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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liquor: the basics

liquor

• Bourbon
• Cointreau
• Dry vermouth
• Gin
• Kahlua
• Rum
• Scotch
• Sweet vermouth
• Tequila
• Vodka

wine

• Red wine
• White 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?)

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