This app helps you discover cocktails you can make with ingredients you already own. It offers AI-powered suggestions, recipe browsing, and the ability to track your drink-making journey. Build custom cocktail menus and explore a vast library of recipes.
3.0.1
November 6, 2026
Every drink has a brand new drawing, made bottoms-up from its own recipe: its glass, the color and opacity of its ingredients, its ice, and its garnish(es). Each drink's page now opens on its drawing. Bar Necessities is also ready for the holidays. From now through New Year's Day, the Discover tab has a holiday filter that follows the season, from Thanksgiving to Christmas to New Year's Eve, and holiday drinks get a small seasonal mark. Also in 3.0: - Six new holiday recipes: the Seelbach, Widow's Kiss, Sherry Flip, Brandy Flip, Champagne Cobbler, and Peppermint Bark Eggnog. - Holiday Themes: falling leaves, string lights and snow, or confetti (available seasonally), drawn into your Cocktail Menu and animated on your guests' Open Bar page. It's off until you turn it on. - Featured Drinks: place up to three drinks at the top of your Open Bar page, shown with a title of your choice. - Cocktail Menu: ask Jig to pick the drinks, then theme them around an occasion, the season or a spirit you're featuring. - Tell Jig you're hosting a birthday, a game night, or a housewarming, and the Open Bar or Cocktail Menu he offers comes pre-named ("Birthday Bar," "Birthday Menu," etc.). - On iPhone Duo, unfolded and held wide: Discover shows your drinks beside the one you're reading, and My Bar uses three columns. 3.0.1 includes additional refinements to drink recipes, citations and drawings. Sourced, not invented. Built around the bar you actually have.
MoreUp to 30 Jig chats per day. Monthly.
Bar Necessities is an AI-powered cocktail companion that helps you discover drinks you can make with the ingredients you have. It allows you to stock your virtual bar, browse recipes, and get personalized suggestions.
No, Bar Necessities does not contain advertisements. The app is free to browse, rate, and manage your bar, with optional subscriptions for full access to its AI features.
The core features of Bar Necessities, including browsing recipes and managing your bar, are free. Full access to the AI bartender, Jig, requires a subscription, with options for monthly ($1.99) or yearly ($19.99) plans.
Bar Necessities is currently supported on iPhone devices. The app was last updated on June 2, 2026, with version 1.3.
Yes, Bar Necessities includes over two dozen mocktail recipes within its catalog of 240+ curated drinks. You can filter and discover non-alcoholic options.
The AI bartender, Jig, suggests drinks based on the ingredients you have logged in your bar. It can also advise on ingredient substitutions and remembers your preferences.
Bar Necessities has an age rating of 17+. This is based on its content and the nature of alcoholic beverage recipes.
The app was last updated on June 2, 2026, indicating active development. Users can expect regular updates to enhance features and recipe content.
