# Drink recipe website that knows what you actually have on hand?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drink-recipe-website-that-knows-what-you-actually-have-on-hand/705288>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 21, 2014, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drink-recipe-website-that-knows-what-you-actually-have-on-hand/705288 "2014-11-21T20:22:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![ratatoskK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ratatoskk/32/2987_2.png) [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2014, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drink-recipe-website-that-knows-what-you-actually-have-on-hand/705288/1 "2014-11-21T20:22:41Z")

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I wasn’t sure how to phrase the title… But what I’m looking for is something like [punchdrink.com](http://punchdrink.com), but where you can specify everything you have in your home bar, and then request a cocktail recipe (by main ingredient, sweet/sour, or whatever). You’d have a login so it would store your inventory for subsequent recipe requests.

Is there such a thing? And if so, is it good?

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**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2014, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drink-recipe-website-that-knows-what-you-actually-have-on-hand/705288/2 "2014-11-21T20:25:15Z")

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Using the [webtender’s “In My Bar” feature](http://www.webtender.com/cgi-bin/imbselect) is great. I use it all the time.

PS: You use the mouse while holding down “CTRL” to select as many as you want. Once you’ve selected all the things you actually have, just click to see if it makes any drinks.

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**Author:** ![ratatoskK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ratatoskk/32/2987_2.png) [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2014, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drink-recipe-website-that-knows-what-you-actually-have-on-hand/705288/3 "2014-11-21T20:31:04Z")

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What if I have 50 different things and I don’t want to have to enter them every time? Is there a site where I can enter them once and save the list?

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**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2014, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drink-recipe-website-that-knows-what-you-actually-have-on-hand/705288/4 "2014-11-21T20:33:43Z")

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You can save the list on that site (as far as I know).

I’m thinking that’s what the big “save” button does.

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**Author:** ![ratatoskK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ratatoskk/32/2987_2.png) [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2014, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drink-recipe-website-that-knows-what-you-actually-have-on-hand/705288/5 "2014-11-21T21:13:46Z")

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And I haven’t even started drinking yet! 🙂