For the people making the work
Practice
with range.
Advanced ways of thinking for bartenders, beverage teams, menu builders, and independent creators.
PROFESSIONAL PATHWAYS
IN DEVELOPMENT
01 / Available nowCost & price a menu
The Batch & Costing Calculator scales any recipe to a batch and returns a true cost per serving plus a suggested price at your pour-cost target, in your own currency. The Cocktail Menu Builder then reads the whole list at once — price ladder, spirit-family balance, and a Star/Plowhorse/Puzzle/Dog classification using the published Kasavana & Smith method rather than a guess. Save a batch as a costing preset, keep a CSV log across batches, and send the finished cost straight into the Menu Builder, which can compare two saved menus side by side and export the whole list as CSV.
In The Lab02 / Available nowControl prep and waste
Batch prep is where margin quietly disappears. The Shelf Life & Storage Calculator gives an estimated window and a real use-by date for infusions, syrups, shrubs and cordials, using published food-safety thresholds — including the ~25% ABV point at which ethanol reliably inhibits microbial growth, so a high-proof infusion is not treated like a fresh cordial. Compare storage methods side by side, keep a CSV batch log, and send a result straight to the Acid Adjustment Calculator when acidity is the fix.
In The Lab03 / Available nowStandardise a spec
A spec that lives in one bartender's head is not a spec. The Infusion, Dilution & ABV and Acid Adjustment calculators turn "about a handful, until it tastes right" into a ratio anyone on the team can reproduce at any batch size. Each keeps a CSV batch log with a printable batch ID, and a build can move straight from one calculator to the next — Acid Adjustment through to Costing, for instance — without re-entering the numbers.
In The Lab04 / In developmentTeam workshops
Live sessions built around a real bar, brief, or menu question — sensory vocabulary, development process, and how to guide a team through a flavour decision without defaulting to the loudest opinion in the room. Not yet scheduled; register interest and we will write when dates exist.
By inquiry05 / In developmentCredentials
A practice-based pathway for professionals who want to go deeper than a weekend certificate. Deliberately unhurried — we would rather publish something defensible late than something thin on time.
In development06 / Always openAsk a question
If you are working on something specific — a menu that will not cost out, a batch that keeps separating, a non-alcoholic list that reads as an afterthought — write and describe it. Replies come from the bench, not from a support queue.
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