Three apps to learn how to make cocktails

> Custom mixes

Rather classic, long drink, creamy or sparkling? Without alcohol, light, up to 10% alcohol, medium, no more than 19%, or strong, over 20%? A preference for a decade during which this cocktail appeared (from 1860), during Prohibition, or rather a penchant for the “revival” of the cocktail, between 1980 and 2005? A color, a country of origin or a favorite alcohol, perhaps? Whatever the criteria, there is a tailor-made cocktail to find among the 680 Cocktail Flow recipes, app in French, English, German, Italian and Spanish. Each recipe contains, in addition to the photo of the cocktail and its appropriate glass, its alcohol content, its ingredients for one to four glasses, the necessary equipment, its origins and its preparation, step by step. The most diverse palates will meet there, while mixologists, budding or more expert, will perfect their art, in particular with the “tips” at the bottom of the recipes, such as how to use a shaker, make ice cream. crushed with Lewis bag and mallet in the absence of a grinder, or cool the glasses before using them. An app as addictive and intoxicating as its maze of cocktails.

> My cocktail bar

A bartender, ex-barman or barmaid, now designates the person who officiates behind a bar as “Cook of drinks”, according to About Victor Delpierre, 2013 World Champion Coffee in Good Spirits (coffee and spirits). In the kitchen as at the bar, the ingredients must not be lacking. This app allows beginners and experts alike to take stock of those at their disposal, from cinnamon stick to crème de cassis, including a bottle of gin, before rolling up their sleeves. Therefore, the drinks that it is possible to make among the more than 230 referenced, and those for which an alcohol, an orange peel or a dash of syrup is missing are indicated. It is up to him to put the ingredients he wishes to acquire in the “cart”, drawing up a “shopping list” over the water. Supposing he can cook up an Alexander, “After-dinner cocktail” appearing among the 33 “unforgettable” of the International Bartenders Association (IBA) – an international organization that has represented the most famous bartenders since 1951 -, he accesses his recipe step by step with a photo, all on a single smartphone screen. To be consumed in moderation, of course.

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