Cocktails: Home Bartender — Find every drink you can make from the bottles you own

The useful feature is matching recipes to what's really on your shelf, not just listing drinks in general. Cocktails: Home Bartender does this by having you check off the spirits, liqueurs and mixers you own, then showing every recipe from a library of more than 120 that you can make right now, plus the ones missing just one ingredient. It also suggests the next bottle worth buying. Free on iOS and Android, for adults of legal drinking age.

You check off each spirit, liqueur, mixer and garnish you actually own from a list of around 90 ingredients, organized by category with search. The app then cross-references your checked list against its full recipe library and shows a 'Can Make' list of everything buildable right now, plus a separate list of recipes missing exactly one item.

It looks at your current bar and the full recipe library, and suggests the single next bottle that would unlock the most new recipes — rather than leaving you to guess which bottle is worth buying. It is meant to make a purchase count, since not every bottle at the same price unlocks the same number of drinks.

Yes. The recipe library includes alcohol-free mocktail recipes alongside the cocktails, and you can switch on Mocktails Only to browse just those. Mocktails generally follow the same structural families as their alcoholic counterparts, such as sours and highballs, built without the spirit.

You describe what you're craving in plain language — for example, 'something sour, gin-based, with what I have' — and the AI Bartender suggests matches drawn from your real bar inventory and taste profile, showing exactly what each suggestion uses from your shelf and what, if anything, is missing. A limited number of requests are included free each month; Pro members get unlimited requests.

Yes. My Bar, What Can Make, the full recipe library, drink families, technique tips, favorites, Host Mode and a limited number of AI Bartender requests per month are free, and the free version shows ads. Pro is an optional monthly or annual subscription that adds unlimited AI Bartender requests, batch scaling for a crowd, saving every party menu, and no ads.

You say how many guests are coming, including those not drinking alcohol, and Host Mode builds a three-drink cocktail menu that your current bar can actually serve, along with a shopping list for anything missing and a suggested prep order. It is meant for planning ahead of a party rather than deciding drink by drink on the night.

No. Every recipe lists the glass, the method — shaken, stirred, built or blended — the exact measures and step-by-step instructions, which is enough for someone making a drink for the first time. The app also explains drink families like sours and highballs and flags common technique mistakes, for anyone who wants to understand the structure rather than just follow one recipe.

No. Cocktails: Home Bartender is a recipe and mixology reference only. It does not sell, ship or deliver alcohol in any form, and it is intended for adults of legal drinking age in their own country or region. Buying any ingredient it suggests happens entirely outside the app.

The bar tracker, the recipe library, What Can Make, Explore and favorites all work fully offline once loaded, which matters at a bar cart or in a kitchen with patchy Wi-Fi. The AI Bartender is the one feature that needs an internet connection, since it sends your request to generate a suggestion.