noun
blended alcoholic beverage; mixed liquor
Refers to alcohol that has been combined with sugar, spices, fruit, or other flavorings, as opposed to straight spirits or fermented beverages. Common examples include liqueurs, flavored shōchū, and umeshu.
梅酒は代表的な混成酒の一つです。
Umeshu is one of the typical blended alcoholic beverages.
混成酒にはリキュールや果実酒などが含まれる。
Blended alcoholic beverages include liqueurs and fruit wines.
蒸留酒 is a distilled spirit like shōchū or whiskey; 混成酒 often uses distilled spirits as a base but adds other ingredients.
Compound of 混成 (blended, mixed) and 酒 (alcoholic beverage). The term is used in Japanese liquor classification to distinguish flavored or compounded alcoholic drinks from fermented and distilled types.