Build your bar like a pro with this checklist. Print it out and take it to the liquor store (just don’t buy everything all at once).
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the basics
liquor
- Bourbon
- Cointreau
- Dry vermouth
- Gin
- Kahlua
- Rum
- Scotch
- Sweet vermouth
- Tequila
- Vodka
wine
the advanced touch
SIPPIN’ WHISKEY
- Single malt scotch (like The Glenlivet 12 Year Old)
- Irish whiskey (like Black Bush)
SPECIALTY LIQUORS
- Midori
- Chambord
- Crème de Cassis
mixers and garnishes: the basics
JUICE
- Cranberry
- Grapefruit
- Orange
- Rose’s Lime Juice
- Tomato
GARNISHES
- Celery
- Cocktail onions
- Green stuffed pitted olives
SODA
- Cola
- Ginger ale
- Seltzer
- Tonic
- 7-Up
- Lemons
- Limes
- Maraschino cherries
- Mint
the advanced touch
EXTRAS
- Angostura bitters
- Bitters
- Coarse salt
- Coconut milk
- Cream
- Crystallized and granulated sugar
- Grenadine
- Sour mix
- Sugarcane
- Tabasco sauce
- Worcestershire sauce
accessories: the basics
GLASSES
- Highball
- Lowball
- Martini
- Red wine
- Shot
- White wine
TOOLS - Blender
- Boston cocktail shaker
- Cocktail napkins
- Corkscrew
- Hawthorne strainer
- Ice bucket
- Plastic cocktail swords
- Stirrers
- Tongs
- Bar spoons
- Bar towels
- Jiggers
- Lemon zester
- Multipurpose opener
- Wood muddler (for crushing herbs, sugar, and so on—mojito, anyone?)
-- The Nest Editors
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