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Editor-guided starting points
A catalog of 1,321 recipes is useful only when it helps you decide. These shortlists use published WhatDrink recipe, nutrition and difficulty data, while the named spirit selections deliberately cover different drink styles instead of repeating near-identical recipes.
Use these as reference points: each group moves across recognizably different cocktail formats and links into the underlying recipe entities.
Start with crisp, botanical classics, then move toward bitter or sparkling builds.
Why these: Selected to cover stirred, bitter, sour and sparkling gin styles without repeating the same drink shape.
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Choose between clean highballs, bright fruit-led drinks and richer coffee cocktails.
Why these: Selected for distinct flavour and serving styles, not simply because vodka appears in the recipe.
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Agave works across tart, grapefruit-led and fruitier long drinks.
Why these: Selected to show the clearest differences between sour, highball and fruit-forward tequila recipes.
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Move from sharp three-part classics to minty, tropical and richer recipes.
Why these: Selected to span short sours, tall refreshing drinks and tropical builds.
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Compare spirit-forward classics with citrus-led and mint-cooled drinks.
Why these: Selected to cover stirred, sour and refreshing whiskey formats with familiar reference points.
Explore whiskeyThese lists are calculated from current catalog fields. Nutrition values are estimates, not health claims, and change with brands, measures and substitutions.
Compare cocktails estimated below 150 calories per serve.
Why these: Uses the catalog's published nutrition estimates and prioritizes the strongest editorial records.
See all lower-calorie drinks (138 matching cocktails)Start with recipes estimated below 5g of sugar per serve.
Why these: Uses published ingredient-derived estimates; brand and pour changes can alter the result.
See all lower-sugar drinks (198 matching cocktails)Short recipes are the fastest route from browsing to making a drink.
Why these: Limited to recipes with three listed ingredients or fewer, ranked by catalog priority.
See all easy 3-ingredient drinks (520 matching cocktails)Start with the moment when the ingredient list is not yet the decision.
The same balance of flavour, acidity and dilution, without the alcohol — plus lighter serves for cutting back rather than cutting out.
Sugar and calories are strongly associated across WhatDrink's governed cocktail dataset.
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| # | Drink | Calories | ABV % | Std drinks | Sugar (g) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Black and Brown | 32 | 2.1% | — | 5.7g |
| 2 | Zenmeister | 59 | 17.5% | 0.29 | 7.4g |
| 3 | Spritzer Highball | 73 | 7.5% | 0.62 | 1.1g |
| 4 | 3 Wise Men | 74 | 43.3% | 0.72 | 0g |
| 5 | After sex | 78 | 35% | 0.59 | 3.5g |
| 6 | Sherry-and-Egg Cocktail | 78 | 18.5% | 0.63 | 1.2g |
| 7 | Havana Cocktail | 85 | 20.2% | 0.73 | 3.1g |
| 8 | Plain Vermouth Cocktail | 85 | 16.3% | 0.55 | 4.1g |
| 9 | Port And Starboard | 86 | 11.3% | 0.19 | 14.4g |
| 10 | Jack-in-the-Box Cocktail | 87 | 20.4% | 0.69 | 3g |
| 11 | Hole-In-One | 89 | 20.2% | 0.77 | 1.4g |
| 12 | Hole-in-One Cocktail | 89 | 20.2% | 0.77 | 1.4g |
| 13 | Jack-In-The-Box | 89 | 19.7% | 0.67 | 3g |
| 14 | Autodafé | 92 | 16.9% | 0.96 | 0g |
| 15 | Amaretto Sunrise | 92 | 1.8% | 0.14 | 15g |
Estimates from WhatDrink recipe data. How we calculate nutrition →
