🍻 Cocktail Calorie Calculator
Count calories, carbs, and sugar by recipe so you can compare spirits, liqueurs, mixers, and sweeteners before pouring.
| Ingredient | Oz | Cal | Sugar |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vodka | 1.5 | 96 | 0g |
| Gin | 1.5 | 98 | 0g |
| Rum | 1.5 | 97 | 0g |
| Tequila | 1.5 | 96 | 0g |
| Triple sec | 0.75 | 70 | 6g |
| Amaretto | 0.5 | 55 | 5g |
| Simple syrup | 0.5 | 48 | 12g |
| Coconut cream | 0.5 | 45 | 4g |
| Juice | Oz | Cal | Sugar |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lime juice | 1 | 8 | 1g |
| Lemon juice | 1 | 7 | 1g |
| Orange juice | 1 | 11 | 2g |
| Pineapple juice | 1 | 15 | 3g |
| Cranberry juice | 1 | 10 | 2g |
| Cola | 1 | 12 | 3g |
| Tonic | 1 | 11 | 3g |
| Ginger beer | 1 | 14 | 3g |
| Drink | Cal | Carbs | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Margarita | 200 | 14g | Bright |
| Mojito | 170 | 18g | Minty |
| G and T | 120 | 8g | Light |
| Cosmo | 190 | 16g | Crisp |
| Old Fashioned | 180 | 8g | Spirit first |
| Espresso | 210 | 18g | Rich |
| Aperol Spritz | 160 | 13g | Lowish |
| Pina Colada | 320 | 26g | Dense |
A cocktail is mixed drink, usually with alcohol. It most commonly mixes one or several spirits with juices, flavored syrups, tonic water, shrubs and bitters. Cocktails vary according to various regions.
Between classic recipes find Manhattan, martini, gimlet, negroni, Tom Collins, Aperol spritz, cosmopolitan, gin and tonic and French 75. The set of classics goes from Americano to White Russian and everything between.
Cocktails: What They Are and How to Make Them
Classic Tom Collins mixes gin with fresh lemon juice, simple syrup and soda water for refreshing drink. Daiquiri are elegant, well balanced cocktails with precise dose of sour taste, on condition that you prepare it well. Whisky sour allow to play with recipes and give to the drink nobbel character.
Basic spirits have advantage over liquors and other additions. Except cocktail bases as lime, lemon and sugar, gin now rules the rank, just ahead of vodka, that stays popular thanks to new recipes for this most flexible spirit. Also whisky-based cocktails enjoy favor, for instance Manhattan with rye whiskey, a bit of sweet vermouth, dash of bitters and at least one Luxardo maraschino cherry.
The standard proportion for cocktails is 2:1:1. Two ounces of spirit, one ounce of lime or lemon and one ounce of sugar. After shake, you add approximately one ounce of water.
Served on ice, the whole drink reaches around six ounces. One pour standardises in 1,5 ounces of liquid. Martini holds around three ounces of alcohol, and many cocktails in coupes or on big ice cubes have from 1,5 to 3 ounces according to the kind.
Fresh summer tomatoes can shine in sweet and salty bourbon cocktail. Bourbon with lime and ginger mingles from one ounce of bourbon, half ounce of lime juice, ginger beer according to taste and mint sprig for garnish. Blackberries with Jack Daniel’s and soda creates sweet fast cocktail ideal for post-work relaxation or guests.
Jalisco Painkiller require reposado tequila, unsweetened pineapple juice, coconut cream, fresh lime juice and crushed ice, furnished by means of nutmeg and pineapple leaves. You mix all ingredients in cocktail shaker with a lot of crushed ice. Cocktail menu is not simply list of drinks, it forms experience, that mixologists, bartenders and beverage directors carefully prepare.