How fitting is it that this app review gets published on Sunday? On Sunday in Alabama, you can’t buy alcohol so it’s kind of funny that this one was day 7.
Have you ever been sitting around with friends arguing about what is actually in a drink? One says Vodka, another says Gin. Now you can pull out your iPhone and prove them wrong (or right).
I am taking a look at the free version of this app, Mixology. They paid app is called Mixologist. For $0.99, you can upgrade to Mixologist and make your own drinks and remove the ads. That’s about it. I think the free version is quite sufficient.
Mixology is the ultimate drink recipe and bartending guide.
- Browse and search through 7,900+ drink recipes and 1,300+ ingredients.
- Drink categories include Cocktails, Martinis, Shooters, Jello Shots, Hot Drinks, Punches, Non-Alcoholic, and Favorites.
- The “Liquor Cabinet” tab lets you enter all the liquor and mixer types you have on hand–and search the entire database for all the cocktails you’re able to make.
- The “Random” tab has a slot-machine interface, which lets you find random recipes based on liquor, mixer, and glassware criteria.
- The Cabinet and Random features are user-friendly because we’ve broken down 1,300+ ingredients into 87 categories.
- Learn bartending terminology and techniques
- Choose between Metric and Imperial (US) units for all recipes with the click of one button.
- Find the closest liquor stores using GPS and Google Maps.
- Share recipes via email, Twitter, and Facebook.
As you can see above, you can look for drinks in all sorts of ways.
You can use the liquor cabinet. With that, you can add your cabinet and have the program suggest drinks based on what you have. In the random mode (right), you can shake the iPhone and it will spin the wheels to suggest a random drink.
If you know nothing about bartending, you can take a crash course with the great info they have included. They have all sorts of info necessary for a bartender. Glasses, terms, etc.
Even more info…
You can share the recipes on Twitter, Facebook, and even email them.
Wrap Up
You don’t have to be a bartender to appreciate all the info included in this app, but if you are a bartender, I would say this is a must have application. The interface is easy to use, the guides are bang up, and you have access to almost 8,000 drinks. I definitely suggest this app.
Pros:
- Easy to use
- Tons of Dri
nks included - Free
Cons:
- The ads, but that is ok for the price you pay… free.
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This review is part of our 50 app reviews in 50 days series. To check out the others, click here.
