Most stirred drinks are about three ounces. Three criteria apply to any mixing glass I plan to have: size, durability and aesthetic. That’s important now that you’re a bonafide home bartender because all of your friends are coming over. Most of all, mixing glasses help make more than one drink at a time. Or, if you plan to serve a cocktail on a single large cube, that would not work so well for stirring your drink in the glass. Then there are drinks such as the Manhattan, which need to be stirred to chill but strained up. Many bourbon cocktails are crafted as “build-in-glass,” meaning ingredients are added to the same glass that will be used for drinking, then stirred and served. To keep it sweet and simple, all recommendations are broken into three consecutive posts, starting with tools for the beginning bartender then moving to intermediate and advanced levels. The plethora of tools and equipment can get weird, with so many shiny, wiry, perforated and Inspector Gadget-worthy options to choose from. Wherever you are with your home bar, and for whatever reason, here is a guide for what to have on hand. There’s really no need for a gizmo that only gets used once in a while or a superfluous utensil that achieves the same result rendered by something you already have. To help weed out the infinite options we all have, thanks to the wonders of online shopping, there is a short list of items one can live without. There are tools from basic and beyond necessary to achieve any level at home. Now it can be a great way to save on spending, and for some there are greater aspirations to create never-before-seen drinks served with fire, flare and fabulousness. For others, it’s a delightful home hobby. Many of us majorly brushed up on these skills during the good ol’ COVID days, out of necessity. Enter Home BartendingĮnter home bartending. On the flip side, thanks to another super fun recession, it is less intoxicating when the bill arrives. Nowadays, beautifully designed, lovingly prepared and flawlessly mixed concoctions with fresh fare, made-from-scratch mixers and an array of interesting ingredients has greatly improved consumer palates. Recall a whiskey sour that was mostly a shelf-stable mix, likely in a neon yellow highlighter hue. I’m going to address the elephant in the room: going out for drinks has gotten expensive! The craft cocktail craze, which went from underground to mainstream in the past couple of decades, has been a welcome renaissance from two-ingredient drink days of yore. Part 2 focuses on Intermediate Bartending Tools and Part 3 focuses on Advanced Bartending tools.
#Top 5 bartender tools series#
The first part of this series focuses on Bar Tools that any Home Bourbon Bartender will need. 24 Bar Tools you need and 5 You Don’t Part 1 – Beginner Bar Tools
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