CocktailCost pulls live pricing from Breakthru, RNDC, and Provi and calculates the exact cost of every cocktail on your menu — automatically, every night.
No manual price entry. No spreadsheets. No guessing.
Build any cocktail by searching your distributor catalog. Add ingredients, set pour sizes — your pour cost calculates instantly.
See every cocktail ranked by profitability. Stars, Plowhorses, Puzzles, and Dogs — classic menu engineering, done automatically.
Get emailed when a recipe crosses its pour cost threshold, ingredient prices rise by 5%+, or a key product goes out of stock.
Click + New Recipe. Give it a name, set the menu price you charge customers, and pick the category (Cocktail, Spirit Forward, Low ABV, or Mocktail).
Type any spirit, liqueur, or mixer in the search bar. Use the category chips (Tequila, Vodka, Gin, Rum…) to filter first. Bar staples like Simple Syrup, Fresh Lime Juice, and Ginger Beer are already in the catalog.
Each ingredient defaults to 1.5oz. Adjust the pour size for each — the cost sidebar updates in real time. You'll see your total pour cost, pour cost %, and the suggested menu price to hit your target margin.
Hit Save Recipe. Your recipe appears on the Dashboard with its profitability rating. Build out your full menu — the more recipes you add, the more useful the Dashboard becomes.
Rotating specials or seasonal cocktails? Use the 📦 Archive button in the recipe editor to move them off your active menu without deleting them. Restore anytime from the Archive tab.
The Find tab lets you browse 3,100+ spirits by category, $/oz range, and distributor — without building a recipe first. Great for comparing options before you commit to an ingredient.
Filter by spirit type, set a $/oz budget, pick a distributor, and the results sort A→Z. Click + on any product to add it directly to whatever recipe you have open.
Every morning after the nightly price sync, CocktailCost checks your recipes and emails you if anything needs attention.
An ingredient's distributor price rose by more than your threshold (default: 5%). Your pour cost just changed — you may need to reprice.
Default: 5% increaseA recipe's total pour cost percentage crossed its limit. Set a custom threshold per recipe — the default is 30% of menu price.
Default: 30% pour costAn ingredient used in one of your recipes is showing as out of stock across all distributors. Time to find a substitute or 86 the drink.
OOS across all sourcesOne email per day — only when something needs your attention. No noise. You can also trigger it manually from the Alerts tab anytime.
Sent to luke@eatatolivers.comStart by building a few cocktails from your current menu and see what your real pour costs look like.
Open CocktailCost →Questions or feedback? Use the support button inside the app.