Leave a Review Martin’s Index of Cocktails
Fantastically replete
Utterly indispensable tool for the home or even professional bartender. Who can remember which vintage book a recipe is in? Now you don’t need to. The fantastic year scrolling feature which allows you to trace a drink’s evolution is a game changer when it comes to putting tastes of the age into perspective.
The inventory/stock feature allows you to tell at a glance if you can make a recipe. The genius nesting organisation of ingredients even recommends suitable substitutions.
It would be an absolute steal at twice the price.Show lessChristian_BS
The best app out there.
I’ve used this for years alongside half a dozen other apps, and this is the one I always come back to. The ingredient inventory and ingredient recommendations are wonderful, and the sheer volume of recipes is fantastic.funkapus7
A whole suite!
I’ve been using this particular app the past couple weeks as I’ve been getting more into cocktails after getting bored of the craft beer world. I just discovered the other apps the developer makes and the moment my loyalty became undying was when I realized I could create an account and sync my ingredient list across each app. I will surely soon have a dedicated folder for these apps.Show lessNateCow
Update is a mess
I just updated the app, & it doesn’t appear neatly on my iPhone, which it used to in every past iteration.Nevermindalready
Developer Response
You seem to have some obscure tech support problem, but I cannot help you here—I need you to contact me directly (see mixologytech.com)Astonishing detail and presentation
This is one of the best apps I’ve ever seen. At first I hesitated at the $9.99 price tag, but it’s actually probably underpriced! There are hundreds of historical cocktail recipes, plus detailed descriptions of different ingredients and examples to use. Superb.Matthew Gaughan
Unlocked my mixing brain
I had been in a cocktail rut, just making the same things because I couldn’t find new ways to combine what I had and I couldn’t go by every bottle in the store. These apps opened up my cabinet to literally—yes, literally—hundreds of new possibilities. The interface is as brilliant and elegant and classy as a Vieux Carré. Do it. You’ll love it.Show lessPlayWorkSync
Just missing too many ingredients
No st. Germains / elderflower, no aperol, no amaro nonino? List goes on. I’d say 20% of my bottles aren’t available. Which is upsetting because the number of drinks in the app is great, but it’s just not usable in its current form for me because of it.Dudedudemcdude
Developer Response
I’m sorry you’re initially disappointed with the app, but I hope you‘ll reconsider your expectations. This app is explicitly a collection of historical recipes (1950s and earlier), and a rather good one, we believe. Neither St. Germain nor Amaro Nonino existed when these recipes were created. Aperol existed for during a portion of the era, but garnered no attention whatsoever. You will find various Aperol and St. Germain drinks in our PDT, Modern Classics and 101 Best New Cocktails apps. There you’ll also find a smattering of Amaro Nonino drinks. Meanwhile, look up El Guarini and try one with your Amaro Nonino.One of the Best!
If you are seriously, or even casually, interested in making good cocktails, any or all the cocktail apps from Martin Doudoroff are well worth getting. They all share information, including the ingredients you have, between the apps.
As a mixologist, I have tried many cocktail apps. Martin’s are the best. The user interface is excellent. The notes included from many of the great mixologists are very informative. The apps are all based on the leading mixology books and text material.
Pre-Prohibition cocktails are a very interesting bit of cocktail history.
Try one, add more. Enjoy and cheers!Show lessRoyWagner
Finally an Adult Mixology App!
This is not merely a list of every drink under the sun like most apps. Nor is it for the person more interested in the quantity one can drink, than the drink itself. For the person interested in mixology, the the sources in which the recipes were found, and comprehensive information on the ingredients, what may be reasonably substituted, and currently available - and so much more! This is a work actively in progress and it’s author promises to do more. Martin responds promptly and politely to queries, seeming genuinely interested in users comments and is very knowledgeable of the topic. This book calls to mind a toast from Autrims (1902) called “Old Fashioned Joys” - Old-fashioned songs, and old-fashioned weather; Old-fashioned books, and old-fashioned leather; old fashioned girls, and mothers and boys; a toast, each and all, to old-fashioned joys.
Cheers!!Show lessOldRN
Wonderful App
I am greatly enjoying this app as well as the Modern Classics. The sync works like a charm, the app is easy to search, the layout is clean and easy to use, the recipes are interesting and tempting. I particularly like the list of 1-missing-ingredient drinks, and the shopping suggestions( what to buy that will round out the most drinks). A primary source list is available on the developer's website, reachable thru the app. You can't load your personal inventory, but there is a function for notes that is very adaptable. Good jobShow lessosthill
