Templates define the stages and analysis for a class of drink.
A three-stage carbonated soft drink: a concentrated flavor essence, a sweet syrup, and the final diluted, carbonated beverage.
A mixed drink: build the spirits, modifiers, juices, and bitters, then choose how it's served — the melting ice dilutes it and lowers the ABV.
Infuse a spirit base with botanicals or fruit, then sweeten and dilute to a finished liqueur — itself a reusable alcoholic base. ABV is derived from the ethanol across both stages.
Make a drink that ferments its own alcohol: build the fermentable wort/must, then ferment — yeast attenuation turns sugar into alcohol, with potential ABV, residual sugar, and an optional hydrometer (OG/FG) cross-check.