Bar Necessities

Jig now knows even more about cocktail history and technique, and Open Bar lets you share a live link showing which of our 255 sourced & cited recipes your bar can pour.

Bar Necessities is a cocktail reference for people who care about what they're drinking.

255 recipes, every one traced to a source you can check — no AI-invented drinks, no approximations. The IBA's official canon. The modern craft classics — Bensonhurst, Greenpoint, Single Village Fix, Paper Plane. The lost classics worth reviving. Two dozen non-alcoholic drinks, designed not subtracted.

Tell Bar Necessities what's on your shelf and it shows you every drink within reach — built around what you actually have, not what you wish you did.

OPEN BAR: Send your guests a live link to what your bar can pour right now. Mark out the limes mid-party and the link updates on its own. Guests pick from cocktails and non-alcoholic drinks both, 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 as a clean, printed-style menu.

Bar Builder shows which single bottle would unlock the most new cocktails — built for the curious shelf, not the maximalist one.

Jig is the smart AI bartender — knows your inventory, remembers what you liked, has opinions, and helps you host. (Free each month; Jig Pro for more.)

Sourced, not invented. Built around the bar you actually have.