Your First Cocktail

The fastest way to see what PourCost does is to build a real drink. Pick something simple: a Margarita, an Old Fashioned, a Daiquiri. You need its ingredients in your Bar Inventory first.

Step one: stock the bar

1. Open Bar Inventory and tap Add.
2. Search the Ingredient Database for the bottle. Picking a match fills in the name, type, and Product Size.
3. Enter what you actually pay your distributor. The cost per ounce works itself out.
4. Save, then repeat for the rest of the spec.

Step two: build the recipe

1. Open Cocktails, tap Add, and choose Create From Scratch.
2. Name it, then add each ingredient with its pour size. Spirits start at your default pour (1.5oz unless you changed it). Adjust to match your spec.
3. Watch the Menu Price field. Until you type your own price, it fills in the suggested price that hits your cocktail goal.
4. Save.

Step three: read the result

Open the cocktail and flip to Numbers. The meter shows your pour cost against your cocktail goal. Green means you're on target. Yellow, orange, and red mean you're drifting further off, over or under. If you're off, PourCost shows a suggested price you can apply with one tap.