Patterns, Not Rules, Not Formulas

As we make cocktails, we'll start to grasp on a pattern only to have it twist and turn on us. There are no hard rules, no formulas, and no absolutes.

There are patterns and we can use them to guide us, like stars in the sky, as we make our own cocktails.

Sour-Fizz-Daisy

There are three constellations of cocktails that are tightly connected the sours, daisies, and fizzes.

Each of these constellations are made of spirit, citrus, and sweetener.

The sours are made of spirit, citrus, and sweetener as sugar, usually in the form of a syrup for ease in mixing. An egg white is sometimes added.

The fizzes are the same, spirit, citrus, and sugar, plus seltzer. Yea, egg whites still come up here too.

The daisies are made of spirit, citrus, and sweetener as liqueur and sugar and sometimes seltzer.

Sour-Fizz-Daisy: An Example

• Whiskey Sour - bourbon, lemon, sugar
• Imperial (Whiskey) Fizz - bourbon, lemon, sugar, soda
• Whiskey Daisy - bourbon, lemon, grenadine (sugar), orange liqueur

All The Constellations

References

🍹 Cocktails

Sip consciously, play with your senses

These empowering patterns I call Cocktail Constellations and as I learn more, I'll add more. Then we can all create our own signature cocktails.

🍓 Fruit Season

Sep 1, 2022

Simple summer cocktail, use any fruit

🍹 Cocktails

This cocktail is a small cocktail constellation in itself. Use this following formula with any fruit that's in season.