Type
Non-alcoholic additives, juices & mixers
Also known as
Still water, branch water, spring water
Description
Generic for plain water used as a diluting agent in various mixed drinks, sometimes as the sole mixer. Historically American whiskey is often requested with water using a euphemism such as Bourbon & spring water," "Bourbon & branch water," or simply "Bourbon & branch". Branch is a term for an underground tributary of water. Water is a constituent in all potable alcohol, be it whiskey, vodka, brandy, rum, gin, or liqueurs. As an additive to classic mixed drinks it was used in the original forms of the cocktail, the sling, the fizz, the swizzle, the julep, punch, and many, many others.
Flavor
flavorless
Availability
Generally available.
Usage examples
This ingredient appears in
179 recipes in CocktailDB.
