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 various 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
Corpse reviver #2 Chrysanthemum Death in the Afternoon Sazerac Tuxedo
Beer
Cocktails made with beer are classified as beer cocktails.
Black and tan Black velvet Boilermaker Hangman's blood Irish car bomb Michelada Monaco Porchcrawler Queen Mary Sake bomb Shandy Snakebite Spaghett U-boot
Brandy
Angel face Between the sheets Blow my skull Brandy Alexander Brandy crusta Brandy old fashioned Brandy Manhattan Brandy sour Coow Woow Chicago cocktail Curaçao punch Diki-diki Four score French Connection Hennchata Hoppel poppel Horse's neck Incredible Hulk Jack Rose Paradise Pisco sour Porto flip Savoy affair Savoy corpse reviver Sazerac Sidecar Singapore sling Stinger The Blenheim Tom and Jerry
Cachaça
Batida Caipirinha Caju amigo Leite de onça Quentão Rabo-de-galo
Gin
20th century Angel face Aviation Barbary coast Bee's knees Bijou Blackthorn Bloody Margaret Boston Bramble Breakfast martini Bronx Casino Cloister Clover Club cocktail Cooperstown cocktail Corpse reviver #2 Damn the weather Derby Fluffy duck French 75 Gibson Gimlet Gin and tonic Gin Basil Smash Gin fizz Gin pahit Gin sour Greyhound Hanky panky John Collins Last word Lime Rickey Long Island iced tea Lorraine Martinez Martini Monkey gland Moon River My Fair Lady Negroni Old Etonian Paradise Pegu club Pimm's cup Pink gin Pink lady Queens Ramos gin fizz Royal arrival Salty dog Singapore sling Suffering bastard Takumi's aviation Tom Collins Tuxedo Vesper White lady or Delilah Wolfram
Mezcal Division bell Illegal Medicina Latina Mezcal last word Mezcal Negroni Naked and famous Oaxaca old fashioned Tia mia
Rum
Ancient Mariner Airmail Bacardi Barracuda Between the sheets Blow my skull Blue Hawaii Blue Hawaiian Bumbo Bushwacker Cobra's fang Cojito Cremat Cuban sunset Daiquiri Dark 'n' stormy El Presidente Fish house punch Flaming Doctor Pepper Flaming volcano Fluffy duck Grog Gunfire Hoppel poppel Hot buttered rum Hurricane IBA Tiki Jagertee Jungle Bird Long Island iced tea Macuá Mai Tai Mary Pickford Mojito Mr. Bali Hai Painkiller Piña colada Planter's punch Q.B. Cooler Royal Bermuda Rum and Coke (a.k.a. Cuba libre) Rum swizzle Suffering bastard (Trader Vic version) Sumatra Kula Test pilot Ti' punch Tom and Jerry Trumptini Tschunk Yellow bird Zombie
Sake
Sake bomb Saketini Tamagozake
Tequila
Boston tea party Batanga Bloody Maria Cantarito Chimayó cocktail Death Flip Harlem mugger Juan Collins Long Island iced tea Margarita Matador Mexican martini Mojito blanco Paloma Sangrita Tequila slammer Tequila sour Tequila sunrise Tommy's margarita Vampiro
Vodka
Apple martini (a.k.a. appletini) Astro pop Batida (a variation, traditionally made with cachaça) Bay breeze Black Russian Bloody Mary BLT cocktail Blue Lagoon Bull shot Caesar Caipiroska (a.k.a. caipivodka) Cape Codder Chi-chi Colombia Cosmopolitan Dirty Shirley Espresso martini Flirtini Gimlet Glowtini Godmother Greyhound Harvey Wallbanger John Daly (cocktail) Kamikaze Karsk Kensington Court special Lemon drop Link up Long Island iced tea Moscow mule Platinum blonde Porn star martini Red Russian Rose Kennedy cocktail Salty dog Screwdriver Sea breeze Sex on the beach Spicy Fifty Vargtass Venom Vesper Vodka gimlet Vodka martini (aka Kangaroo) White Russian Woo woo Wściekły pies Yorsh
Whisky
Amber moon Black nail Blood and Sand Blue blazer Bobby Burns Boulevardier Bourbon lancer Brooklyn Churchill Farnell Godfather Horsefeather Irish coffee Whiskey and Coke Lynchburg lemonade Manhattan Mint julep Missouri mule New York sour Nixon Old fashioned Old pal Paper plane Penicillin Rob Roy Rusty nail Sazerac Scotch and soda Seven and Seven or 7 & 7 Three wise men Toronto Vieux Carré Ward 8 Whiskey sour Whisky Mac
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
Agua de Valencia Black velvet Death in the Afternoon Flirtini Prince of Wales
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
B-52 (and related B-50 series cocktails) Baby Guinness Black Russian Espresso martini Moose milk Orgasm White Russian
Cream liqueur A liqueur containing cream, imparting a milkshake-like flavor
B-52 (and related B-50 series cocktails) Baby Guinness Cement mixer Irish car bomb Oatmeal cookie Orgasm Quick fuck Slippery nipple Springbokkie
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 Melon ball Japanese slipper Tequila sour
Nut-flavored liqueurs Almond-flavored liqueurs
Alabama slammer Amaretto sour Blueberry tea French Connection Godfather Godmother Orgasm
Swedish punsch-flavored cocktails Boomerang (cocktail) Diki-diki Doctor (cocktail) Malecon
Misc. liqueur-based cocktails
Backdraft (also a pepperdraft variation) Carrot cake Common market Jägerbomb Snowball – advocaat and soda lemonade
Less common spirits
Bitters
Americano Boulevardier Brut cocktail Fernet con coca Trinidad sour
Korn
Schneemaß
Ouzo
Ouzini
Pisco
Aguaymanto sour Mango sour Piscola Pisco sour
Schnapps
Appletini Fuzzy navel Redheaded slut Sex on the beach
Other Cutty bang Jello shot Karsk Nutcracker Tamango
Historical classes of cocktails
Cobbler – traditional long drink that is characterized by a glass filled with crushed or shaved ice that is formed into a centered cone, topped by slices of fruit Collins – traditional long drink stirred with ice in the same glass it is served in and diluted with club soda, e.g. Tom Collins Crusta – characterized by a sugar rim on the glass, spirit (brandy being the most common), maraschino liqueur, aromatic bitters, lemon juice, curaçao, with an entire lemon rind as garnish
Daisy – traditional long drink consisting of a base spirit, citrus juice, sugar, and a modifier, typically a liqueur or grenadine. The most common daisy cocktail is the Brandy Daisy. Other commonly known daisies are the Whiskey Daisy, Bourbon Daisy, Gin Daisy, Rum Daisy, Lemon Daisy (the non-alcoholic variant), Portuguese Daisy (port and brandy), vodka daisy, and Champagne daisy. The Margarita and Sidecar (cocktail) are both variants of the Daisy; both use the simplest form of the specification (base spirit, citrus juice, and liqueur) with triple sec as the modifier; the former uses tequila as the base spirit and lime juice, while the latter uses brandy as the base spirit and lemon juice. Fix – traditional long drink related to Cobblers, but mixed in a shaker and served over crushed ice Fizz – traditional long drink including acidic juices and club soda, e.g. gin fizz Flip – traditional half-long drink that is characterized by inclusion of sugar and egg yolk Julep – base spirit, sugar, and mint over ice. The most common is the mint julep. Other variations include gin julep, whiskey julep, pineapple julep, and Georgia mint julep. Mizuwari – a mixture of a distilled spirit, such as whisky, diluted with water and ice Negus – wine (often port wine), mixed with hot water, oranges or lemons, spices, and sugar Punch – wide assortment of drinks, generally containing fruit or fruit juice; see also punsch Rickey – highball made from usually gin or bourbon, lime, and carbonated water Sangria – red wine and chopped fruit, often with other ingredients such as orange juice or brandy Shrub – one of two different types of drink – a fruit liqueur typically made with rum or brandy mixed with sugar and the juice or rinds of citrus fruit, or a vinegared syrup with spirits, water, or carbonated water Sling – traditional long drink prepared by stirring ingredients over ice in the glass and filling up with juice or club soda Smoking bishop – type of mulled wine, punch or wassail Sour – mixed drink consisting of a base liquor, lemon or lime juice, and a sweetener Toddy – mix of liquor and water with honey or sugar and herbs and spices, served hot
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)