Your training is almost complete. Today we’re cocktail tasting, cocktail balancing and cocktail perfecting. In this finale of our "Getting Started" series, we’re breaking down the steps to deconstructing a cocktail, balancing it and then improving it. et us introduce you to a sweet little friend of ours—the Cocktail of the Week. Who will also be our model this week. So get in here!
Too Long, Didn't Listen
(00:00) How to Balance a Cocktail
(01:54) Cocktail of the Week: The Plain & Simple (Daiquiri)
(03:59) Why fresh lime juice matters
(05:21) A brief sojourn into rum
(08:31) How to taste cocktails like an expert (no, you're doing it wrong)
(15:32) The secret to balancing cocktails (hint: it involves homework)
(24:02) Simple tips to improve your cocktail
(30:00) Closing
Recipes
The Plain & Simple (Daiquiri)
2 parts white rum1 part fresh lime juice1 part simple syrup (1:1 white cane sugar to water)Combine all ingredients in a shaker with ice. Shake until fully chilled. Double strain into a chilled, stemmed cocktail glass. Serve without garnish.
Ben's Preferred Plain & Simple
2 parts Plantation Three Stars rum3/4 part fresh lime juice3/4 part simple syrup (1:1)1 lime wheel for garnishCombine rum, lime juice, and simple syrup in a shaker with ice. Shake until fully chilled. Double strain into a chilled, stemmed cocktail glass. Float lime wheel on top of cocktail.Sour Plain & Simple
2 parts white rum1 part fresh lime juice3/4 part simple syrupCombine all ingredients in a shaker with ice. Shake until fully chilled. Double strain into a chilled, stemmed cocktail glass.
Sweet Plain & Simple
2 parts white rum3/4 part fresh lime juice1 part simple syrupCombine all ingredients in a shaker with ice. Shake until fully chilled. Double strain into a chilled, stemmed cocktail glass.
Spirit Forward Plain & Simple
2 parts white rum3/4 part fresh lime juice3/4 part simple syrupCombine all ingredients in a shaker with ice. Shake until fully chilled. Double strain into a chilled, stemmed cocktail glass.
---Books & Equipment LinksThe links below that point to Amazon are affiliate links. If you click on them and make a purchase we may receive a small compensation at no extra cost to you. Links to any other destination are not affiliate links.BooksWe own and recommend these books:The 12 Bottle Bar: Make Hundreds of Cocktails with Just Twelve Bottles by David Solmonson, Lesley Jacobs SolmonsonLiquid Intelligence: The Art and Science of the Perfect Cocktail by Dave ArnoldImbibe! by David WondrichCocktail Codex by Alex Day, Nick Fauchald, David Kaplan EquipmentProducts we own, like and use:Measuring toolsOXO Good Grips Mini Angled Measuring Cup, 2 Oz capacityOXO Metal Angled Measuring CupOXO SteeL Double JiggerShakersThis shaking set is sold as two separate items on Amazon, you will need both

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