Secret #10 of the 44 Secrets of Mixology. You don’t have to memorize a bunch of old “classic” recipes. That’s what bartenders are for. You don’t even have to memorize your own recipes. A truly great mixologist is always tinkering, always evolving his cocktails. For example, if during a tasting you forget to put gin in your Gin Blossom Fantasia Flip, you did not “screw the pooch” or “really drop the ball” as other mixologists might murmur. You merely evolved the recipe.
