what is 1 part when mixing alcoholic drinks?

Answer 1

1 part is 1 part. If you are making something that requires 1 part alcohol and 5 parts water, then the ratio of alcohol to mix is 1:5. If you need a little of this, then make it 1 shot of alcohol and 5 shots of water/mix. If you are making a jug/gallon of something, then make use 1 cup of alcohol for each 5 cups of water/mix.

During the summer I make hard lemonade. 16 scoops of the countrytime lemonade mix and 16 cups of "fluid". I make 4 cups of the fluid be Vodka, and the other 12 cups is water. If I wasn't making so much, I could use a smaller "part".

Hope this helps.

Answer 2

A "Part" can be any amount. So, for example, if a drink calls for 1 part orange juice and 6 parts champagne, that means you would want to have 6 times as much champagne as orange juice.

In mixing drinks, there are some standard measures, usually a shot (1 oz.), and larger or smaller increments of shots - .5 oz, 1.5 oz. 6oz., whatever.

You can assume, then, that when making a normal drink, like a jack and coke, and the recipe calls for 1 part Jack, and 4 parts coke, then you could use 1 oz. of Jack and 4 oz. of coke. Or you could use 1.5 oz. of Jack and 6 oz. of coke, or 2 oz. of jack and 8 oz. of coke.

For standard measures and terms, you can look at this site: http://www.drinksmixer.com/guide/1-4-1.php

Hope this helps,
your friendly neighborhood librarian

Answer 3

Usually they are talking about shot glasses so that if it asks for 1 part alcohol to 3 parts ginger ale then you would put in one shot glass of alcohol and three shot glasses of ginger ale. Viola. Stay sober.

Answer 4

Usually 1 shot matched by 1 shot.

Answer 5

any amount but all parts must be the same amount each