App Review

Cocktail app puts a sassy mixologist in your pocket

18 February 2018 - 00:00 By Sylvia Mckeown

Pixel art and cocktail making may seem an odd pairing, but like mescal and tonic it seems to work. Mixel allows you to add the drinks ingredients you have on hand to your digital fridge and the app will tell you what cocktails you can make out of them - in a sassy, amusing fashion.
Besides being fun, it's helpful too and even has a shopping list for wayward ingredients. It doesn't, however, have helpful videos.
Like any app these days Mixel proves most rewarding when you shell out the cash and buy the upgrades. If you do, it goes from being a guide of google-able basics to an instruction manual for drink options you never thought possible. These include low-calorie options, equal shot value offerings or drinks by world region.
• 'Mixel' is available for Apple and Android...

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