Make BETTER cocktails in less than 90 mins: https://bit.ly/cocktail-workshops Buy my cocktail book: https://stevethebartender.com.au/cocktail-guide/ By undertaking this experiment you will learn how to perfectly stir your cocktail so that the drink is served at the ideal temperature. Because chilling is directly linked to dilution your drink will also have the ideal amount of water added via dilution. Not enough dilution will result in a hot drink (ABV will be too high) and too much dilution will result in a watery drink. I like to serve my Manhattans between -1°C and -2°C which is between 30.2°F and 28.4°F. At this temperature your drink will be perfectly chilled and showcase it's aromas. Any colder and the aromas will be inhibited. Undertake the experiment like you normally would make a drink so that you can replicate the chilling and dilution next time around. For example, don't freeze your mixing glass if you don't normally do so, use the same size ice, and be consistent with the speed at which you stir. STEPS 1. Test out a drink at multiple different temperatures to find out your preferred serving temperature (somewhere between 0°C and -4°C). 2. Stir a drink whilst measuring the time and number of rotations 3. Stop stirring when you reach YOUR ideal drink temperature 4. Use these numbers to make consistent stirred drinks from now on! Are you making other drinks? Consider the following... - Lower abv? Stir less. - Higher abv? Stir more. - Served over ice? Stir less.
2024-07-03
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