Measured Advice: Portioning
Portioning: Maintaining Balance
When it comes to mixing drink recipes, make-or-break secrets are never found in books of recipes. Beginning bartenders who merely memorize 101 recipes are always thrown for a loop when asked to mix a drink batch that deviates from standard measurements. Regardless of the math level completed, a mix novice will stumble through the conversion of a recipe typically made for two drinks - now requested for six or seven - and end up with either too much or too little.
Patrons at the local bar often fail to notice a bartender's ability to mix drinks properly and evenly. Because many drinks and recipes call for identical ingredients but different measurements, an error can completely change the experience of a drink. Wasted spirits are bad for business (and for the reputation of a bar), and show a general lack of respect for the quality and effort that it takes to mix drinks effectively.
There are tricks to get any drink portioned just right.
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