Mixed drink

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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. A "spirit and mixer" is any combination of one alcoholic spirit with one non-alcoholic component, such as gin and tonic, whereas a cocktail generally comprises three or more liquid ingredients, at least one of which is alcoholic.

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.
• Alcopop, 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[]

Hartwall's Lonkero, a mixed drink made from gin and soda (often with grapefruit flavor)

Drinks[]

• List of cocktails
• List of beer cocktails
• List of flaming beverages
• List of national drinks
• 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.
• 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[]

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