alcoholic drink vs beverage

alcoholic drink and beverage both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
alcoholic drink	Yes	No	No	No
beverage	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, beverage is a hypernym of alcoholic drink; that is, beverage is a word with a broader meaning than alcoholic drink:

Other hypernyms of alcoholic drink include drug of abuse, street drug, drink, drinkable, potable.

alcoholic drink (noun)	beverage (noun)
a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent	any liquid suitable for drinking