Cocktail Recipe Picker

Can’t decide what to drink? Give the bar a spin and let it land on your next cocktail — margarita, mojito, negroni, espresso martini and more, each shown from the top. Pick which cocktails ride the bar, add your own, and tap through for the recipe to mix it. Please drink responsibly.

  • Home mixologists
  • Party hosts
  • The indecisive

Spin for a cocktail

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Choose your cocktails

Tap to add or remove cocktails from the bar (up to 12).

Let the bar decide

Spin the Bar for a Cocktail

The Cocktail Recipe Picker is a revolving bar of classic drinks. Each spot is shown as its top-down glass — salt-rimmed margarita, minty mojito, blood-red negroni; give it a spin and the bar slows and stops one under the pointer, then hands you the recipe. That's tonight's cocktail, no menu paralysis.

It's the fun way to break out of always ordering the same drink. Load the cocktails you fancy, spin, and let it nudge you toward an espresso martini or an old fashioned you'd never usually pick — then tap the recipe link and make it at home. Please enjoy responsibly.

Why Spin for a Cocktail?

A big cocktail list is fun for about thirty seconds, then it's just decision paralysis while everyone dithers. Handing the choice to the bar settles it instantly — and it's a great way to widen your repertoire, pushing you past the one or two drinks you always default to.

Hosting? Spin a few times to set a short cocktail menu for the night, or let it pick a single "house cocktail" so you're not running a full bar single-handed.

Know Your Cocktails

Not sure what you're spinning between? Here's the base spirit and flavour of a few classics:

CocktailBase spiritTastes like
MargaritaTequilaSharp, salty, citrus
MojitoRumFresh, minty and light
NegroniGinBitter and bold
Old FashionedWhiskeyStrong and smooth
CosmopolitanVodkaTart and fruity
Espresso MartiniVodka & coffeeRich and buzzy

Spin, read the glass, and tap through for the full recipe.

Build (Almost) Any Cocktail

Most classics follow the same simple "sour" formula — handy for inventing your own:

1
A spirit — gin, vodka, rum, tequila or whiskey as the base.
2
Something sour — lime or lemon juice for sharpness.
3
Something sweet — sugar syrup, liqueur or juice to balance it.
4
A garnish — a citrus wedge, mint, olive or a cherry to finish.

How to Use It

  1. Choose the cocktails — keep them all or tap to add and remove.

  2. Spin the bar — the turntable revolves and slows down.

  3. It lands on a cocktail — whatever stops under the pointer is your drink.

  4. Get the recipe — tap the recipe link on the winner card.

  5. Spin again — for another drink or a full menu.

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Frequently Asked Questions

It's a free revolving bar that lands on a random cocktail — margarita, mojito, negroni, espresso martini and more. Each is shown as its top-down glass; spin the bar and whatever it stops on is your drink, with a link to the recipe.

Because staring at a long cocktail menu is half the night gone. Let the bar decide, or use it to break out of always ordering the same drink and try something new — the recipe link tells you how to make it at home.

Yes. Toggle the built-in drinks on and off, or type your own into the box — up to twelve ride the bar at once so each one stays big and easy to read.

When the bar lands, the winner card includes a recipe link that searches the web for how to mix that cocktail, so you can go straight from decision to shaker.

Yes — almost every classic has a mocktail version. Add your favourite non-alcoholic drinks to the wheel, or make the winner virgin. It works just as well for a booze-free night.

Very. Spin a few times to build a small cocktail menu for guests, or let the bar pick a "house cocktail" for the night so you're not making ten different drinks.

Yes. Every cocktail on the bar has an equal chance, decided by your browser's random generator, so no drink is quietly favoured.

Completely free with no signup. Spin as often as you like — please drink responsibly.