Known as digestifs, are alcoholic drinks typically served after a meal to help with digestion. The word "digestif" comes from the French word for "digestive".
Beer cocktails are drinks that contain beer as a primary ingredient, often mixed with other beverages like spirits or juices.
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Comprises of a spirit plus ginger beer or ginger ale and lime juice. Bucks originated during the Prohibition era in the form of the Gin Buck.
Cocktails that contains Campari, an Italian liqueur with a bitter, herbal, and orange flavor.
Cocktails that contain a sparkling wine.
Cobblers have a spirit or wine base with fruit and sugar. It was created in the 1930s.
Very simpily, a cocktail is a mixed drink that contains 3 or more different ingredients.
Coffee cocktails are a delightful fusion of the stimulating and energizing qualities of coffee with the sophisticated and flavorful world of cocktails. These drinks often incorporate coffee as a key ingredient, either as a base or a flavor enhancer.
Created in London in 1814 with the Tom Collins, it comprises a spirit with lemon or lime juice and sugar or sweet liqueur with soda water.
A Crusta is a cocktail with a sugared rim and a lemon or orange zest garnish, and is typically made with a spirit, lemon juice, sugar, and bitters. Created in the 1840s.
A loose term suggesting a spirit-based drink with liqueur (mostly orange) or flavoured syrup, often served over crushed ice. Daisies always contain lemon or lime juice.
Eggnogs contain sugar, milk (or cream) and the yolk of a fresh egg with either rum, brandy, bourbon or a combination of spirits. Eggnogs are now usually shaken with cubed ice and served straight-up, often with a nutmeg dusting.
Fizzes are based on spirit, citrus fruit juices and sugar, which are shaken with ice and strained into an ice-filled Collins glass, then topped up with something fizzy - soda water, ginger ale or even champagne.
A flip is a cocktail containing egg (the whole egg or just the yolk), sugar and any spirit or fortified wine. Flips are similar to Eggnogs but while Eggnogs contain milk or cream, Flips don’t.
Any liqueur, spirit, cocktail, coffee or even just milk served over crushed ice.
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Any drink made with rum and diluted with water can be called a grog, but grogs usually also contain lemon juice, sugar and aromatic fruits or spices. They can be served hot or cold in a mug or a glass.
Highballs are simple small mixed drinks, most commonly with only two ingredients - a spirit and a carbonate, served in a tall ice-filled glass.
An ice cream cocktail is a Wisconsin-style drink that combines ice cream with liquor.
Juleps are long drinks with muddled fresh mint and sugar served with crushed ice.
Martini is a cocktail containing gin and vermouth and optionally orange bitters.
A non-alcoholic cocktail, or "mocktail", is a beverage that mimics the complexity and presentation of a traditional cocktail.
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Pousse-cafés are very short, layered cocktails, served in a tall Pousse-café glass. Each ingredient must be poured carefully into the glass so that it floats on the previous layer.
Made from a spirit, citrus, sugar and spices, the punch was created in 17th century India.
A spirit with mint and sugar. A short julep-like mixed drink containing sugar, mint and spirit, and served over ice (crushed or cubed) in an old-fashioned glass.
A smoked cocktail is a beverage that incorporates smoke to infuse a smoky flavor and aroma into the drink. This technique elevates the cocktail experience by adding depth and complexity, transforming a simple drink into a memorable one.
Sours are citrus fruit influenced (mostly lime) short spirit (or liqueur) based mixed drinks sweetend with sugar/liqueur/honey and sometimes with egg white. Sometimes topped with champagne or soda water.
A spritz is a cocktail that typically contains sparkling wine, a bitter liqueur, and soda water. The name comes from the German word spritzen, which means "to splash".
Cocktail syrups and mixers are essential ingredients for creating delicious cocktails at home. They add flavor, sweetness, and complexity to drinks, making them more enjoyable.
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Tiki cocktails are a type of island-inspired drink that are typically made with rum, fruit, and colorful garnishes. They are often served in fun glasses, such as decorative ceramic mugs, and are known for their lavish garnishes, which can include pineapple, maraschino cherries, swizzle sticks, cocktail umbrellas, or flowers.
A hot, short, mixed drink often taken to soothe the effects of a cold. Toddies usually contain lemon juice and spices.
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