Free online cocktail recipe calculator
What does one cocktail really cost you?
Cost one cocktail with real wholesale prices, your country's excise duty and VAT. See your pour cost and gross margin in under a minute. No account needed.
- Venue
- Cocktail
- Ingredients
- Country
- Price
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How it works
Calculate your beverage cost
- 1
Pick a cocktail
Choose one of 50 classics with standard specs, or build your own line by line.
- 2
We match wholesale prices
Every ingredient is matched to a brand and bottle size in Sipflow's wholesale price database. Manual entry if we miss one.
- 3
Excise and VAT applied
Your country's excise duty per category and VAT rate are applied automatically — current and announced rates.
- 4
Margin, pour cost, price
Cost per serve, pour cost %, gross margin and the price you need to hold margin when excise changes.
In your emailed report
The full breakdown, in your inbox
- Ingredient table with matched products and wholesale prices
- Cost per serve, pour cost % and gross margin in € and %
- Suggested menu price at your target pour cost
- Current vs announced excise: delta per serve and per 100 serves
- The price that holds your margin after the change
FAQ
Cocktail costing, answered
For each ingredient we take the pour size divided by the bottle size, times the wholesale bottle price (net of VAT, including excise at your country's rate). Garnish, ice and other per-serve items are added as fixed costs. The sum is your cost per serve.
Most cocktail bars aim for 18–22% pour cost, which is a gross margin of roughly 78–82% on the net price. Beer and wine usually run higher. The tool defaults to 20% and lets you change it.
From the Sipflow wholesale price database, built from supplier price lists and agreements in the markets where Sipflow is live. Prices are indicative wholesale list prices excluding VAT; your own deal may be better.
Excise is charged per litre of pure alcohol for spirits and liqueurs, and per hectolitre for wine and intermediate products such as vermouth. It is already inside the wholesale price. When a government announces a new rate, the toggle shows what each serve will cost you and the price that holds your margin.
Yes. Enter the price your guest pays. We strip your country's VAT rate on alcoholic drinks (21% in the Netherlands) before calculating pour cost and margin.
You still get the full calculation and report. Instead of connecting you to suppliers, we add you to the waiting list and send your request to our database of suppliers in your area as soon as the market opens.
That is the paid feature inside Sipflow. A free Starter account unlocks the full menu margin calculator, matched to your inventory, with bulk repricing when excise changes.