The Top Shelf

The free pour

The well is deep, and it is on the house:

• The whole drink library — more than a thousand recipes with photographs, honest measures, glassware, and the story of where each drink came from, with new ones added almost every day.
• My Bar — unlimited tracking of every bottle in the house, synced across your devices by iCloud.
• I Can Make — the matching that started it all: one tap narrows the library to drinks your shelf can pour tonight, complete.
• Favorites and sharing — star the keepers and send any recipe to whoever is thirsty.
• Ingredient pages — every bottle’s own entry: what it is, how it tastes, and every drink in the book that calls for it.

The Top Shelf unlock

One purchase opens the cabinet, permanently:

• The Almost filter — every drink exactly one bottle out of reach, with the bottle named. The single best argument for a trip to the liquor store ever put in software.
• Home Screen widgets — the day’s drink waiting on your wallpaper before the app is even open.
• The daily suggestion — a tap on the shoulder around five with a cocktail worth considering.
• Only-makeable suggestions — ask the daily pick to respect your shelf, so it never suggests a drink you cannot pour.
• Custom favorite icons — dress the starred list to taste.

No subscription behind this bar. Top Shelf is bought once and kept forever.

The Founders

bartender.live spent its first years as a paid app, and the people who bought it then built this bar. If that is you: you are a Founder, and every Top Shelf feature is yours automatically, forever. No purchase, no restore dance — the app recognizes you on its own and hangs a Founder badge on your Home screen.

Thank you. The first round was on you, and the house does not forget that.