8,500+ Drink Recipes Reviews

This has always been a nice simple app, with a handful of key recipes, which is why I used it on a semi regular basis. No muss-No fuss.

However, they have added new content, a few (??) new recipes, and many other optional features. Of course you don’t need to access any of this extra stuff to “use 8500DrinkRecipes “, and you still get a fair amount of free recipes, but quite a number of recipes are now locked and require you to watch some advertising or do something else to gain access to them. A handful of my favorite recipes are now locked. And DEFINITELY watch out when you login the first time. The advertising to try to get you to spend $$ on a subscription is so hard to close, my iPhone tried to charge me twice because I didn’t hit the X “just right“. If my thumb had been on the fingerprint reader, I would have been stuck with a big old charge.

I support the developers right to do anything they want with their app, but I’m not impressed with the amazing amount of new advertising, which in itself always makes me suspicious of ad tracking, etc. I think it’s time to delete this and move on.

Updating again with two suggestions for enhancement: 1) allow for two types of flagging - one to mark true favorites and one to mark things to try later. 2) allow user to add notes to recipes.

Thanks.
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Updated review. Still use 8500DrinkRecipes along with a second one that has different shortcomings, even though my previously noted flaw hasn't been fixed. Between the two I can usually accomplish what I want. Another thing that could be improved is the search function. For instance, if I search for "Rob Roy" it returns one recipe for "Rob Roy" whereas the other app returns "Rob Roy", "Perfect Rob Roy", and "Dry Rob Roy". The broader search is much more helpful.

I love the way 8500DrinkRecipes is laid out but when I select the 'Ingredients' tab, then choose multiple ingredients and the option only to give me recipes that include ALL ingredients, the search returns many recipes that only have one of the required ingredients, which pretty much defeats the purpose of that option. That was one of the reasons for wanting to use this sort of app.

Please fix! Thanks.

8500DrinkRecipes is generally good for identifying what you can make out of the ingredients you have and it provides both ingredients and instructions. Sometimes it's a little tricky to find ingredients, though, since the search has to match the beginning of the word. For example, if you search for creme you won't find creme de menthe because it's listed as "white creme de menthe". That's a minor inconvenience, though, once you figure out the exceptions like that.

This was one of the first apps I ever downloaded and the longest lasting in my inventory. I used to love it. Even when the ads were introduced, I understood. However, after a recent update, many of the recipes I had marked as “favorite” are now locked and requiring me to watch a video or buy a subscription to see a recipe I’ve probably used hundreds of times. This, I cannot understand and am now looking for a replacement, even if it’s a quick Google search that provides several options, each with its own review. As a very long time user, this is extremely disappointing.

App blatently attempts to trick you into a subscription by making it look like you press 'Continue' after reading help screens when you first open 8500DrinkRecipes ... shame on them, BOO!

8500DrinkRecipes has been around forever and it WAS a great 5* app, older reviews reflect that. Now, if you manage to get into 8500DrinkRecipes without being tricked into unintentionally entering a subscription you will find much of the content, including favorites you have marked over the years, is locked and can no longer be viewed without either watching video ads or signing up for a subscription.

Here’s my review of begged for. It’s garbage. You can’t get into the actual app until you put your credit card info in, whether it’s for the 7 day free trial you ultimately have to cancel, or for the ridiculous monthly price.

The fact you can compile a bunch of info from google, then proceed to charge people a monthly fee for it is hilarious. If you pay for this, you’re a fool. Just bookmark some drink site and put it on your home screen. I just saved you money and time. If this all it takes to make an app, think it’s time to quit my job.

Pros:
There’s definitely a lot of drink recipes in 8500DrinkRecipes! Several different recipes for some drinks as well because everyone makes the same drink different ways :) It’s easy to search and find drinks.

Could be improved:
Allowing users to change the ingredients or edit the instructions would be very helpful. As I said above, every bar makes their drinks differently and being able to edit recipes would be great!

UI isn’t that pretty and is slightly clunky, and the units change according to the drink recipe (some are in oz, some are in parts, some in cL, some have a combination of multiple). But 8500DrinkRecipes works very well, it even will tell you what drinks you can make with the ingredients you have.

TL:DR
UI has some questionable design choices, but not bad enough to lose more than one star, and 8500DrinkRecipes works very well.

First, its pretty deceptive at the end of their so called tutorial because there IS no tutorial. Then if you touch continue you’ve automatically enrolled in a free 3 day trial that quickly jumps to $4.99 p/mo. I know the onus’s on us but it should not be there in the first place
Next: try and figure out how to make drinks from your own listed ingredients which is why I got 8500DrinkRecipes in the first place. Never found out how to do it.
Last: I’m not impressed with 8500DrinkRecipes regardless of the deception and the ingredient matching.

It has been a while since I last used 8500DrinkRecipes which was handy in the past. Today I when I launched it there was a series of messages with a big Continue button. The last one was a subscription plan but the layout was such that it looked like continue was the only choice and you were not subscribing. I was wrong it immediately tried to start a subscription. The way to close it without subscribing is a small x in the upper left. It is purposely not obvious which is poor customer service.

8500DrinkRecipes is wonderful. Very user friendly. The categorization makes it easy to find what I am looking for at the moment. This is easily the largest list of recipes of any app. Once you download 8500DrinkRecipes, there's really no need to get any other of this kind...unless you don't value your GB 😊

When I use the search feature, it closes 8500DrinkRecipes when I try to put in the second word. Very annoying.

Also, when 8500DrinkRecipes first came out, there was a Dias version. I paid for that version. I changed phones and for some reason it did not transfer and now there does not seem to be a paid version or no way to restore previous purchases.

That’s why only a three.

App is comprehensive, but it seems like different people upload info, leading to some recipes saying, literally, "Rum, Gin, Tequila, Grenadine", and for the instructions, "Mix and enjoy". Which, as a bartender, is not really helpful. Other recipes list the amounts in ounces (most useful) and others in parts (useful, but less so). Anyway, not bad for a quick reminder of what's in a drink but definitely needs refining.

So far I like it but the search function could use some work. For instance, when I search for a mule, I only get one result. It isn't finding the other recipes that have the word mule in it. Seems like an easy enough fix so hopefully it'll happen in an update. In the meantime I'm finding several that I hadn't heard of before but sound good!

Trying to search for ‘sex on the beach’ crashes when you type ‘sex on the b’ and searching for ‘slippery nipple’ crashes when you type ‘slippery n’. Has been a fairly good app over the last few years, but latest crash problems are making me wonder if I should even keep it. I can take a lot but not crashing and closing 8500DrinkRecipes with no warning.

Don’t know how to contact developers. Searched and searched. Already paid. Was suppose to make adds disappear, that never happened as a bartender when you need to find a recipe in a busy bar no time for adds or slow loading. Which 8500DrinkRecipes can be slow. Now some new update wants me to pay again and has locked out some of my favorites. No email no update just opened app one day with changes made and demanding I pay again!!! Will be deleting 8500DrinkRecipes. And finding an alternative.

Use 8500DrinkRecipes all the time for those random drinks customers ask for. I can search them up very quickly and easily! One thing that can improve is the random crashes that happen sometime, other than that 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽

I really don't understand all of the great reviews. I find that quite a few recipes, probably like more than 10% of those I've viewed, are missing ingredients. There will be an ingredient mentioned in the description that is not listed on the ingredients list, or the mixing instructions will specify an ingredient not listed - which means that you have no quantity specified for that ingredient.
I like how 8500DrinkRecipes is designed, just wish that the above flaw wasn't there.

It's easy to use, and the Random option is so much fun! I've been able to look up many drink recipes, even some that I thought would never be listed (like a Painkiller- famous in the BVI). Highly recommend for bartenders-in-training and "seasoned professionals"!

Every time I’m ready to make cocktails, 8500DrinkRecipes is open. It’s easy and straightforward.
One problem I have is inconsistency.
The user might not need to edit a recipe, but at least add a comment section. Some of the recipes are probably better than expected but someone entirely lazy posted it.
“Pour ingredients in a glass, nothing fancy required”, do we mix it? Not mix it?
Another inconsistency, the ingredients themselves. As you go through ingredients, you find stupid mistakes. For example right under Whiskey is Whisky.
It’s not a bad app and I use it all the time but I wish it were much much better.