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How to get around: browse the graded catalog, read a spec the way the scoring engine does, and dial in your own batches with the technique calculators.
Start with the catalog
The recipe catalog is the heart of the site: a reference library of cocktail specs graded against real bar conditions. Filter by Service-Resilience band, base spirit, technique, or ice requirement; sort by resilience, ABV, or name. Scores are computed estimates refined weekly — how we score explains what the numbers mean and where they stop.
Reading a recipe page
Every spec opens with its stored base-mix vitals — base ABV, base sugar, and volume — plus a computed balance tier: Gold, Silver, or Bronze, set by its perceptual-balance score. Alongside it sits Service Resilience — how well the build holds up through modeled service variation — read as a percentile within its technique cohort. Specs that haven't been graded yet say so plainly instead of wearing a tier they haven't earned, and recipes with unmeasured ingredients carry an integrity note rather than a silent guess. When a spec has close cousins, they're linked at the bottom to keep the rabbit hole going.
Discover by spirit or family
The spirit library catalogs the ingredients behind the specs with their authored chemistry — ABV, sugar, and acidity as used by the engine. The cocktail families map the production taxonomy: every family page pulls live graded examples straight from the catalog.
Dial in a batch
The calculatoris where you do the work yourself: five focused workbenches — Frozen, Stirred, Shaken, Built, and Draft — each tuned to its technique's physics.
- 1Pick a technique from the calculator hub.
- 2Add ingredients and watch ABV, Brix, and acidity track live alongside the technique gauge.
- 3Tune into the green zones and check the Balance Score — the calculator’s own 0–100 composite, separate from the catalog’s resilience grading.
- 4Save the spec to your local library.
- 5Submit it for review if you want it considered for the moderated collection.
Your recipe library
Saving is local-first — your specs live in your browser until you decide otherwise. Submit sends a copy to the moderation queue. Import and export use JSON with validation and a preview step, and saved target windows (ABV, dilution, Brix, acidity) travel with each spec as reusable calibration metadata.
Mobile input notes
iOS (Safari): after editing numeric fields, tap Done to commit values cleanly before switching panels. Android (Chrome): use the decimal keypad, then tap outside the field to confirm updates before moving on.