The 10 most spirits mixed with Coca Cola
Whisky & Cola
Whiskey and Cola is a mix and not a real cocktail. For this combination the most used bottles of distillate, or the following ones, will make the drink pleasantly more sweet and sparkling.
Johnnie Walker Black
The brand belongs to the distillery at John Walker, the Scottish creator famous for introducing the first square bottle. The Whiskeys belonging to this distillery are usually malted with mixtures probably based on Lagavulin, Talisker e Mortlach, although this is unverified information. Johnnie Walker whiskeys are pleasant and recognizable with a strong Nordic and varied sense.
Bulleit Bourbon Whiskey
This Whiskey is American and is produced according to interesting methods quality standards that follow the strict rules of the stars and stripes. Bulleit Bourbon is perfect for mixing cocktails because it ages in internally burned oak barrels and has a distinctly pungent and toasted connotation.
The most famous cocktail based on this special Whiskey is the Manhattan together with red vermouth and angostura. This is one of the bottles that you will find most frequently in the best equipped bars.
Jim Beam Whiskey
This Whiskey is amber and golden with a clear and shiny texture. The smell is complex but not too aggressive so we would say it is a distillate very fine.
It exudes medium-lasting sensations of wood and vanilla with a decidedly persistent woody and woody finish. In a word we would say that it is pungent. Jim Bean is a distillery of the state of Kentucky and produces the best American spirits known.
Rum based cocktails: which are the most used bottles?
Numerous variations are prepared with rum and cola dell'originale Cuba Libre, the legendary cocktail based on White Rum, Cola, lime and ice. The variants are always served ice-cold but with the use of dark rum. The following are the most used bottles for mix with Coca Cola.
Rum Zacapa 23
Lo Zacapa is considered one of the best rum in the world (certainly one of the best-selling in Italy), symbol of Guatemala and its origins at over two thousand meters above sea level for which it is also called with the name of "Rum that ages above the clouds".
The rum in question originates in a particular lucky combination between ingredients, territory and climate for which the production follows a meticulous and rigorous process. This aged rum is of Guatemalan origins and is a very complex, exotic and precious distillates of pure sugar cane juice.
Rum Pampero
Rum Pampero belongs to a trademark well known and born in Venezuela. Its international distribution is handled by Diageo. The standard for the production of golden rum quality and aged for at least two years in oak barrels it is due to the founder of the Pampero industries, Alejandro Hernanez. Pampero rums are known and appreciated all over the world for their diversity of character that makes them pungent, lively and persistent.
Rum Havana Club
Havana Club is another famous brand worldwide that produces renowned rums, Cubans in Havana. The original distillery underwent some changes during the Cuban revolution for which the original family did expire the patent of the name after emigrating to Spain.
The trademark is subsequently registered by another company, the Cuban Export which arranges the branding both in the United States and in Cuba. A long controversy pending over the name Havana Club with Bacardi who claims to have bought the rights directly from the original family, before the trademark expired.
Although the reason is to Cuban Export some embargo laws have created an anomaly: in the island of Porto Rico and produces a Rum signed Bacardi bearing the name of Rum Havana Club.
Gin: the distillate of botanicals
Gin mixes with Cola and becomes perfect with the addition of one lemon slice and plenty of ice. Below you will find the most used bottles of Gin for pairing with the refreshing sparkling drink.
Tanqueray Gin
This brand produces London Dry Gin with a predominant juniper flavor and balanced and clear sensations. It is produced with the method One Shot and is a very popular rum for bars and mass distribution. Historically this Gin was able to evade the controls of English prohibition, during the twenties of the twentieth century.
Today is one very popular bottle and particularly popular in bars and clubs all over the world with which mixi with cola and other sparkling drinks are prepared.
Gordon’s Gin
Gordon is a gin spicy and rich in citrus and coriander which enhance the olfactory and gustatory predominance of juniper. It is an English gin that has gradually become more than international with an original recipe of which the exact composition of botanicals of the infusion is not known. Gordon's is a popular bottle of easy to find both online and in specialized stores or supermarkets. Despite being a commercial gin, its quality is quite high-quality.
Tequila, agave and traditional cocktails
Did you know that they say “The Tequila”? Well this famous agave distillate is a concentrate of flavor thanks to which some of the most loved cocktails in the world are obtained such as Margarita and Tequila Sunrise.
Tequila Don Julio Blanco
The distillate Mr. Julio Blanco it is clear and strongly smelling of agave with small olfactory contaminations of lemon, lime and grapefruit. The taste effect is spicy, dry and almost peppery. The Tequila of this brand was born during the Second World War in Mexico and since then it has been worked in the same way, obtaining a clear, clean and fresh distillate.
Josè Cuervo Tequila
This is absolutely the Tequila brand best-selling in the world whose market share in 2013 was already thirty percent global. The company is family owned and has entrusted international distribution to Diageo. The product is crystal clear, boiling and of good quality. Using this distillate for cocktails is definitely the best of choices. It is still the top of mind among the bar Tequilas whose quality is unquestionable in relation to the decidedly affordable price.
