There are so many types of cocktail we can see in the bars. these are as follows:
- Blended cocktail:- Made using a liquidiser.
- Champagne cocktails:- their main base liqour is champagne and it includes fizz.
- Cobblers:- Wine and Spirit based, served with straws and decorated with fruit.
- Collins:- Hot weather drinks, spirit-based, served with plenty of ice.
- Cooler:- Almost identical to the collins but usually containing the peel of the fruit cut into a spiral;spirit or wine based.
- Crutas:- May be made with any spirit, most popular being brandy;edge of glass decorated with powdered sugar and crushed ice placed in glass.
- Cups:-Hot weather, wine based.
- Daisies:- Made with any spirit; usually served in tankards or wine glasses filled with crushed ice.
- Egg nogs:- Traditional christmas drink; rum or Brandy and milk based; served in tumblers.
- Fixes:- Short drink made by pouring any spirit over crushed ice; decorated with fruit and served with short straws.
- Fizzes:- Similar to a collins; always shaken and then topped with soda;must be drink immediately.
- Flips:- Similar to the edd nogs, containing egg yolk but never milk; spirit, wine or sherry based.
- Frappes:- Served on crushed ice
- Highball:- American;a simple drink that is quickly prepared with spirit and a mixer
- Juleps:- American; containing mint with claret, Madeira or bourbon whiskey base.
- Pick-me-ups:- To aid digestion.
- Pousse-cafe:- Layered mix of liqueurs and spirits using differences in the specific densities of drinks to create layers- heaviest at the bottom,lightest at the top.
- Smashes:- Smaller version of Juleps.
- Sours:- Always made with fresh juices to sharpen the flavour of te drink.
- Swizzles:- Take their name from the stick used to stir the drink;"swizzlings" creates a frost on the outside of glass.
- Toddies:- Refreshers that may be served hot or cold; contain lemon, cinnamon and nutmeg.
