How to Batch Cocktails
Stop making custom drinks and start serving enough for a crowd! Follow my Ultimate Guide To Batching Cocktails For Parties so you can start enjoying yourself and have fun with your guests.
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Makes: servings
Equipment
- kitchen funnel
- kitchen scale
- glass liquid measuring cup
Ingredients
- cocktail ingredients
- ice
- water
Instructions
Calculate the amount of dilution
- Make one serving of the cocktail you want to turn into a big batch (original recipe), without ice. No shaking, stirring or adding ice in any manner.
- Measure how many ounces the cocktail makes and make a note of it. This is the first weight.
- Now add ice to the 1 serving cocktail you just measured.
- Shake or stir with ice according to the original recipe.
- Strain the ice from the cocktail and remeasure in ounces and make a note of it. This is the second weight.
- Subtract the first weight of the cocktail from the second weight of the cocktail. The number that remains is the amount of water per serving you'll add to the big batch cocktail.
Make the big batch cocktail
- Decide how many servings of the original recipe you want to make.
- Calculate how much of each ingredient you'll need (including the water for dilution).
- Start by adding the liquor to a large container.
- Then the more flavorful ingreidnets (like bitters, citrus, etc.)
- Add the water for dilution.
- If using, add the bubbles right before serving.
- Taste the big batch cocktail and adjust the ingredients as needed.
- Store in the refrigerator before serving!
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Notes
- This is an example recipe on how to batch a negroni cocktail. Follow these steps to figure out the amount of water you'll need to dilute your big batch cocktail with.
