hard liquor.mead, soft drink, soda pop

soft drink
n. In both senses also called soda pop, ; also called regionally cold drink, drink, Also called pop, soda, Also called soda water, tonic.

1. A nonalcoholic, flavored, carbonated beverage, usually commercially prepared and sold in bottles or cans.
2. A serving of this beverage. See Regional Note at tonic.

hard liquor

Distilled alcoholic beverages, such as gin or whiskey. For example, We're serving wine and beer but no hard liquor. The hard here refers to their high alcoholic content, which is also true for hard cider, although the latter is not distilled but has simply fermented.

mead¹ (mēd)

n.
An alcoholic beverage made from fermented honey and water.

[Middle English, from Old English meodu.]

mead² (mēd)
n. Archaic
A meadow.

[Middle English mede, from Old English mǣd.]