Bevnap: Cocktail Recipes

I’m not a professional bartender or mixologist. I’m just a guy who likes to have fun while entertaining at home, and I like to come up with my own riffs on classics. This app is NOT just another compilation of 10,000 cocktails (you can google that all day long and have fun)… although it has a lot of cocktails you can access. This app is NOT yet another social media platform (although you can share recipes with friends and community). So, what is this? For me, it’s the electronic version of my home bar recipe book. What do I LOVE? - No subscription!!! It’s a one time purchase and it costs less than a nice notebook at the store. You can backup your data to the your iCloud (no new subscription needed), or to their standard backup format if you don’t have iCloud. - Did you decide to ditch the app? Export your recipes to CSV, PDF, for your own safekeeping and use elsewhere. You’re not held hostage by this app. Other apps I’ve seen either lock you in, don’t have a native way for back-up / export, or both. - Flexibility! I can create my own ingredients, recipes, ice, glassware, types / categories. You get to upload your own pictures for your cocktails and ingredients… and if you want to, you can add ABV, cost, etc. to your ingredients It’s as flexible as you want to make it! - The interface is easy to use. Is there opportunity for small improvements? Sure, and I’m sure they’ll make those improvements as they go along… but overall it’s great and easy to follow. For the record, I don’t know the guys who created the app. I stumbled upon it because I was frustrated with everything else out there and I was trying to create my own app (which was causing other frustrations). This isn’t a “friends & family review”… it’s a review from a mixology enthusiast who found the perfect app. Cheers!

Most cocktail apps are designed for newbies to discover new recipes. This one has some recipes but it’s mostly about building a platform for you to catalog your own recipes you’ve created or collected. I have a notebook with hundreds of specs I’ve collected over the years and I’m so excited to finally digitize them in a practical way. The app is currently a bit buggy as it was just release but both the creator and developer have been super hands on and helpful with support.

This is really very good cocktail database tool. Have messed around with a few others over the years and in the end just created my own using Evernote. This has tons of flexibility for customizations, searching for things multiple different ways. And best of all the developers are highly responsive to feedback and improving a product. Definitely recommend.