In the Quran 2:219 the word used is khamr. It stems from KH-M-R meaning a covering, hence its use for wine which deludes the ability of distinction, "covering" the wisdom. But it isnt strictly restricted to wine. It can be extended to all other intoxicants. God did not prohibit one alcoholic drink and allowed others obtained through different means. God forbade all drinks that cause the state of mental confusion.
Among the beverages of paradise there will be khamr flowing in rivers 47:15. As already stated, khamr is not restricted to wine (red, pink or yellowish) but to all types of beverages that may induce a state of drunkedness, and these come in all kinds of colors. However the Quran states elsewhere that what the dwellers of heaven will be served, from a flowing spring, will be a crystal white beverage that doesnt affect the mind in any way 37:45-7,56:18-19. This drink in 37:46 is given the exact same description as the river of khamr in 47:15 (ladhatin lilshaaribin). The very fact that the Quran qualifies the drink as not causing intoxication proves that it is expounding upon the khamr of paradise. There is no need to negate intoxication for any other type of drink, as this effect is only found in alcoholic beverages. One of the main Quranic notions as regards the rewards of paradise, is that most of what the God-conscious prevents himself from in this world out of obedience to a divine command, will be found in paradise without its negative physical and spiritual repercussions.
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