Post #120396 by tikibars on Tue, Oct 19, 2004 1:18 PM

Dug up this database today...

http://cocktaildb.com/index

There are a lot of drink recipe web sites out there, but this one seems pretty good.

I like how on the pages for all of the recipes there are big chunky pictures of all of the ingredients you'll need, right down to the glass type and the ice scoop!

And, most of the liquor bottles shown are some vintage looking bottles (are the web designers extra cool, or is it that they don't want to endorse any particular current brands?).

I like how you can also click on the bottles or any time the name of the ingredient aappears in the text to learn more about that ingredient.

Some of the recipes are a bit off though.

I looked up a bunch of the classic Tiki drinks, and most of the recipes were in the ballpark but not spot-on.

For example, their Mai Tai recipe doubles the proper amount of lime juice, adds unnecessary Falernum and grenadine, and omits the all-important mint sprig. But it closer than some others I have seen (on many Tropicals, not just the Mai Tai).

It is also interesting how there's a check-box marked "Exclude recipes that contain defunct ingredients" - those are the FUN ones to attempt!