It’s always been a bit of a puzzle to figure out the accuracy of cocktail ABV calculators in real-life use. While these calculators promise to provide precise measurements of alcohol strength in a drink, there are so many variables in mixing cocktails that could throw off the numbers. I recently tried mixing a few cocktails myself and wondered how close any estimate might be to what you actually drink. Does anyone know if these calculators account fully for dilution from ice or mixers? Also, how reliable are the alcohol percentages they provide once you scale recipes for a group? I’d like to hear from people who have tried using such calculators during home mixing or parties and how accurate those results seemed compared to experience.