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Yasstronaut t1_iw6tpdw wrote

Reply to comment by KillingItWithFire in Alexa-Powered Side Table Mixes Drinks on Command by shakhawat0410

True. Lots of people thinking cocktail instead

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Cobrastrikenana t1_iw71e21 wrote

It’s not a mix. The exact same molecules in ice exist in whiskey, If you want to be technical. If you want to be practical, no bar would call that a mixed drink.

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Unlikely-Answer t1_iw74oxs wrote

so technically, you could add a single grain of salt and have a mixed drink

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Cobrastrikenana t1_iw74ugr wrote

Theseus’s Reserve is what I’d call it. Technically, yes. Practically, you’ll have an upset bartender. He’ll still let you do it. I promise.

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Yasstronaut t1_iw9fpka wrote

What? A mixed drink as per standard definitions is a drink containing two or more ingredients- that’s it. So whiskey and ice is a mixed drink albeit a boring one.

I know that goes against our intuition and of course no bar would call it that but strictly by definition it’s true and you cannot contest that without throwing out every dictionary.

What do you mean the exact same molecules exist in whiskey? Do you mean water? You can say that about fruit mixers, tomato juice, everything. Not sure what you’re getting at there

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Cobrastrikenana t1_iw9pw5x wrote

Is ginger beer a mixed drink or is your definition shit? This literally my job lmao! Never seen a dictionary make a drink.

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