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    The document provides an overview of the origins and templates of classic cocktails. It discusses the 7 ancestral cocktail types such as the Punch, Milk Punch, and Sling. It then explains the templates of popular cocktails like the Sour, Cobbler, and Highball. The document advocates for reinterpreting classic cocktails and provides examples of modern twists on the Sour template.

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    The document provides an overview of the origins and templates of classic cocktails. It discusses the 7 ancestral cocktail types such as the Punch, Milk Punch, and Sling. It then explains the templates of popular cocktails like the Sour, Cobbler, and Highball. The document advocates for reinterpreting classic cocktails and provides examples of modern twists on the Sour template.

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    FIRST, SOME HOUSEKEEPING
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    LETS PUT ZOOM IN SIDE BY SIDE MODE

    1 3
    THE SECRET THE BLUEPRINT
    TO COCKTAIL MAGIC
    2:1:1
    THE SOUR

    2 parts 1 part 1 part


    BASE SOUR SWEET
    (gin) (lemon) (50% sugar + 50% h2o)
    (tequila) (lime) (50% agave + 50% h2o)
    DAIQUIRI (rum) (50% honey + 50% h2o)
    (mezcal)
    (whisky)

    DAIQUIRI rum lime simple syrup

    GIMLET gin lime simple syrup

    MARGARITA tequila lime simple syrup & cointreau


    In the beginning… 1) The Punch (circa 1632) | Contains spirit, citrus, sweetening agent, water (or tea) and spices
    The origins of the punch are believed to have been discovered in Eastern India by sailors of the British East India Company.
    Examples: Sangria, Russian Spring Punch, Mai Tai, Zombie
    THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN
    2) The Milk Punch (circa 1700) | Contains spirit, sweetening agent, spice and dairy
    The history of the milk punch is thought to date back to England in the 1700s, although its origins are elusive.
    Examples: Brandy Alexander, Eggnog
    7 GENETIC COCKTAIL ANCESTORS 3) The Sling (circa 1759) | Contains spirit, sweetening agent, water
    The term is an Americanism, deriving from an old Germanic phrase, “Schlingen”, meaning to swallow quickly.
    Examples: Gin Sling, Julep

    FAMILIAR TERRITORY

    4) The Cocktail or Bittered Sling (circa 1806) | Contains spirit, sweetening agent, water and bitters
    Defined in print in The Balance and Columbian Repository in 1806: “A Cocktail is stimulating liquor composed of spirits of any kind, sugar, water and bitters, it is vulgarly called a bittered sling.”
    A mix of liquor, sugar (or a sweetening agent), water and bitters
    STIRRED Examples: The Manhattan, Sazerac, Old-Fashioned

    SHAKEN 5) The Sour (circa 1850) | Contains spirit, sweetening agent and citrus
    Sours were originally made with the popular liquors of that time (brandy and rye whiskey) but can be made with any choice of liquor.
    2:1:1 A short, sharp, punch type drink consisting of 2 parts spirit : 1 part sour (lemon or lime juice) : 1 part of sweet (syrup, liqueur, sugar)
    Examples: Daiquiri, Margarita, Sidecar, Kamikaze

    6) The Cobbler (circa 1838) | Contains wine (or spirit) and sweetening agent. Served on ice with fruit
    Cobblers are shaken drinks served with straws in a goblet or Collins glass filled with crushed ice and decorated with fruit and a sprig or two of mint (preferably dusted with icing sugar).
    Examples: Sherry Cobbler, Whiskey Cobbler

    7) The Highball (circa 1870) | Contains spirit and a mixer (soda or fruit juice)
    COOL, BUT DATED Highballs are typically a long drink made with a shot of a base spirit, topped with soda or juice.
    This mixed drink category includes the Collins and Fizz families , such as the classic Tom Collins or the Gin Fizz.
    Examples: Gin & Tonic, Collins’, Buck, Dark ‘n’ Stormy
    REINTERPRETATION OF THE SAME OLD STORY
    spirit
    THE SOUR THE BLACKBERRY BRAMBLE sweetener
    citrus

    2 OZ BARCARDI SUPERIOR 2
    1 OZ LEMON JUICE 1
    ½ OZ SIMPLE SYRUP 1
    ½ OZ BLACKBERRY SYRUP

    + 1 EGGWHITE
    SHAKEN VS STIRRED… WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE?
    ⅠⅡ
    SHAKEN

    ⅢⅣ
    ⅠⅡ
    STIRRED

    ⅢⅣ
    THE SOUR

    spirit
    THE TREETOP MULE sweetener
    citrus

    2 OZ KETEL ONE VODKA


    2
    1 OZ LIME JUICE
    1
    0.5 OZ PINE SYRUP 1
    TOP OFF W/ GINGER BEER
    THE SOUR

    spirit
    THE TREETOP MULE sweetener
    citrus

    2 OZ KETEL ONE VODKA


    2
    1 OZ LIME JUICE
    1
    0.5 OZ PINE SYRUP 1
    TOP OFF W/ GINGER BEER

    + 1 SECRET INGREDIENT
    A CONTEMPORARY
    APPROACH
    spirit
    1 spirit
    2 spirit
    3
    sweetener sweetener mixer
    bitters citrus

    6 Classic Templates

    1. The Old Fashioned

    2. The Daiquiri

    3. The Whiskey
    Highball

    4. The Martini

    5. The Sidecar
    spirit
    spirit spirit
    sweetener
    sweetener sweetener
    citrus
    bitters citrus
    6. The Flip spice

    FAR MORE FUNCTIONAL


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