Stocking a Home Bar

Now that you have built and designed your brand new Tiki bar you need to stock it with liquor. Before doing so, it is a good idea to decide how much entertaining you plan on doing and what type of drinks you, your friends and family will be enjoying.

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, here’s a nice list to start with.
Gin
Vodka
Rum
Whiskey
Tequila
Brandy/Cognac

Fruits are important as garnishes, having plenty of the right fruits on hand can also be important.
Cherries
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!
Apple
Cranberry
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 (almond)
Creme de Menthe (mint)
Jagermeister (herb)
Kahlua (coffee)
Schnapps (various flavors)
Triple Sec (orange)

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.
Cola
Ginger Ale
Grenadine
Sour Mix
Sprite/7-Up
Water
Tonic
Lemon and/or Lime Juice

Finally, you’ll want to have plenty of garnishes around to make your drinks look appealing and taste yummy.
Ice
Maraschino Cherries
Olives (black/green)
Salt/Pepper Sugar
Tabasco Sauce
Worcestershire Sauce

Now that your bar is stocked - Put some Ray Anthony on the box - Set the lights just right and call your friends over for a relaxing time full of conversation an fun.





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