List of drinks

Beer being poured from a cask

Bottled beer

Beer – beer is produced by the saccharification of starch and fermentation of the resulting sugar. The starch and saccharification enzymes are often derived from malted cereal grains, most commonly malted barley and malted wheat.[3] Most beer is also flavoured with hops, which add bitterness and act as a natural preservative, though other flavourings such as herbs or fruit may occasionally be included. The preparation of beer is called brewing.

• Beer and breweries by region
• List of beer styles
• List of microbreweries

• Beer and breweries by region
• Beer classification in Sweden and Finland
• List of beer organisations
• List of countries by beer consumption per capita

Cider

Cider – cider is a fermented alcoholic drink made from apple juice. Cider alcohol content varies from 1.2% ABV to 8.5% or more in traditional English ciders. In some regions, cider may be called "apple wine".[4]

• List of cider brands

A display of spirits in a supermarket

Distilled drinks – also known as liquor and spirits, a distilled drink is an alcoholic drink produced by distillation of a mixture produced from alcoholic fermentation, such as wine. This process purifies it and removes diluting components like water, for the purpose of increasing its proportion of alcohol content (commonly known as alcohol by volume, ABV).[5] As distilled drinks contain more alcohol they are considered "harder" - in North America, the term hard liquor is used to distinguish distilled drinks from undistilled ones, which are implicitly weaker.

• List of gin brands
• List of liqueurs
• List of rum brands
• List of tequilas
• List of vodkas
• List of whisky brands

Cocktails – a cocktail refers to any kind of alcoholic mixed drink that contains two or more ingredients. As generally understood today, a cocktail requires at least one alcoholic component—typically a distilled spirit, although beer and wine are permissible—and one sweet component; it may also contain a souring or bittering ingredient.[6]

• List of cocktails
• Beer cocktail
• Cocktails with cachaça
• Highball
• List of duo and trio cocktails
• List of flaming beverages
• List of martini variations
• Well drink
• Wine cocktail

Hard soda also known as Alcopop is a type of alcoholic drink that is manufactured in the style of a soft drink.

Wine glasses with white wine and red wine

Wine – wine is an alcoholic drink made from fermented grapes or other fruits. The natural chemical balance of grapes lets them ferment without the addition of sugars, acids, enzymes, water, or other nutrients.[7] Yeast consumes the sugars in the grapes and converts them into alcohol and carbon dioxide. Different varieties of grapes and strains of yeasts produce different styles of wine. The well-known variations result from the very complex interactions between the biochemical development of the fruit, reactions involved in fermentation, terroir and subsequent appellation, along with human intervention in the overall process.

• Glossary of wine terms
• List of wine cocktails
• List of wine-producing regions
• Outline of wine
• Wine tasting descriptors

• List of Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée wines (France)
• List of Italian DOC wines
• List of Italian DOCG wines
• List of Italian IGT wines
• List of VDQS wines (France)
• List of wine-producing countries
• Wine in China

A glass mug of mugicha, a type of roasted barley tea

Barley-based drinks – Barley is a member of the grass family, is a major cereal grain. It was one of the first cultivated grains and is now grown widely. Barley is used in various drinks and as a source of fermentable material for beer and certain distilled drinks. In a 2007 ranking of cereal crops in the world, barley was fourth both in terms of quantity produced (136 million tons) and in area of cultivation (566,000 square kilometres or 219,000 square miles).[8]

• List of barley-based drinks

• List of hot drinks

Mixed drinks: a non-alcoholic Shirley Temple (left) and alcoholic Cosmopolitan (right)

Mixed drinks – a mixed drink is a drink in which two or more ingredients are mixed. Some mixed drinks contain liquor while others are non-alcoholic.

Non-alcoholic cocktails or 'mocktails' – a nonalcoholic drink consisting of a mixture of fruit juices or other soft drinks. Most are 0.0% percent alcohol by volume. The drinks are a popular choice for people who are not drinking alcohol in social settings but would like an elevated drink choice.

• List of non-alcoholic mixed drinks

Espresso brewing, with a dark reddish-brown foam, called crema

Caffeinated drinks – a caffeinated drink is a drink which contains caffeine, a stimulant which is legal and popular in most developed countries.

• List of coffee drinks

Hot chocolate served with a croissant

Chocolate drinks – chocolate is a processed, typically sweetened food produced from the seed of the tropical Theobroma cacao tree. Its earliest documented use is by the Olmecs of south central Mexico around 1100 BC. The majority of Mesoamerican people made chocolate drinks, including the Mayans and Aztecs,[9] who made it into a drink known as xocolātl [ʃoˈkolaːt͡ɬ], a Nahuatl word meaning "bitter water".

• List of chocolate drinks

• Historical drinks

Category:Barley-based drinks

• List of barley-based drinks

Maize drinks

• List of maize dishes#Beverages

Rice drinks

• List of rice drinks

A glass of cola served with ice cubes and lemon

Soft drinks – a soft drink is a drink that typically contains water (often, but not always, carbonated water), usually a sweetener and usually a flavoring agent. The sweetener may be sugar, high-fructose corn syrup, fruit juice, sugar substitutes (in the case of diet drinks) or some combination of these. Soft drinks may also contain caffeine, colorings, preservatives and other ingredients.

• Craft soda
• List of brand name soft drink products
• List of soft drink flavors
• List of soft drink producers

• List of soft drinks by country

• Cold drinks
• Hot drinks