The best iPad apps for cocktail lovers

It's always fun to order those tasty and exciting cocktails out at the bar or restaurant but there's a good chance you don't know how to recreate them yourself. The 8,500+ Drink & Cocktail Recipes Free app is a great place to go when you're looking to find recipes. Instead of spending a fortune to order one of these drinks you can make them at home for a fraction of the cost. There is a search tool to help you find what you want, the list of drinks is indexed, you can save drinks as favorites, and there are categories to browse through or you can leave it to chance and just get a random recipe.

• Explore a massive collection of drink recipes
• The recipes can be searched by category or you can do a keyword search
• Mark drinks as favorites
• Allow the app to pick a random drink for you

 

Just because you don't have all the ingredients on-hand doesn't mean you can't mix up some killer cocktails. The Interactive Cocktail Entertainment app is an original game that features three different game modes. You will be working to mix drinks like a true professional and you'll quickly find that some are easier than others. The practice mode is a great place to start in this game so you can start to get used to it. Next you can work your way up to amateur mode where any assistance is now gone. Lastly when you're ready for it is authentic barman mode. Here you really need to show off your professional skills.

• Learn to mix and pour drinks like a professional
• There are three game modes that increase in difficulty
• This is an original game that is challenging and highly addictive

Instead of settling for the same old drinks you make time after time, why not mix things up a bit, literally, with the help of the Mr Bartender app. This app provides you with all kinds of cocktail recipes that feature easy-to-understand steps. You can browse through the recipes with ease and explore the more than 3,500 pictures. Search by a spirit or recipe name, shake your device for a random recipe, add a drink if you like, and just allow yourself to be creative. Additional features include being able to filter by images, search by ingredients, and share recipes on Twitter and Facebook.

• Learn to mix drinks like the pros
• There are more than 8,000 recipes with over 3,500 pictures
• The app is integrated with Twitter and Facebook
• Search by a number of different means

If you've been working to perfect a new drink you are learning or you're searching for ideas and inspiration let the Cocktail Flow app guide you. This one doesn't just offer cocktail recipes it finds you the right recipe for the right occasion. By matching up your recipe to the occasion you’re sure to blow your guests away. There are more than 100 drink themes and categories to browse through and you'll find more than 600 recipes in total through all the collections. Just because a recipe looks great doesn't mean you have the ingredients however so you can always input what you have on hand and let the app find recipes that will work.

• There are more than 600 recipes
• There are more than 100 drink themes and categories
• Find the right drink for the right occasion
• Input your ingredients and let the app find recipes that will work

While master mixologists can spend years perfecting their craft, most people don't have that kind of time available when they are just looking to mix their own drinks for themselves and friends. The Mixologist™ Drink & Cocktail Recipes app can step in and help by providing a massive collection of recipes that use more than 1,000 ingredients in total. You can customize any of the drinks in this app, it supports Imperial and Metric units, let the app find you a random drink, and there are all kinds of categories here. The app can even help you find the nearest bar or liquor store.

• Take a swing at becoming a master mixologist
• The app has a massive collection of recipes to browse through
• You can customize any of the drinks in the app
• You can let the app find you a random drink

If beer is your alcoholic beverage of choice then you'll want to check out the BrewGene app. This one has been created for all the beer lovers and enthusiasts out there who appreciate the drink for all that goes into and the entire process. Here you can find detailed information on more than 40,000 beers, which will allow you to become an expert in your own right. Through this app you'll be able to track and then rate all the beers you have been enjoying. The app also provides you with enough space to write notes so you can clearly remember if it was one you enjoyed. You can share all your content to social media as well.

• Read details about more than 40,000 different beers
• Take notes, add tags, and rate the beers you are trying
• Become a beer expert in no time

If you're ready to step out of your safety zone of drinks you know how to mix then it's time for the Top Shelf Drinks app. With this app you'll be able to mix up all kinds of crazy, impressive, and tasty cocktails. You'll go from an amateur to a well-versed mixologist in no time. You'll find classics, new favorites, popular drinks, contemporary shooters, and plenty more. Mark any recipe as a favorite, make use of the search tool, browse by category, and customize the recipes. You also have the ability to enter in the contents of your liquor cabinet so you can find recipes that work with what you've got.

• Enjoy instant access to a wide selection of recipes
• Input your liquor cabinet contents and find recipes that match
• Mark recipes as favorites
• There is a search tool

Do you look at the contents of your liquor cabinet and feel uninspired? If so that doesn't have to continue because you can make use of the Liquor Cabinet app which is filled with amazing and tasty ideas. The way it works is that you tap on the items you have in your bar at home and then you'll be able to find the drinks that can be made with them. There is also a feature that shows you what you could do with just one extra ingredient. The app is user-friendly and simple to browse through thanks to the streamlined user interface.

• The app is user-friendly with a streamlined user interface
• Tap on the ingredients you have to see what you can do with them
• Learn what you could make with just one extra ingredient