When making an Alcoholic drink, what do they mean when the recipe calls for 1 part of an ingredient?

Answer 1

as with cooking it is a unit of measure like 1 part rice & 2 parts water could be any size cup u use as long as u use the same cup for each ingredient. 1 part whiskey 2 parts sour mix &5 parts soda as long as you use the same unit of measurement for each ingredient.

Answer 2

It's a ratio thing. As previously mentioned, it all depends on the scale you're working on.
1 part booze and 1 part mixer can mean one ounce of each, or one gallon of each...either way, it's equal parts.
1 part booze, 3 parts mixer...ounces or gallons, it's still a 1:3 ratio.

It's your choice of how big each part is...the recipe just lays out the proportions.

Answer 3

Easiest way to go about it is just to think of it as fractions. Say your makeing a drink with 5 parts. 2 parts of this 2 parts of that and 1 part of something else. So say that your makeing a 10oz drink your saying 4oz of this, 4oz of that, and 2oz of something else. 2/5+2/5+1/5= 5/5 or 1.

Answer 4

1 part X and 1 part Y means an equal portion of each

Answer 5

it means the parts have to be relative to one another...

so for a small drink, lets say rum and coke, and it says 2 parts rum and 3 parts coke, you would do maybe 2 SHOTS rum, 3 SHOTS coke.

if you want to make a ptcher of it, you would do 2 CUPS rum, 3 CUPS coke.

Answer 6

If it is asking for one part, maybe it means one shot of whatever alcoholic ingredient it calls for. Which means, you should really put two parts, it will taste better.

Answer 7

it is a ratio, it could be oz, cups, gallons or some other measure, it doesn't matter what units you use.

Answer 8

it equals how much of the glass you are using.