Module 6 of 9

Rum blends and complex specifications

Select rum styles and audit complex tickets.

What you will be able to do

Specify the rum blend

Mai Tai teaches rum selection and an almond-orgeat check. Colour alone is not a production style; record exact products.

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The stated Martinique reference does not automatically mean any agricole rum. Compare rum components at fixed recipe quantities before redesigning the blend.

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Audit the complex ticket

Singapore Sling contains several small modifiers as well as a large juice measure. Set ingredients in recipe order, measure each once and keep an ingredient checklist.

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Do not use the photograph as a recipe. Check supplier labels for orgeat, liqueurs and other prepared products and include every component and expected loss in costing.

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Mai Tai

Rum daisy / tropical sour. Rum-led, lime-bright, orange-fruited and almond-sweet; not a pineapple punch.

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Recipe: 30 ml amber Jamaican rum · 30 ml molasses-based Martinique rum, not automatically agricole · 15 ml orange curaçao · 15 ml almond orgeat syrup · 30 ml fresh lime juice · 7.5 ml simple syrup, 1:1 by mass

Measured starting liquids (before ice dilution, not ABV): amber Jamaican rum 23.5294%, molasses-based Martinique rum, not automatically agricole 23.5294%, orange curaçao 11.7647%, almond orgeat syrup 11.7647%, fresh lime juice 23.5294%, simple syrup, 1:1 by mass 5.88235% of 127.5 ml.

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

Singapore Sling

Advanced comparison study. Pineapple and cherry with layered herbal modifiers.

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Recipe: 30 ml gin · 15 ml Cherry Sangue Morlacco · 7.5 ml Cointreau · 7.5 ml D.O.M. Bénédictine · 120 ml fresh pineapple juice · 15 ml fresh lime juice · 10 ml grenadine syrup · 1 dash Angostura aromatic bitters

Measured starting liquids (before ice dilution, not ABV): gin 14.6341%, Cherry Sangue Morlacco 7.31707%, Cointreau 3.65854%, D.O.M. Bénédictine 3.65854%, fresh pineapple juice 58.5366%, fresh lime juice 7.31707%, grenadine syrup 4.87805% of 205 ml.

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

Practise and check yourself

Exercise: Create an ingredient checklist and complete nominal ml-based costing for a complex specification.

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What is missing if only the largest spirit pour is costed? Modifiers, juices, syrup, garnish and expected losses, among other costs.

Does a Martinique rum label automatically identify agricole production? No. Confirm the exact rum and the selected recipe reference.

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Quick Shift Check

Only an unspecified Martinique rum is available for Mai Tai. What should you do?

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