Dilution is the one variable every drink shares and the one almost nobody measures. Six modules on ice, temperature and texture, taught with a thermometer on the bar.
Water as an ingredient, measured rather than guessed.
Why the same recipe drinks differently at two bars.
Building a repeatable stir with a thermometer, then without.
Grip, arc and the point where aeration stops helping.
Five faults, five fixes, tasted side by side.
Turning what you found into a spec the whole team can hit.
Hit the same dilution twice in a row, with or without a thermometer.
Diagnose a thin or over-diluted drink from one sip and fix it.
Choose ice deliberately for stirred, shaken and long drinks.
Write a spec your whole team can reproduce on a busy night.
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