Back in October, soon after the release of ‘Cocktails Made Easy’, we were approached by the good folk at Fizz Software to convert the book into an application for iPhone. Seemed like a good idea and gave us the excuse to buy some swanky new phones. Thanks to their expertise you can now view all 500 recipes and accompanying photographs from the book on your iPhone (or iPod Touch if you’re trapped in a contract) for just £1.79/$2.99 – bargain.

Being techies, the chaps from Fizz had some nifty ideas on how they could improve the functionality of the book and so this application allows you to search for cocktail recipes by their name, by their ‘difford’s rating’ or by their key ingredients. Our fourteen key ingredients (spirits and liqueurs) sit in
the ‘Cabinet’ – where you can mark off what bottles you already have so you are only presented with a selection of recipes you can actually make without running off to buy more. All the drinks have our difford’s rating out of five but you can also add your own score and create your own favourites list. All the recipes have full colour photographs, which you can view full-screen to compare and contrast against the drink you have just made. And should you be in need of inspiration, just shake the phone and it’ll randomly select a drink for you.

Luckily, we’re also able to continually update this programme, so if anyone has any feedback we would love to hear from you – email simon@diffordsguide.com

Click here for a direct link to the iTunes Store.

Cocktails Made Easy

£1.79 ($2.99) from the App Store