You may be experienced in making single-person cocktails, but that doesn’t mean you can whip up large batch cocktails without making mistakes. Unfortunately, it’s not as easy as scaling the recipe. Many times, you need to add extra water or ice in order to balance the large quantity of the cocktail, and it’s easy to make mistakes and end up with a watered-down drink.
Missing Ingredient
It’s crucial to prepare all the ingredients you’re going to need and put them right where you can see them. That way, you will avoid running to the store because you forgot something in the middle of your recipe.
Add Water or Ice
You want to add a little bit of water or some extra ice because a big batch is different from shaking a single cocktail. “When you’re making a cocktail individually, you’re shaking it, which gives it about a quarter ounce of water and really helps to balance the cocktail,” bar director Justin Campbell told Food and Wine.
Switch Up the Sweetener
Not that you can go wrong with regular sugar, but we think something extra like maple syrup can be the secret ingredient that no one will be able to guess.
