Cocktail ingredients
The bottles behind the drinks
What each spirit, aperitivo, and mixer actually is — and the MixWise recipes that use it.
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The bottles that unlock most of the library: a base spirit, vermouth, a bitter, citrus, sugar, and soda.
Base spirits
Distilled bases that set the drink’s structure: grain, agave, cane, and grape.
Fortified wine and aperitivi
Aromatized wines, sparkling wine, and the bitter aperitivi that sit between wine and liqueur.
Liqueurs and amari
Sweetened, flavored distillates used as modifiers — orange, herbal, cherry, coffee, almond.
Citrus, syrups, and bitters
Acid, sugar, and concentrated botanicals: the seasoning of sours, Old Fashioneds, and stirred drinks.
Mixers and lengtheners
Carbonated and still liquids that turn a short drink into a highball or spritz.
Garnish and pantry
Herbs, peels, eggs, coffee, and dry goods that finish or texture a cocktail.
Also catalogued
Bottles and products in the MixWise inventory that rarely appear in the recipe library.