The cocktail map: choose by looking, not by reading

An alphabetical list tells you nothing about what you are going to drink. Here the 186 cocktails sit on three axes — bitter or sweet, round or sour, light or strong — and two drinks close together taste alike. The measures are the ones from the official IBA list.

Swipe through the three flat faces or switch to the cube with 3D. Tap a glass to open its recipe.

Where to start

• Americano
• Bellini
• Bloody Mary
• Caipirinha
• Caipiroska
• Campari Soda
• Cosmopolitan
• Cuba Libre
• Daiquiri
• Dry Martini
• Espresso Martini
• Gin Lemon

All 186 cocktails

Collections

• Bitter cocktailsBitterness from 2.2 up on the profile scale, most bitter first.
• Fresh, citrus-led cocktailsThe top of the acidity axis: lime, lemon, grapefruit.
• Low-alcohol cocktailsUnder ten per cent in the finished glass, dilution included.
• Alcohol-free cocktailsUnder one and a half per cent: dashes of bitters count too.
• Alternatives to the SpritzThe closest drinks to the Spritz on the map, itself excluded.
• What to order if you do not like sweet drinksThe dry half of the map with bitterness under 2.2: dry without being bitter.
• Short and strong cocktailsTwenty-five per cent and up in under a hundred and twenty millilitres.
• Long drinksTwo hundred millilitres and up: made to last.

Where the data comes from

102 cocktails come from the official International Bartenders Association list, 36 are alcohol-free, the rest are bar standards with their source named on their own page.