# Sugar

Refined sucrose used to sweeten drinks and soften the perception of acidity and alcohol.

Parent category: [Sweetener](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/sweetener.md)

Alcohol: 0% ABV

## Types

- [Powdered sugar](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/powdered-sugar.md): 0% ABV. Finely milled sugar that dissolves quickly and gives New Orleans Brandy Milk Punch its restrained sweetness.
- [Superfine sugar](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/superfine-sugar.md): 0% ABV. Finely granulated sugar whose small crystals dissolve more readily than ordinary granulated sugar.

## Cocktails

- [Champagne Cocktail](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/champagne-cocktail.md): A bitters-soaked sugar cube focuses Champagne's stream of bubbles, while Cognac gives the drink quiet depth.
- [Champagne Julep](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/champagne-julep.md): Cold Champagne, mint, and one sugar cube make a light nineteenth-century julep over fine ice, finished with fresh fruit rather than another spirit.
- [Jorge Amado](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/jorge-amado.md): Paraty’s clove-and-cinnamon cane spirit meets muddled lime, fresh passion fruit, and sugar in a fragrant Brazilian drink named for Bahia’s great novelist.
- [Old Fashioned](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/old-fashioned.md): A spirit-forward mixture of whiskey, bitters, sugar, and water served over ice.
- [Sazerac](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/sazerac.md): Cognac, sugar, and Peychaud’s bitters served in an absinthe-rinsed glass.

## References

- Canonical page: https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/sugar
- Photograph: https://stirred.fyi/assets/ingredients/sugar-e1edb143.webp
- Source: https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/21/145.3