Mixed Drink Types

While the Mixed Drink is simply any (hopefully tasty) combination of spirits, juices, mixers, etc. There are a variety of different types of mixed drinks which have evolved over the years which attempt to categorize the specifics of how such a drink is constructed. One of the most popular today, is the Cocktail. Originally defined as "Spirits of any kind, sugar, water, and bitters", such a designation would allow a customer to walk into any bar and as for a "gin cocktail" or "brandy cocktail" and the bartender would know precisely what they wanted. While many of these different drink categories have fallen out of use, the following is a relatively complete list of what some of the different types of mixed drink that were being ordered:

Name	Ingredients	Method	Service
Alexander	Spirit, Crème de Cacao, Cream	Shaken, Served Up
Bishop
Buck	Spirit, Ginger Ale, Lemon Juice	Served over Ice
Bump
Champerelle
Cobbler	Wine or Spirit, Sugar, Fruit	Shaken, Served over pellet ice
Cocktail	Spirit, Sugar, Water, Bitters	Shaken or Stirred, Served Up or On The Rocks
Collins	Spirit, Citrus Juice (lemon), Sweetener, Soda	Served in an ice filled glass
Cooler	Spirit, Soda	Served in an ice filled glass	Garnished with a long spiral of citrus peel
Crusta	Spirit, Sugar, Water, Lemon Juice, Bitters	Shaken, Served Up in a sugared rim glass	Garnished with a long spiral of citrus peel
Cup
Daisy	Spirit, citrus juice, grenadine (or raspberry syrup)	Stir in ice filled glass	Top with soda water (optional)
Egg Nog	Spirit, eggs, milk, sugar	Served cold or with hot water added
Fix	Spirit, citrus juice, sugar (or flavored syrup), water	Served in a glass of crushed ice	garnished with fruits and berries
Fizz	Spirit, citrus juice, sweetener	Shaken and strained into an iceless glass	topped with soda water
Flip	Spirit or Wine, sweetener, egg	Shaken with ice then served up	garnished with nutmeg
Frappe	Any drink served over finely crushed ice	Stir well to frost glass exterior
Grog
Highball	Spirit, Soda or other carbonated beverage	poured into ice filled glass
Julep,	Spirit, sugar, mint	served over finely crushed ice
Mist	Spirit or liqueur	served over finely crushed ice
Mull	Wine, Spices	heated and served in a mug	garnish with grated nutmeg
Neat	Spirit or liqueur	pour into iceless glass
Negus	Wine, Spices, Hot water	served in a mug	garnish with grated nutmeg
On The Rocks	Mixed Drink or Spirit or liqueur	poured into an ice filled glass
Posset	Wine or ale, egg (optional), sugar, spices, boiling hot milk	served in a mug	garnish with nutmeg and/or cinnamon
Pousse Café	Various liqueurs	float one layer on top of the other
Puff	Spirit, Milk, Seltzer
Punch	Spirit, Citrus, Sugar, Spice, Water	Mixed with ice	Usually served in a large bowl
Rickey	Spirit, Lime Juice, Soda, Sweetener (optional)	stir in an ice filled glass
Sangaree	Wine or Ale, Spirit, Water (optional), Citrus Juice, Sweetener, Spices		Served either Hot or Cold
Scaffa
Skin
Shot
Shrub
Sling
Smash
Sour
Swizzle
Syllabub
Toddy
Up
Well Drink