Mixers refer to the endless variety of stuff you can add to liquors in making cocktails. Mixers are not alcoholic but their purpose is for mixing with alcohol. Of course, you can mix anything with alcohol, but it would not always taste great. There are mixers that are compatible with certain alcoholic drinks.
Cola
This classic mixer goes well with whiskey and rum. Squeezing a wedge of lime will give you the well-known Cuba Libre.
Cranberry juice
This juice gives the Cosmopolitan its red color which is a signature of the popular drink. It goes very well with vodka or orange liqueur.
Ginger ale and ginger beer
Both of them go well with blended whiskey or bourbon. Ginger ale gives more sweetness while ginger beer offers more spice.
Grapefruit juice
The sharpness of the juice complements the floral flavors of gin. It goes better with gin than vodka because of that. It is also an excellent match for rum or tequila.
Grapefruit soda
Tequila and a pinch of salt transforms into something even better when mixed with this soda.
Lemon-lime soda
It is a bit sweet and beginners usually mix this with whiskey drinks. It also does magic for fruity punches. Some of the most common lemon-lime sodas are 7-Up, Sierra Mist, and Sprite.
Orange juice
Freshly-squeezed orange adds texture and flavor to gin, vodka, and rum. Mixed powdered juice also works fine.
Tonic
It gives a hint of bitterness to the drink and is usually mixed with either gin or vodka.
Seltzer water
It provides sparkle to a heavy alcoholic drink. It also gives the body to flavored vodkas. This is best for a light, low-key sipper.
The company, StrangeLove, offers various tonic mixers and lo-cal sodas. The following premium mixers are worth trying.
Hot ginger beer
It gives rum, whiskey, or bourbon a unique kick. It has the dry heat of the Australian ginger root and the spicy aromatics of Sichuan pepper. This is a perfect mixer that will give you an implacable hot ginger experience.
Dirty tonic water
This premium mixer uses cinchona bark, orange peel, and fragrant rosemary. The combination creates a natural, earthy tone with a bit of delicacy and boldness. It is perfect for herbaceous or citrus-led gins.
Salted white grapefruit
This is a mixture of white grapefruits, grapefruit essential oils, and pink flake salt. Any premium tequila will become even smoother with its natural saltiness. The sourness of grapefruit gives the tequila more balance and accent.