This is Bartender vs AI: Episode 2. I challenge Claude AI to a cocktail duel using 5 random ingredients drawn from the lottery machine, including absinthe, grenadine, calvados, Irish whiskey, and tonic water. Each of us creates a unique cocktail from the same set and our impartial judges rate them. Does the human intuition beat machine logic or does the robot reign supreme?
My Cocktail
- ¾ oz. / 22 ml Calvados
- ¾ oz. / 22 ml Irish whiskey (Calvados cask finish)
- ½ oz. / 15 ml Hibiscus-infused Absinthe (or use half of it)
- ½ oz. / 15 ml Grenadine
- Top up with 2 oz. / 60 ml Tonic water
- Build, highball glass with ice
The Emerald Orchard (Claude AI)
- 1 oz. / 30 ml Calvados
- ¾ oz. / 22 ml Irish whiskey
- ¼ oz. / 7.5 ml Absinthe (hibiscus-infused preferred)
- ½ oz. / 15 ml Grenadine syrup
- 2 oz. / 60 ml Tonic water
- Garnish with Apple slice and express oils from a Lemon peel
- Shake, highball glass with ice
