5800+ Drink & Cocktail Recipes

Who needs a bartending book when you’ve got this handy iPhone app? Not only does it have more recipes than you’re likely to find in the typical tome on mixology, it’s also easier to carry around with you or bring to a friend’s party. With thousands of drinks in the database, you’ll be thankful that you can sort drinks by categories, such as beer, cocktails or shots. Otherwise, you just get the entire list in alphabetical order. You can find anything from the typical fuzzy navel recipe to how to make your own Kahlua knockoff using vanilla extract, chocolate syrup and a few other choice ingredients.

Touch a drink’s name to get the recipe. All recipes have checkboxes by each ingredient so that you can mark them off as you add them to the mix. However, some have lists that are too long for the app’s template so you have to guess at the last few. Below the list there are detailed instructions on how to mix them together properly.

Don’t want to navigate through the recipes or just have no clue what you want to drink, you can touch the random drink button at the bottom of the screen. How else would you introduce yourself to, for instance, the velvet tongue? Not too keen on trying that one? Touch the top left to get a new randomized choice. You can also touch the yellow star to save a recipe to your favorites list.

Overall, I liked this app. It makes for a great cheat sheet for anyone working behind the bar. The only thing I think was missing was the opportunity to search by ingredient. This would help those people who have a favorite mixed drink but just can’t remember the name of it.

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