Mixed drink

A mixed drink is a beverage in which two or more ingredients are mixed.

Types

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; more broadly any sort of alcoholic mixed drink
• Cooler, a tall drink made with liquor, a carbonated beverage, and a fruit garnish
• Crusta, a liquor and citrus drink served in a glass rimmed 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
• Julep, a sweet drink of liquor and aromatics, specifically mint
• Punch
• Pousse-café
• Sour

Lists

Several lists of related topics are available:

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 drinkware
• 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.

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