Module 3 of 9

Controlled balance and prepared components

Specify citrus and syrup. Record one-variable adjustments.

What you will be able to do

Specify citrus and syrup.

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Record one-variable adjustments.

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Understand the baseline

Sidecar modifies a brandy sour with orange liqueur. Hemingway Special combines grapefruit, lime and maraschino without simple syrup; absence of syrup does not make it sugar-free.

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Penicillin uses a prepared honey–ginger component and a separate smoky float. Measure before judging.

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Document prepared ingredients

Record honey or syrup concentration, preparation method, selected products and venue handling process. Do not invent a universal storage life.

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Keep the base spirit, juice and preparation controlled when comparing a prepared component. Any revised ratio becomes a labelled house specification requiring its own trial.

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Penicillin

Smoky Scotch sour. Honeyed lemon and ginger beneath a smoky whisky aroma.

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Recipe: 60 ml blended Scotch whisky · 7.5 ml Lagavulin 16-year Islay single malt, floated · 22.5 ml fresh lemon juice · 22.5 ml honey syrup, 2:1 honey to water by mass, house choice · 3 slices fresh ginger, approximately 2 mm thick and 2.5 cm across

Measured starting liquids (before ice dilution, not ABV): blended Scotch whisky 53.3333%, Lagavulin 16-year Islay single malt, floated 6.66667%, fresh lemon juice 20%, honey syrup, 2:1 honey to water by mass, house choice 20% of 112.5 ml.

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AI-generated illustration of a Penicillin. Follow the written recipe, not the picture.

Sidecar

Advanced comparison study. Cognac-led with orange sweetness and lemon acidity.

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Recipe: 50 ml cognac · 20 ml triple sec · 20 ml fresh lemon juice

Measured starting liquids (before ice dilution, not ABV): cognac 55.5556%, triple sec 22.2222%, fresh lemon juice 22.2222% of 90 ml.

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AI-generated illustration of a Sidecar. Follow the written recipe, not the picture.

Hemingway Special

Advanced comparison study. Rum, grapefruit, lime and maraschino.

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Recipe: 60 ml rum, house white rum choice · 40 ml grapefruit juice · 15 ml Luxardo maraschino liqueur · 15 ml fresh lime juice

Measured starting liquids (before ice dilution, not ABV): rum, house white rum choice 46.1538%, grapefruit juice 30.7692%, Luxardo maraschino liqueur 11.5385%, fresh lime juice 11.5385% of 130 ml.

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AI-generated illustration of a Hemingway Special. Follow the written recipe, not the picture.

Practise and check yourself

Exercise: Create a prepared-component sheet and one controlled comparison with an observation form.

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Does no simple syrup mean no sugar? No. Juice and liqueurs or other sweetening ingredients can contribute sugar.

What is controlled when comparing syrup concentration? Other products, quantities, preparation, ice and glassware, with the concentration change recorded.

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Quick Shift Check

A Penicillin is much smokier than the reference. What should be checked before sweetening it?

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