Cocktail Creating (BLAW Project)

Cocktail crafting has been around since forever. Whether it's for work or for pleasure, creating cocktails are fun and impressive skill! Here's I will show you the basic steps to creating many wonderful and delightful drinks.

There are many spirits that can be used in creating cocktails. Including but not limited to, Vodka, Gin, Tequila, Whiskey, Bourbon, and the list goes on.

Choosing the right mixer to compliment the alcohol is important. It's best to try a variety of combinations or use a classic mix to create the right drink.

Bar tools such as your cocktail shaker and other things help create the perfect drinks. In order to combine ingredients together, the best method is shaking in a cocktail shaker.

Drinks that include fruit juices, dairy products, syrups, and other thicker ingredients should be shaken.

Avoid shaking anything carbonated such as soda.

Useful tools if you want to make clean cocktails with exact measurements. As you advance in making drinks you can eyeball the liquid pours, but you run the risk of making a drink too weak or too strong by not measuring.

Make sure to get all the juices out of the fruit and break it up sufficiently. This helps release flavors and scents from herbs such as basil or mint that elevate a drink's aroma and taste.

Add Ice to the cocktail shaker once you're ready to shake so that you don't dilute the drink unnecessarily.

This step should take 10 to 20 seconds, vigorous shaking will combine all ingredients in the drink together, helping to create an even and smooth drink. Without this, the drink may have an overpowering portion of one of the ingredients.

Using a strainer built into the shaker or a separate one, strain the drink into an appropriate glass. Certain drinks use ice cubes in the actual drink and other do not require them after being chilled in the shaker. There are many different types of cocktail glasses, find out which is best for your drink of choice.

Add bitters or any garnish such as fruit or seasoning to complete your drink. Many drinks come with a garnish, know which best compliments the cocktail you've created.