Calculate Cocktail Alcohol Content

Visualize the alcohol content of mixed drinks

Use EntityInstance to calculate the grams of alcohol in specific volumes of drinks, such as 5 ounces of Chardonnay wine:

In[1]:=

chardonnay=Interpreter["Food"]["Chardonnay wine"]

Out[1]=

In[2]:=

EntityInstance[chardonnay,

fl oz

]["AbsoluteAlcoholContent"]

Out[2]=

16.

Create a function to get the total alcohol content of a group of alcohols (assuming the density of most alcohols is about 1 g/mL, the density of water):

In[3]:=

totalAlcoholContent[ingredients_Association]:=WithalcoholContents=KeyValueMap#1["RelativeAlcoholContent"]*

g/mL

*UnitConvert[#2,"Milliliters"]&,ingredients,Plus@@DeleteMissing[alcoholContents]

You can apply this new function to a whiskey sour and a gin martini to compare their total alcohol content.

First, use RecipeSuggest from the Wolfram Prompt Repository to get a basic recipe for each drink:

In[4]:=

LLMResourceFunction["RecipeSuggest"]["whiskey sour",{},{},"List ingredients and amounts only"]

Out[4]=

- 2 ounces whiskey- 1 ounce fresh lemon juice- 1/2 ounce simple syrup- Ice cubes- Lemon slice, for garnish (optional)- Maraschino cherry, for garnish (optional)

In[5]:=

LLMResourceFunction["RecipeSuggest"]["gin martini",{},{},"List ingredients and amounts only"]

Out[5]=

- 2 1/2 ounces gin- 1/2 ounce dry vermouth- Ice cubes- Lemon twist or olive, for garnish (optional)

Apply the totalAlcoholContent function you created to get the alcohol content of each drink:

In[6]:=

whiskeySour=

food

food type group

whiskeys

FOOD TYPE GROUP

added food types

exactly

none



fl oz

;ginMartini=

food

food type

exactly

gin

FOOD TYPE

added food types

exactly

none



2.5

fl oz

food

food type

exactly

vermouth

FOOD TYPE

added food types

exactly

none

moisture level

dry	MOISTURE LEVEL



0.5

fl oz

;

In[7]:=

whiskeySourTotal=totalAlcoholContent[whiskeySour]

Out[7]=

25.

In[8]:=

ginMartiniTotal=totalAlcoholContent[ginMartini]

Out[8]=

33.8469

The gin martini has 35% more alcohol content than the whiskey sour.

Get creative with Wolfram Language visualization tools to illustrate your results:

In[9]:=

totals={whiskeySourTotal,ginMartiniTotal}

Out[9]=



25.

33.8469



Create a background for your images to improve readability for use in a bar chart:

In[10]:=

alcoholImages=

Function[

]

/@

;

Use images of the drinks as ChartElements to create a fun bar chart:

In[11]:=

BarChart[totals,ChartLabels{"Whiskey Sour","Gin Martini"},ChartElements{alcoholImages},PlotLabel"Alcohol Content"]

Out[11]=

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Contributed by: Isabel Skidmore, Tommy Peters and Gay Wilson

Calculate Cocktail Alcohol Content

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