Directly supports choosing dilution and service temperature according to initial strength and drink form, while preventing the false simplification that stronger drinks always receive either more or less water in absolute terms.
Arnold explains that high-alcohol built and stirred styles are conventionally less diluted and therefore warmer, while also noting that higher initial alcohol can melt more ice per unit volume than lower-alcohol mixtures.
Making a high ethanol drink means having less dilution.
PDF sheet 153
PDF sheet 153
Cocktail Calculus — alcohol
Fresh audit 2026-10-01 after completed 540-page textual and visual reading. PDF 153: distinguish intended high final ethanol/low dilution from the next paragraph's higher initial ethanol producing more meltwater per unit volume. Neither establishes a universal dilution ratio.
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Making a high ethanol drink means having less dilution.
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Source section: Cocktail Calculus — alcohol
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Arnold explains that high-alcohol built and stirred styles are conventionally less diluted and therefore warmer, while also noting that higher initial alcohol can melt more ice per unit volume than lower-alcohol mixtures.
Annotation
Directly supports choosing dilution and service temperature according to initial strength and drink form, while preventing the false simplification that stronger drinks always receive either more or less water in absolute terms.
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