Part of the Production Science school. Class 6 of 6.
The capability: you can build a non-alcoholic drink that a person who drinks would order twice.
Prerequisites: Modules 12, 46.
The practice
Taste one of your zero-proof drinks against a cocktail. Notice the body and the length.
Then add bitterness to one build — strong tea, coffee, or a non-alcoholic aperitif — and taste the difference.
Then add three drops of saline. The cheapest improvement in the module.
Then brew strong tea and use it as a base and learn what tannin does.
And rebuild all four house zero-proof drinks with a bitter or tannic backbone, an acid that is not only citrus, a saline correction, and a real aromatic top.
The reference
A cocktail, tasted alongside — because the standard is a drink built for an adult, not a soft drink.
What you are building
The replacement of four things that disappear together: viscosity, aroma carriage, warmth, and length.
And the service posture that goes with it: take the order without comment. The reason someone is not drinking is not the bar's business, and designated drivers are a structural feature of a rural music venue rather than a niche.
Verification and boundary
The rebuilt drinks, tasted against the originals, and the sales change over a month.
Boundary: nothing here is medical or dietary advice, and a guest's reason for not drinking is not a subject for inquiry.