Bartenders Debate the Fine Art of Balancing a Cocktail

Balance.

Talk to any mixologist, and it won’t be long before that word finds its way into the conversation.

It’s not just the goal of their daily, painstaking efforts to create thrills in a glass, but something like a condition they all aspire to, a sort of nirvana state of cocktail concoction—a beautiful and balanced drink.

But what does it...