Set Up Your Wells

Your wells are your house pours: the vodka, gin, rum, tequila, and whiskey that go in when a guest just says "vodka soda." Setting them up takes a couple of minutes and pays off every time you add a classic.

Why wells matter

When you add a cocktail from Browse Classics, the recipe just says "gin" or "bourbon." Your wells tell PourCost which bottle in your bar to use, so the drink is priced with what you actually pour.

Setting them up

1. Open Settings → Manage Wells (or Set Up Wells from the Setup checklist).
2. Tap each well and pick a brand. Choose from your Bar Inventory, the database, or add a custom brand.
3. Enter what you pay per bottle.
4. Tap Save Changes. Your wells land in your Bar Inventory and Browse Classics starts using them.

The five basics show up first: vodka, gin, rum, tequila, and whiskey. Tap "Add more wells" for bourbon, rye, scotch, mezcal, brandy, specific rum styles, and sweet and dry vermouth.

Wells and pour cost goals

Being a well doesn't change a bottle's goal. Spirits are measured against your cocktail goal, beer against your beer goal, and wine against your wine goals. Cheap wells often read under goal, sometimes way under. That's normal: wells are where the margin lives.