It’s the first of the Apps that I have found with actual colour photography for most cocktails. Summary: This little gem has been developed by international drinks legend Mr Gary Regan. Summary: Extremely basic and includes annoying banner ads for stuff like ‘Christian Communion Supplies’. You can find what liquor stores are near your location which is handy plus helpful bartending tips from glassware to how to stock your bar. If you can’t decide on a drink it has a novelty random cocktail finder that plays like a slot machine. Summary: Easy to use but still no actual cocktail images. Watch out – the App called Drink & Cocktail Pro is exactly the same as I found out after buying both! A handy ‘bar locator’ shows you a bunch of bars located around where you are or your area of interest – very cool. Includes handy tools like a ‘unit converter’ along with bartender info on stocking your bar to types of garnishes. Unfortunately, like most of the cocktail and bar related Apps it doesn’t include any images of the drinks. It also credits most drinks to either the book it was taken from or the bartender who can lay claim to it. Summary: Clean layout with a cool section dedicated to a few master bartenders including some of Dale DeGroff’s signature drinks. Hopefully my shortlist of reviewed Apps can help you find a few good ones and avoid a few of the lemons too! It also seems like there are new Apps online every week put together by all manner of cocktail geeks so downloading them all can be a costly venture. However, there are loads of free Apps by the big drinks brands like Bacardi, Campari and Midori which are all pushing their own signature brands and cocktails and these are definitely worth a look. I’ve pored over the Apps for many hours and I think an old saying rings true you get what you pay for! The free ones are generally very poor quality with poor usability. Some of these are free and some charge a small price although I haven’t seen any over $15. There have also been many people busy building Apps that cater to the world of cocktails and bars. You can download an App on just about anything from Jamie Oliver’s latest cooking recipes ($5) to a free mosquito repellent App (which emits a high pitch frequency that sends them crazy). One of the big reasons that Apple has been so amazingly successful comes down to the world of Apps that they have created. “For a guy who is normally considered technologically challenged this little device has been so easy to use.” My wife, on the other hand, hasn’t been so impressed with the amount of time I now spend playing with ‘my precious’! I just assure her it’s all work related meanwhile I line up a putt for a birdie on Tiger Woods PGA tour App. They are just so damn sexy and for a guy who is normally considered technologically challenged this little device has been so easy to use. And after a few wonderful months with my iPhone I can say without hesitation that the hype around these phones is justified.
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