COCKTAIL DRINKS

any alcoholic substance mixed in with another substance (usually non-alcoholic but it depends on the drinker!) you may have one alcoholic spirit in there or you may have five, but generally most cocktails have one or two spirits and one or two non-alcoholic substances i.e. coke, lemonade etc. to make the drink more drinkable (straight alcohol is not so pleasant so cocktails were invented to make it nicer i guess?)