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Browse the bottles, juices, syrups, and mixers that shape the drink.

Start here when the shelf decides the drink. Pick the bottles, juices, syrups, and mixers already in the kitchen, then work outward from what is actually possible tonight instead of chasing a recipe that needs one more purchase.

72+ ingredients surfaced28 bottles and bases17 mixers and modifiers

Popular first picks

The ingredients people are most likely to start from.

These ingredients show up across the widest range of drinks, so they are useful first clicks when you want broad coverage.

Base bottles

Start with the bottle doing the heavy lifting.

These ingredients usually anchor the drink, so they are the clearest route when the main spirit is already decided.

Gin

Gin

Gin - Gin

Gin is a distilled alcoholic drink that derives its predominant flavour from juniper berries...

106 cocktails
Vodka

Vodka

Vodka - Vodka

Vodka is a distilled beverage composed primarily of water and ethanol, sometimes with traces...

98 cocktails
Light Rum

Light Rum

spirit - Rum

Light Rum is used as a base spirit or alcoholic building block in cocktail recipes across...

42 cocktails
Amaretto

Amaretto

Liqueur - Liqueur

Amaretto (Italian for "a little bitter") is a sweet, almond-flavoured, Italian liqueur...

41 cocktails
Triple Sec

Triple Sec

Liqueur - Liqueur

Triple sec, originally Curaçao triple sec, is a variety of Curaçao liqueur, an...

41 cocktails
Brandy

Brandy

spirit - Brandy

Brandy is used as a base spirit or alcoholic building block in cocktail recipes across the site.

28 cocktails
Kahlua

Kahlua

spirit - Liqueur

Kahlua is used as a base spirit or alcoholic building block in cocktail recipes across the site.

28 cocktails
Tequila

Tequila

spirit - Tequila

Tequila is used as a base spirit or alcoholic building block in cocktail recipes across the...

28 cocktails
Dry Vermouth

Dry Vermouth

spirit - Wine & Sparkling

Dry Vermouth is used as a base spirit or alcoholic building block in cocktail recipes across...

26 cocktails
Rum

Rum

Rum - Rum

Rum is a distilled alcoholic beverage made from sugarcane byproducts, such as molasses, or...

26 cocktails
Sweet Vermouth

Sweet Vermouth

spirit - Wine & Sparkling

Sweet Vermouth is used as a base spirit or alcoholic building block in cocktail recipes...

25 cocktails
Baileys Irish Cream

Baileys Irish Cream

spirit - Liqueur

Baileys Irish Cream is used as a base spirit or alcoholic building block in cocktail recipes...

24 cocktails
Dark Rum

Dark Rum

spirit - Rum

Dark Rum is used as a base spirit or alcoholic building block in cocktail recipes across the...

19 cocktails
Bourbon

Bourbon

spirit - Whiskey

Bourbon is used as a base spirit or alcoholic building block in cocktail recipes across the...

17 cocktails
Angostura Bitters

Angostura Bitters

Bitter - Liqueur

Angostura bitters (English: /æŋɡəˈstjʊərə/) is a concentrated bitters, or botanically...

16 cocktails
Ginger Ale

Ginger Ale

Soft Drink - Gin

Ginger ale is a carbonated soft drink flavoured with ginger in one of two ways. The golden...

16 cocktails
Scotch

Scotch

spirit - Whiskey

Scotch is used as a base spirit or alcoholic building block in cocktail recipes across the site.

15 cocktails
Champagne

Champagne

Wine - Wine & Sparkling

Champagne (French: [ʃɑ̃.paɲ]) is a sparkling wine and type of alcoholic drink produced from...

13 cocktails
Maraschino Liqueur

Maraschino Liqueur

Liqueur - Liqueur

Maraschino (/ˌmærəˈskiːnoʊ/ marr-ə-SKEE-noh) is a liqueur obtained from the distillation of...

12 cocktails
Campari

Campari

spirit - Liqueur

Campari is used as a base spirit or alcoholic building block in cocktail recipes across the...

11 cocktails
Peach Schnapps

Peach Schnapps

spirit - Liqueur

Peach Schnapps is used as a base spirit or alcoholic building block in cocktail recipes...

11 cocktails
Red Wine

Red Wine

Wine - Wine & Sparkling

Wine (from Latin vinum) is an alcoholic beverage made from grapes, generally Vitis vinifera,...

11 cocktails
Apricot Brandy

Apricot Brandy

spirit - Brandy

Apricot Brandy is used as a base spirit or alcoholic building block in cocktail recipes...

10 cocktails
Sambuca

Sambuca

Liqueur - Liqueur

Sambuca (Italian pronunciation: [samˈbuːka]) is an Italian anise-flavoured, usually...

10 cocktails
Creme De Cacao

Creme De Cacao

spirit - Liqueur

Creme De Cacao is used as a base spirit or alcoholic building block in cocktail recipes...

9 cocktails
Ginger

Ginger

Fruit - Gin

Ginger is used as a base spirit or alcoholic building block in cocktail recipes across the site.

9 cocktails
Midori Melon Liqueur

Midori Melon Liqueur

spirit - Liqueur

Midori Melon Liqueur is used as a base spirit or alcoholic building block in cocktail...

9 cocktails
Blended Whiskey

Blended Whiskey

spirit - Whiskey

Blended Whiskey is used as a base spirit or alcoholic building block in cocktail recipes...

8 cocktails

Mixers

Citrus, juice, soda, and other easy starting points.

Use these when you know the brightener or lengthener you want and need drinks that fit it.

Orange Juice

Orange Juice

mixer

Orange Juice adds dilution, freshness, or sparkle and helps shape a cocktail's balance.

70 cocktails
Lemon Juice

Lemon Juice

mixer

Lemon Juice adds dilution, freshness, or sparkle and helps shape a cocktail's balance.

67 cocktails
Lime Juice

Lime Juice

mixer

Lime Juice adds dilution, freshness, or sparkle and helps shape a cocktail's balance.

46 cocktails
Water

Water

Water

Water is a transparent and nearly colorless chemical substance that is the main constituent...

40 cocktails
Milk

Milk

mixer

Milk adds dilution, freshness, or sparkle and helps shape a cocktail's balance.

34 cocktails
Pineapple Juice

Pineapple Juice

Juice

Pineapple Juice adds dilution, freshness, or sparkle and helps shape a cocktail's balance.

31 cocktails
Soda Water

Soda Water

mixer

Soda Water adds dilution, freshness, or sparkle and helps shape a cocktail's balance.

27 cocktails
Cranberry Juice

Cranberry Juice

mixer

Cranberry Juice adds dilution, freshness, or sparkle and helps shape a cocktail's balance.

24 cocktails
Carbonated Water

Carbonated Water

Water

Carbonated Water adds dilution, freshness, or sparkle and helps shape a cocktail's balance.

16 cocktails
Club Soda

Club Soda

mixer

Club Soda adds dilution, freshness, or sparkle and helps shape a cocktail's balance.

13 cocktails
Coca-Cola

Coca-Cola

Soft Drink

Coca-Cola, or Coke, is a carbonated soft drink[1] produced by The Coca-Cola Company....

11 cocktails
Grapefruit Juice

Grapefruit Juice

Juice

Grapefruit Juice adds dilution, freshness, or sparkle and helps shape a cocktail's balance.

11 cocktails
Tonic Water

Tonic Water

Soft Drink

Tonic water (or Indian tonic water) is a carbonated soft drink in which quinine is...

10 cocktails
Apple Juice

Apple Juice

mixer

Apple Juice adds dilution, freshness, or sparkle and helps shape a cocktail's balance.

9 cocktails

Modifiers

Flavor builders that change the whole profile.

Bitters, liqueurs, syrups, and fortified wines often decide whether a drink feels dry, rich, bitter, or sweet.

Finishing touches

Ingredients that sharpen aroma and presentation.

A smaller section, but still useful when you want drinks built around herbs, peels, cherries, or other finishing accents.

Have something specific in mind?

Let the ingredient lead, not the spirit.

Sometimes the mixer or modifier is the star. These paths help you find drinks built around what you have.