Whiskey & Ember AI Bartender Teacher with Google AI Studio 🍸🔥

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Whiskey & Ember AI Bartender Teacher with Google AI Studio 🍸🔥

Introduction

At Whiskey & Ember, we believe cocktails are more than drinks—they’re stories told in flavour and fire.

For the Google AI Studio Challenge, we built the Whiskey & Ember AI Bartender Teacher, a tool that blends Gemini’s structured intelligence with our brand’s craft-driven style. The app takes ingredients you have on hand, generates creative cocktail recipes, and teaches you step by step how to prepare them—complete with substitutions and educational notes.

👉 Live Demo: AI Bartender Teacher

👉 Source Code: GitHub Repository

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How We Used Google AI Studio

The innovation lies in prompt engineering with Gemini. Instead of free-form text, we required Gemini to return structured JSON objects with predictable fields. This allows our appUpload to render recipes consistently and highlight learning opportunities.

json
{
  "cocktail_name": "Forest Whisper",
  "ingredients": [
    {"name": "Whiskey", "amount": "2 oz"},
    {"name": "Honey Syrup", "amount": "0.5 oz"},
    {"name": "Lemon Juice", "amount": "0.75 oz"}
  ],
  "alternatives": {
    "whiskey": "Canadian Rye or Bourbon",
    "honey syrup": "Maple Syrup"
  },
  "steps": [
    {"step_number": 1, "instruction": "Shake all ingredients with ice"},
    {"step_number": 2, "instruction": "Double strain into chilled coupe glass"},
    {"step_number": 3, "instruction": "Express lemon twist oils and garnish"}
  ],
  "educational_notes": "This recipe demonstrates balancing sweetness and acidity using classic ratios."
}