A cocktail is a mixed drink typically made with a distilled beverage (such as gin, 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 usually 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.
• Cocktails marked with "
   IBA 
  " are designated as "IBA Official Cocktails" by the International Bartenders Association, and are some of the most popular cocktails worldwide.
• Expanded articles are cross-referenced. Cocktails without separate articles are listed below, along with their primary ingredients and any notable facts.^[1]
• This article is not intended to be comprehensive list of all cocktails or every variation thereof, and cocktails for which sufficient information is not available are not included.

[edit] Cocktails with absinthe

[edit] Cocktails with beer

Cocktails made with beer are classified as beer cocktails.

[edit] Cocktails with brandy or cognac

A Pisco Sour.

[edit] Cocktails with cachaça

[edit] Cocktails with gin

A martini is a classic
gin-based cocktail.

[edit] Cocktails with rum

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

[edit] Cocktails with sake

An American produced bottle of Ginjo-shu Sake.

[edit] Cocktails with tequila

Margaritas are commonly served cocktails at many Tex-Mex restaurants.

[edit] Cocktails with vodka

A Bloody Mary garnished with lemon, celery, olive, cheese, and a cold cut. Served on the rocks in a pint glass.

[edit] Cocktails with whiskey/whisky or bourbon

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

Spelling: the Irish spell "whiskey" with an "e", but the Scottish spell "whisky" without the "e" (often simply referred to as "Scotch" outside of Scotland). Americans generally spell whiskey with an "e", but distinguish between Tennessee whiskey and Bourbon whiskey. Canadians generally spell "whisky" without the "e".

[edit] Cocktails with wine, sparkling wine, or port

A Champagne cocktail with a Raspberry garnish

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

[edit] Cocktails with a liqueur as the primary ingredient

[edit] Chocolate liqueurs

[edit] Coffee liqueurs

Coffee-flavored drinks

[edit] Cream liqueurs

A liqueur containing cream, imparting a milkshake-like flavor

[edit] Crème liqueurs

[edit] Fruit liqueurs

[edit] Orange-flavored

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

[edit] Other fruit flavors

Midori

A clear, bright-green, melon-flavored liqueur

[edit] Berry liqueurs

[edit] Flower liqueurs

[edit] Herbal liqueurs

[edit] Anise-flavored liqueurs

Licorice-flavored liqueurs

[edit] Other herbal liqueurs

Tazer Tequila, jagermeister, and lime juice

[edit] Nut-flavored liqueurs

Almond-flavored liqueurs

[edit] Whisky liqueurs

[edit] Other liqueurs

[edit] Cocktails with less common spirits

[edit] Bitters (as a primary ingredient)

[edit] Schnapps

[edit] Other

• Agua loca
• Hairy Buffalo
• Karsk

[edit] Historical classes of cocktails

[edit] See also

[edit] References

1. ^ IBA Official Cocktail. International Bartender Association. Retrieved March 24, 2007.
2. ^ Felten, Eric (November 28, 2007). "Chapter 1, Of Ice and Men". How's Your Drink?: Cocktails, Culture, and the Art of Drinking Well (1st ed.). Agate Surrey. pp. 18-21. ISBN 1572840897. http://books.google.com/books?id=ANSXqicDb4IC&pg=PA20&dq=%22Eric+Felten%22+%22how%27s+your+drink%22+shrub. Retrieved 2009-05-27. 

[edit] External links

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