WELCOME BEHIND THE BAR
Recipes can tell you what goes in the glass. The Top Pour teaches you why.
Every bottle is money. Know what you have before you worry about how fast you can pour it.
YOUR BAR
READY TO POUR
If it isn't counted, don't assume you have it. A good bartender knows the backbar before the rush starts.
RECIPES
Search the library, see what your backbar can make, and open any drink for the measures, method, and the reason behind the technique.
RECIPE BOOK
EVENT BAR PLANNER
Start with the crowd, choose the kind of bar you're serving, then build a practical shopping plan — including your signature cocktail menu.
Don't plan a bar by guessing at bottles. Start with people, hours, and what you're actually serving. A little planning before the event saves a whole lot of running around during it.
STEP 1
These numbers give us the starting demand for the bar.
YOUR EVENT PLAN
SAVED PLANS
ASK STSB
Ask about technique, recipes, substitutions, balance, or what your current backbar can make. The answer should feel like an experienced bartender showing you the ropes — not a search engine reading a recipe card.
Core includes 100 permanent starter AI credits. Paid AI+ includes 500 monthly AI credits that reset without rollover. Each successful live Ask STSB answer uses 1 credit; failed AI requests do not consume credits.
Your verified balance updates after each successful Ask STSB answer.YOUR BACKBAR RIGHT NOW
BARTENDER COACH
South Texas School of Bartending · Technique. Balance. Substitutions. Recipes. Your bar.
MY CREATIONS
Build the drink, write down what worked, and keep the lesson. A recipe you cannot repeat is just a lucky pour.
Bartender's note: Write it down while the drink is still in front of you. Tomorrow's memory is a terrible measuring tool.
RECIPE NOTEBOOK
BAR LIBRARY
The bottle matters. The glass matters. The method matters. Learn the working knowledge that makes the recipe make sense.
Bartender's note: Anybody can memorize a bottle name. Learn what the bottle does in the drink and you'll know what to reach for when the recipe changes.
CALENDAR & GIGS
Keep shifts, private events, classes, restock reminders, and certification dates in one bartender-friendly schedule.
Bartender's note: The easiest gig to ruin is the one you forgot was on the calendar. Write it down before somebody orders the first round.
NEW ENTRY
AI+ · PROFESSIONAL INVENTORY
Set pars and costs, see what is below target, build a restock list, and run a physical count without losing the simplicity of My Bar.
Bartender's note: A bottle on the shelf is inventory. A bottle you forgot to count is a surprise waiting for Friday night.
Set a few pars and unit costs and I’ll help you read the backbar.
Ask STSB can review the quantities, pars, costs, restock needs, and active count information shown here.PHYSICAL COUNT
Book quantity is what My Bar currently says. Enter what you physically count, then finalize to update My Bar.
ADD PRODUCT
This adds the product to My Bar and Professional Inventory at the same time.
RESTOCK LIST
My Bar stays part of Lifetime Core. AI+ adds pars, costs, Count Sessions, restock planning, Last Count, and Professional Inventory tools. Ask STSB can use your current inventory context to help you review shortages, costs, restock needs, and active counts.
PLANS & BILLING
See your verified access, AI balance, AI+ entitlement, and the current state of Paddle billing tools.
Pay for the tool once. Pay for extra AI only when you actually use it. Nobody needs another subscription just to remember how to stir a Manhattan.
Core app forever, plus 100 starter AI credits when purchased.
For occasional Ask STSB use without AI+. Purchased credits never expire and remain separate from the AI+ monthly allowance.
For working bartenders, managers, and heavier AI users.
AI WALLET
Your available balance is verified from your Top Pour account.
BILLING
Live Paddle checkout and verified webhook provisioning are connected. This screen shows access entitlements separately from subscription self-service so the status stays clear.
Lifetime Core is granted only after a verified entitlement is present.
AI+ access is separate from in-app subscription self-service.
Use your Paddle receipt for the authoritative transaction record. In-app receipt history is coming later.
Live Paddle checkout is connected. Access is provisioned only after Paddle confirms payment and the verified webhook updates your account.
If your AI credits hit zero, My Bar, recipes, creations, events, calendar, and the Bar Library keep working. AI enhances The Top Pour; it does not hold the app hostage.
ACCOUNT & SETTINGS
Set your bartender profile so The Top Pour feels like yours.
YOUR PROFILE
Your profile and Core working data stay on this device unless a cloud feature explicitly says otherwise.
QUICK START
A practical path through the app.
ADVANCED
Optional local-data tools. Automatic cloud sync is not part of the Core launch experience.
Your bar, creations, calendar, and settings currently stay in this browser. Export/import is available as a no-cost manual safety option.
MORE
Account, premium, support, and policy tools live here so the main bar stays clean.
LEGAL & POLICIES
The Top Pour is operated by Villanueva Hospitality Group LLC.ABOUT THE TOP POUR
The Top Pour turns the teaching philosophy of South Texas School of Bartending into a practical bartender companion you can carry anywhere.
BUILT BY STSB
South Texas School of Bartending has been serving South Texas since 2006. The Top Pour carries that same practical approach into a digital tool for bartenders, students, managers, and serious enthusiasts.
It is designed around what matters behind the bar: understanding technique, making smart substitutions, knowing your inventory, planning events, managing gigs, and learning the reason behind the pour.
THE PHILOSOPHY
“Recipes can tell you what goes in the glass. The Top Pour teaches you why.”
Ask STSB, the Bar Library, recipes, inventory tools, and event planning all follow the same rule: give you the answer, then teach you what is actually happening in the glass and behind the bar.
THE PRODUCT
HELP & POLICIES