Stocking a Home Bar
When stocking your home bar, you need to keep in mind how much entertaining you do and what types of drinks your friends and family like. Sure, it might be nice to be able to produce the ingredients for a Flaming Dr. Pepper, but if you only have one crazy friend who might ask you for that, the cost of the ingredients might just outweigh the need to have them on hand.
What should the typical home bar have on hand? Well, besides a healthy supply of beer and wine, heres a nice list to start with.
Vodka
Rum
Whiskey
Tequila
Brandy
Jin
Fruits are important as garnishes, having plenty of the right fruits on hand can also be important.
Lemons
Limes
Fruit juices are used as mixers with the liquor to make various drinks. Plus, having them on hand for your non-drinking customers can be just as important!
Crandberry
Orange
Pineapple
Tomato
Making some of the more exotic drinks requires the mixing of liqueurs along with typical liquors and other additives to achieve the desired taste. Liqueurs can also be drunk on their own as shots or an after dinner nip.
Amaretto
Creme de Menthe
Jagermeister
Kahula
Schnaps
Triple Sec
There are other mixers you must have on hand besides fruit juices. Many drinks utilize popular soft drinks and other non-conventional ingredients for the drinks.
Ginger Ale
Coca Cola
Greneadine
Sour Mix
Sprite
Water
Tonic
Lemon and/or Lime Juice
Finally, youll want to have plenty of garnishes around to make your drinks look appealing and taste yummy.
Maraschino Cherries
Olives
Salt
Tabasco Sauce
Worcestershire Sauce
Celery salt
Of course, now that you have the ingredients, youll need the appropriate tools to do the job. The various tools include glassware, so lets again see what youll need for an home bar.
Stocking Tools for a Home Bar
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