CONSERVATION CRITERIA
Cocktails are evaluated according to 5 overly elaborate criteria measured on an ordinal scale (1 for the least, 5 for the most):
1) Sustainability I: Drinkability – How easy does this baby go down?
Based on the average rate at which one serving of the cocktail is consumed. For example, ice cream would be given a 5. Drinks for which the burning sensation masks any flavor are given a 1. If the drink burns but has some flavor a 2-2.5 is given. If the drink just tastes bad but doesn’t necessarily burn perhaps a 3-3.5 can be given.
Based on the average rate at which one serving of the cocktail is consumed. For example, ice cream would be given a 5. Drinks for which the burning sensation masks any flavor are given a 1. If the drink burns but has some flavor a 2-2.5 is given. If the drink just tastes bad but doesn’t necessarily burn perhaps a 3-3.5 can be given.
2) Sustainability II: Drunkability – How drunk ARE you?
Based on the average rate at which ONE serving of the cocktail impairs the drinker’s judgment. In this case water would be given a 1 and Night Train a 5. As we learned with the Bombay Punch, the rating for this drink must take into account how many you’ve consumed. Often wafting the booze smell before drinking will assist in rating this category.
Based on the average rate at which ONE serving of the cocktail impairs the drinker’s judgment. In this case water would be given a 1 and Night Train a 5. As we learned with the Bombay Punch, the rating for this drink must take into account how many you’ve consumed. Often wafting the booze smell before drinking will assist in rating this category.
3) Taxic Diversity – Does this have an aftertaste?
Based on the complexity of the flavor in said cocktail, again water would be given a 1. A rating of 2 should be given if not very complex but the drink has more than one pair of ingredients; save 1 for rail drinks or very weak drinks.
Based on the complexity of the flavor in said cocktail, again water would be given a 1. A rating of 2 should be given if not very complex but the drink has more than one pair of ingredients; save 1 for rail drinks or very weak drinks.
4) Priority for Conservation – The likelihood that said cocktail will be made again
Gin and Tonics are a 5 and Courvoisier Orange Jello Shots a 1. If the ingredients aren’t something you’d own otherwise but the drink is worth noting, give it a 3-3.5.
Gin and Tonics are a 5 and Courvoisier Orange Jello Shots a 1. If the ingredients aren’t something you’d own otherwise but the drink is worth noting, give it a 3-3.5.
5) Accessibility – an estimation of the Extent of Occurrence measured by the difficulty in acquiring the ingredients of said cocktail.
Cocktails easily created in most homes (Gin and Tonic) are given a 5; drinks that involve a short trip to a liquor store are given ~3 (depending if ingredients are something you want to buy like Apricot Brandy), and drinks that involve a search or ordering online have a 1.
Cocktails easily created in most homes (Gin and Tonic) are given a 5; drinks that involve a short trip to a liquor store are given ~3 (depending if ingredients are something you want to buy like Apricot Brandy), and drinks that involve a search or ordering online have a 1.
Drinks that are Data Deficient (cannot be correctly formulated) will not be evaluated.
Additional Criteria:
Flagship Species – a drink that could make people excited about cocktail conservation
Umbrella Species – a drink that involves unique ingredients, so that by conserving this drink you potentially conserve many other drinks
Keystone Species – if you lose this species (drink) many others may be lost
Umbrella Species – a drink that involves unique ingredients, so that by conserving this drink you potentially conserve many other drinks
Keystone Species – if you lose this species (drink) many others may be lost
