Bar Necessities
Jeffrey Surette Food & Drink iPhoneiPadiPod touch
Bar Necessities is a free Food & Drink app for iPhone and iPad by Jeffrey Surette. Rated 5.0/5 from 1 ratings. Requires iOS 17.6. Updated September 11, 2026.
- Rating
- 5.0
- 1 ratings
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 5 MB
- Age 17+
- Updated
- Sep 11
- 2026 · v2.4
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About Bar Necessities
Bar Necessities is a cocktail reference for people who care about what they're drinking. COCKTAILS 255 recipes, each traced to a source you can check and never generated by AI. The IBA's official canon. Modern craft classics like the Bensonhurst, Greenpoint, Single Village Fix, and Paper Plane. Lost classics worth reviving. Plus two dozen standout non-alcoholic drinks. YOUR BAR Tell Bar Necessities what's on your shelf and see every drink you can make right now — based on what you actually have, not what you wish you had. Mark bottles in when you open them and out when you finish them, and your makeable list stays accurate. BAR BUILDER See which ingredients unlock the most new cocktails, whether you're starting from scratch or growing the bar you already have. OPEN BAR Send your guests a live link to everything you can make right now. Mark out the limes mid-party and the guest menu updates on its own. Cocktails and non-alcoholic drinks appear together, so anyone who isn't drinking can find something without having to ask. COCKTAIL MENU Curate a short lineup for the night and share it digitally as a clean, printed-style menu. JIG Jig is the AI bartender. He knows what's in your bar, so his suggestions are grounded in what you can actually make. He'll talk you through a recipe or argue for a substitution. Remembers what you liked. Has opinions. (Free each month; subscribe to Jig Pro for more.) Sourced, not invented. Built around the bar you actually have. Jig Pro is an auto-renewing subscription, available monthly or yearly. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. It renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; manage or cancel in your Apple ID settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://barnecessities.app/privacy
What’s new
Version 2.4 · Updated September 11, 2026
Jig's suggestion chips always read your bar's current state. Tap a chip to stock a new bottle or mark one out, at any point in the conversation, and your bar contents follow. Also in 2.4: - Jig's makeable counts and tonight's pick stay current while you're in the conversation. - You'll get a confirmation message if you ever clear your chat history with Jig. Sourced, not invented. Built around the bar you actually have.
App privacy
The developer, Jeffrey Surette, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected and linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Purchases: Purchase History
- Contact Info: Email Address
- User Content: Other User Content
- Identifiers: User ID
- Usage Data: Product Interaction
Used for: App Functionality
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