Pocket Cocktails
Michael (Admin) | Oct 24, 2008 Lifestyle
(6 votes, average: 3.00 out of 5)
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If you’re tired of getting hammered on boring drinks like vodka tonic and Jack & Coke, Pocket Cocktails just might become your new best friend. It’s a pretty cool drink-mixing guide that includes nice big photos of every drink plus each drink’s ingredient list and recipe for putting the cocktails together.
Robert Maran and Deidra Jones, awesome boozers in their own right I’m sure, have organized Pocket Cocktails into eight categories:
- Martinis
- Summer
- Creamy
- Warmers
- Classics
- Tropical
- Shooters
- Mocktails
As you can see, there’s something for everyone from sorority girls to secret agents to fat, smelly winos.
If you’re at the bar (or behind it) and are feeling lucky, there’s a random drink function that will serve up a surprise drink – and a surprise sound clip – with a shake of the iPhone. The sound clip might be a shaker sound effect or, more likely, some chick saying things like “shake it don’t break it” or “wait ’til you taste this!”. Some will undoubtedly disagree with me here, but I’d love it if the girl could say something more interesting like “let’s go make out in the bathroom” or “you’re so charming and witty when you’re shitfaced!”. Robert and Deidra… how about it?? :cool:
I think Pocket Cocktails’ best feature, though, is Search. You can put in a name or an ingredient and your results are instant. You might be in the mood for gin but you’re sick of tonic, or maybe you remember wanting to try a certain drink with Kahlua in it but can’t remember the name. The ingredient search is key here, so I’m very glad the developers made it possible.
Chances are you’ll look for certain drinks that aren’t in Pocket Cocktails (yet), but it includes a lot of drinks you know and a ton that you’ve probably never heard of. It’s a very complete app, and if there’s one thing I’d add… aside from more drinks… it would be an in-app taxi search. The About screen asks you to “drink responsibly”, but if this app is actually going to be used in a bar it would seem logical and socially responsible to build in a taxi-finder.
If you’re a bartender you should definitely get this app, and it might even earn you some nice tips from drunk girls who can’t decide what kind of umbrella drink they’re in the mood for. If you’re a frequent pubcrawler… or you throw a lot of parties… or you’re just a guy looking for an excuse to talk to those drunk girls… you won’t miss $4.99, at least not after a few cocktails.
Bonus whether you buy Pocket Cocktails or not: Robert and Deidra have made a free online bartender’s guide available on their website. It’s like a 40-page bartender class in PDF format.
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- My nights always start classy like this, but they usually end with the girl kicking me while I vomit
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- Impress the ladies with Cocktails in your Pocket
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- Come on random shaker girl, say something naughty!
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- WTF is a Bloody Caesar?
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- Clamato has a gross-sounding name, but I've had it and it's actually ok
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- Put the lime in the coconut and mix it all up
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- I didn't find Buttery Nipple or the infamous Blowjob, but I'm a beer guy anyway so whatever
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- Play this fun game: try ALL the drinks in Pocket Cocktails... in one night
(4.75 out of 5)