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Maloney introduces a three-part practitioner model for sours, stirred drinks, and related cocktail families.
In my experience, the vast majority of cocktails are made from templates that have an inherent balance between three ingredients, or categories of ingredients, which are then tempered and massaged by dilution to create a drink.
PDF sheet 58
PDF sheet 58
Balance — The Triptych
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In my experience, the vast majority of cocktails are made from templates that have an inherent balance between three ingredients, or categories of ingredients, which are then tempered and massaged by dilution to create a drink.
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Maloney introduces a three-part practitioner model for sours, stirred drinks, and related cocktail families.
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Supports retrieval by form rather than recipe title. The model is explicitly attributed to Maloney and should not be presented as the only possible taxonomy.
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