries, sugar, lemonade)
• Gin fizz (gin, lemon juice, simple syrup, soda water)
• John Collins (gin, lemon juice, simple syrup, soda water)
• John Daly (vodka, sweet iced tea, lemonade)
• 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)
• Lemonade rum punch (coconut rum, dark rum, pineapple juice, lemonade)
• Long Island iced tea (vodka, tequila, gin, light rum, orange-flavored liqueur, simple syrup, lemon juice, cola carbonated beverage)
• Moscato lemonade (vodka, pink moscato, strawberry lemonade)
• Pink lemonade vodka punch (vodka, lemon-lime soda or club soda, raspberries, lemon, pink lemonade concentrate)
• Sangria lemonade (light rum, white wine, raspberries, orange, Granny Smith apple, lemonade)
• Sour apple smash (apple vodka, pineapple rum, apple pucker, lemonade)
• Spiked pineapple lemonade (vodka, pineapple, lemons or limes, mint, pineapple juice, lemonade)
• Strawberry lemonade margarita (tequila, triple sec, strawberries, limes, frozen lemonade)
• Vodka lemonade slush (vodka, frozen lemonade concentrate, lemon zest)
• Watermelon vodka slush (vodka or watermelon vodka, watermelon, honey or simple syrup, lemonade)

Lemon-lime soda

A lemon-lime soda cocktail is a cocktail made with lemon-lime soda such as Sprite.

• 7 and 7 (whisky and 7 Up)
• Citrus splash (vodka, Sprite, and grapefruit juice)
• Corbins Riptide crash (blueberry vodka, Gatorade Frost Riptide Rush, Sprite)
• Mediterranean sunset (vodka, blood orange liqueur, Sprite, grenadine)
• Mexican martini (tequila, Cointreau, orange juice, lime juice, green olive brine, Sprite)
• Midori sour (melon liqueur, lime juice, lemon-lime soda)
• Orange crush (vodka, orange liqueur, navel orange, lemon-lime soda)
• Pimm's cocktail (Pimm's No. 1, lemon, ginger ale, cucumber, ice cubes, lemonade)
• Pink lemonade vodka punch (vodka, raspberries, lemon, pink lemonade concentrate, lemon-lime soda)
• Pink lemonade vodka slush (vodka, frozen pink lemonade concentrate, soda water, lemon-lime soda)
• Whiskey Sprite lime cocktail (Irish whiskey, Sprite, soda water, lime wedge)

Apple juice

Hard cider has been produced by a number of companies, e.g. Woodchuck Hard Cider. Apple-flavored malt beverage products have also been sold by companies like Redd's Apple Ale, but these do not actually contain fermented apple juice.

• Apple chai gin and tonic (dry gin, apple chai syrup, tonic)
• Appletini (vodka, Calvados, lemon juice, simple syrup, and Granny Smith apple juice)
• Boozy apple cider slushie (bourbon, brown-sugar cinnamon simple syrup, lemon juice, dry hard cider, apple cider or juice)
• Boozy cider slushie (bourbon, ginger beer, chai tea, lemon juice, apple cider)
• Bourbon cider slushie (bourbon, cinnamon vanilla syrup, lemon juice, apple cider)
• Hard apple cider slushie (Fireball whiskey, cinnamon or crushed Red Hots, hard apple cider)

Grape juice

• Boozy Concord-grape ice pops (gin, juniper berries, sugar, lime juice, Concord grape juice)
• Early morning piece (Jack Daniel's whiskey, orange juice, grape juice)
• Enzoni cocktail (gin, campari, lemon juice, simple syrup, fresh grapes)
• Episcopal punch (vodka, ginger ale, white sparkling grape juice)
• Frosty grape fizz (gin or vodka, orange liqueur, soda water, purple grape juice)
• Grape ape/bling bling (vodka, lemon-lime soda, grape juice)
• Grape fizz (Seagram's grape twisted gin, ginger ale, white grape juice)
• Grape quencher (vodka, triple sec, lime juice, grape juice)
• Grape rocket (whiskey, vodka, grape juice)
• Henry Joose (Bombay Sapphire gin, Seagram's Extra Dry gin, 7-up, cranapple juice, grape juice)
• Jeweler's hammer (vodka, soda water, grape juice)
• John Rocker (vodka, peach schnapps, white grape juice)
• Mardi grape (grape vodka, grapefruit juice, club soda, grape juice)
• Mardi Gras madness (vodka, pineapple juice, lemon-lime soda, grape juice)
• Purple rain (Greenbar Tru Lemon Vodka, Licor, lemon juice, grape juice)

Orange juice

• Blood and Sand
• Bronx (gin, sweet red vermouth, dry vermouth, orange juice)
• Fuzzy navel (peach schnapps, orange juice)
• Harvey Wallbanger (vodka, galliano, orange juice)
• Mimosa (champagne, orange juice)
• Orange tundra (vodka, cream soda, coffee liqueur, orange juice)
• Screwdriver (vodka, orange juice)
• Sex on the beach (vodka, peach schnapps, orange juice, cranberry juice)
• Ward 8 (rye whiskey, lemon juice, orange juice, grenadine)

Ginger soda

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. 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).

• Cider and stormy (apple cider, dark rum, ginger beer)
• Dark 'n' stormy (rum and ginger beer)
• Desert healer (orange juice, gin, cherry brandy and ginger beer)
• Dirty Shirley (vodka, grenadine, and ginger ale)
• Ginger apple cooler (apple whiskey, maple syrup, lemon juice, ginger beer)
• Ginger fizz (gin, alcoholic ginger beer, muddled limes and cilantro)
• Horse's neck (brandy and ginger ale)
• Irish mule (Irish whiskey, ginger ale, lime juice)
• Moscow mule (vodka, ginger beer, lime juice)
• Presbyterian (scotch and ginger ale)
• Screwdriver mule (Smirnoff Ice Screwdriver and ginger beer)
• Stoli alibi (vodka, ginger simple syrup, lime juice)
• White wine ginger spritz (dry white wine, ginger beer, lime juice)

Cola

Some cola cocktails are made by the brewer; for example, McAles sells a "hard cola" that is a malt beverage with kola and other natural flavors and caramel color added. Jack Daniel's and Miller Brewing also introduced a hard cola, "Black Jack Cola". Henry's Hard Soda introduced a hard cherry cola.

• All American (bourbon, Southern Comfort, and Coke)
• Batanga (tequila and Coke)
• Cuba libre (rum and coke)
• Dirty black Russian (vodka, coffee liqueur, and Coke)
• Whiskey and Coke
• Kalimotxo (red wine and Coke)
• Long Island iced tea (tequila, vodka, light rum, triple sec, gin, and a dash of Coke)

Tonic

A tonic cocktail is a cocktail that contains tonic syrup or tonic water. Tonic water is usually combined with gin for a gin and tonic, or mixed with vodka. However, it can also be used in cocktails with cognac, cynar, Lillet Blanc or Lillet Rosé, rum, tequila, or white port.

• Albra (vodka, cynar, mint syrup, lemon juice, tonic water)
• Cucumber cooler (gin, cucumber juice, pineapple syrup, lime juice, tonic water)
• Gin and tonic
• Gunga din (gin, pineapple juice, lime juice, simple syrup, cardamom pods, tonic)
• Lavender blanc (Lillet blanc, Dolin blanc, lavender bitters, tonic water)
• Peach fever (tequila, Bénédictine, muddled peach, tonic syrup)
• Tequila and tonic (tequila, tonic water, lime juice)
• Vodka tonic (vodka, tonic water)
• Yellowjacket jubilee (gin, lavender cordial, ginger syrup, lemon juice, soda water)

See also

References

External links

• Cocktails at Wikibooks
• Media related to Cocktails at Wikimedia Commons
• Media related to Drinkware at Wikimedia Commons