High energy: cocktails calling for energy drinks go from the club scene to mainstream, giving...

It's unusual for the mixer in a drink to have a profile as high as or even higher than the spirits involved, but that happens sometimes in the expanding world of energy drink cocktails. In just a few years, these caffeinated adult beverages have zoomed from the nightclub subculture to near-mainstream status. Today, cocktails involving energy drinks are offered at a number of independent restaurants and lounges, and are popping up on the drink menus of major multi-unit restaurant chains.

Drink recipes involving energy beverages are evolving as well, going beyond the sim