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Home Bar Essentials Checklist
A nine-bottle bar should meet all your cocktail needs, giving you the ingredients to make hundreds of recipes. Here's the only liquor you need, along with mixers, gadgets, garnishes, and glasses.
Liquor
Bourbon
Cointreau or triple sec (some people swear Cointreau is worth the money even if you mix it)
Gin
Rum (light)
Scotch (blended)
Tequila (white)
Vermouth (dry)
Vermouth (sweet)
Vodka
Wine
Red
White
Beer
Light
Dark
Mixers
Cola
Ginger ale
Club soda
Sparkling water
Tonic water
Cranberry juice
Orange juice
Angostura bitters
Garnishes
Green olives (pitted)
Lemons
Limes
Kosher salt
Maraschino cherries
Accessories
Long cocktail spoon
Paring knife
Peeler
Cutting board
Corkscrew
Bottle opener
Juice squeezer
Standard shaker: The shaker should have a metal bottom and a metal lid with a strainer.
Jigger: Choose one with a 1-ounce measure on one side and 1 1/2 ounces on the other. Most recipes call for 1 1/2 ounces of alcohol (a jigger, or a shot), but some call for 1 ounce (a pony). If you don’t have a jigger, 3 tablespoons are about equal to 1 1/2 ounces.
Bartending handbook. (Ultimate Bartender’s Guide by Ray Foley, inventor of the Fuzzy Navel drink recipe!)
Cocktail napkins
Cocktail toothpicks
Swizzle sticks
Glasses
Martini glasses
Highball glasses
All-purpose wineglasses
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