How to Have a Well Stocked Bar at Home
From daiquiris to margaritas, cognacs to brandies, you enjoy a good cocktail. You entertain often, and wish for your guests to have a varied selection of alcohol to enjoy. This article will show you how to have everything you need in your home bar. Does this Spark an idea?
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Instructions
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Purchase some bar glasses. You need a basic 10- or 12-ounce glass for mixed drinks like rum and coke. Larger drinks, such as daiquiris, use a 16-ounce glass. Obtain some shot glasses and beer mugs. Get wine glasses and champagne glasses. Cognacs and brandy call for a brandy snifter.
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Keep bar fruit on hand at all times. Have a jar of maraschino cherries, as well as an orange, a lime and a lemon. If you want to be creative, have pineapple slices or some other exotic fruit to put in drinks.
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Keep sodas and juices in the refrigerator. Have Coke or Pepsi and a diet soda, as well as tonic water, club soda and Sprite or ginger ale. Essential juices include orange, pineapple and cranberry juice.
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Have a basic supply of beers. Get a light beer, a domestic beer, a dark beer and an imported beer.
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Get some standard wines. Chardonnays, zinfandels, and merlots will do the trick. This gives you one white, one rose and one red wine. Don't refrigerate the red wine.
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Obtain basic liquors. Purchase rum, gin, vodka, whisky, tequila, triple sec and bourbon. Add some liqueurs like peach schnapps, melon and raspberry liqueurs to make a sex on the beach drink. Select a cognac and a brandy.
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Keep basic bartending supplies around. You need a mixing tin, a strainer and a blender for frozen drinks. Have some daiquiri mix and margarita mix.
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Tips & Warnings
Make sure to have ice in your freezer to put in your drinks and to use to make frozen daiquiris.
Restock your items as they get low. When you're down to a shot or two of vodka, get another bottle. If you only have two beers left, buy some more. Don't wait until you run out completely.
