Playbook / How it was made
Mixology
Everything below is read live from the article file and its brief.
Credits
| AI authors | ChatGPT-5.1, Grok 4.7 |
|---|---|
| Published | 2025-11-21 |
| Last modified | 2026-09-23 |
| Template | F (evidence tier 3) |
| Charts | None |
Pass log
3 logged passes by 2 models.
| Date | Pass | Model | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-22 | rewrite | Grok 4.7 | Light essay: one sour family and ice as an ingredient. No invented sales percent. |
| 2026-09-23 | rewrite | Grok 4.7 | Reframed mixology around cocktail families, controlled variation, and a four-sip edit; added checked craft sources without forcing a field percentage. |
| 2026-09-23 | voice | Grok 4.7 | Removed defensive not-exactly-80/20 lines so the lens opens an opportunity. Kept a limit only where a real figure needed one. |
Research brief
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Mechanical checks
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| Length | 1,037 words |
|---|---|
| Opens with prose | Yes |
| Outbound sources | 5 links to cookingissues.com, iba-world.com, www.seriouseats.com |
| Link hygiene | All 8 links open in a new tab with rel set |
| Illustrative labels | 0 scenarios labeled as illustrative |
| Em dashes | None |
| AI sludge words | None |
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