How To Stock Your Bar With Spirits
HTML-код
- Опубликовано: 15 сен 2024
- You're thinking of buying a bunch of spirits for your bar? You're looking to buy a few bottles, what do you get? We have our answer and it has worked for us, maybe you should try it as well. Buy what you love, the rest will follow.
Checkout our new glassware store: bit.ly/XCaLFE
Join us on facebook: on. QH5dJ7
The most important thing when building a home bar is to buy unflavoured booze first. Then, only buy flavours that cannot be duplicated by using fresh ingredients. By doing that, you will save a lot of money. Why buy a raspberry, blueberry, cranberry etc. booze when you can emulate the flavours with juice, at a fraction of the cost?
Another thing is, only buy high end booze if you're planning on drinking it straight. Why buy patron when you'll barely taste the tequila when mixed?
Another way to build your bar is to ask people to donate a bottle when they attend your event.
If you are serving red meat, ask everyone to bring a bottle of red; white meat...white wine. If you're doing a cheese and wine event, ask for sparkling or desert wine. If it's a cocktail party, ask for hard liquor. BBQ...ask for beer. Host one event from each category and you'll have a full bar in no time.
MrBeatboxmasta Quite true,
I still have some flavoured vodka bottles which are 5 years old.
You don´t really need them for anything.
The part about donating is also a bit tricky.
Quite often you end with cheap booze that you won´t even use, or stuff that has no purpose in your bar (cake flavoured vodka ;) )
Around my friends, before I started mixing, the rule was, that when we were at the house of buddy X, or Y, X or Y would pay for the beer.
The system was ok, because we were always at somebody elses place and everybody just drank 1 or 2 beers while watching a movie or so.
The problem started for me, when they see the bar in my place and now they want cocktails, instead of me giving them some beer.
The problem ist, that the ingredients in the cocktail cost 3times what the beers would have cost so whenever i was hosting our DVD night, I was having 3 or 4 times the cost of the other guys,
In the I had to be frank with them, tell them about the costs and now there is a donation box on top of my bar and it sort of works
eberbacher007 Watch Tipsy Bartender and you'll get plenty of ideas for cake vodka (or any other flavoured vodka).
If the guests were the ones to bring the booze, you wouldn't have had the problem because everyone would immediately see who is being cheap and would adjust accordingly. Bringing booze is a small gesture of appreciation for spending money on the movie (if you don't pirate) and/or snacks. It is even more relevant when someone spends considerably more for hosting a dinner party.
As long as your system works, keep doing it. I just figured that since this is a video on how to build your bar, I would post a suggestion that included more than just beer.
I tried to start my bar not long ago, I started with whisky, vodka, triple sec and rum but I got so excited at the idea of starting my own little bar, that I used a lot of it making drinks that night to test on my housemate. Back to square one.
Hahahaha, I did the same thing. You end up with 1/4 of all your liquor left and just a big frown on your face.
I was following your instructions here, before I even saw this vid! It started with a hunt to find the parts to make a Navy Grog, which took up most of my money, but I stuck with that and perfected it, which led in to other drinks that could be made with the same ingredients. Now its progressed into making my own simple syrups and liqueurs! Love the show. Thanks, and Keep up the great work!
I've watched a couple of videos like this and read a few articles and I must just say thank you. The advice you gave here was far more useful than just to get a rum and a vodka and a bourbon and a tequila or so on and so forth. Not a single one of the other videos I've watched have suggested doing it like this and I think that honestly this is the best way to build your home bar.
Thanks, also here is the newest rendition of this concept I did a few weeks ago: ruclips.net/video/ZyzClx41-DY/видео.html
The problem is, everyone producing solutions is so hung up on "collecting", and that's a different concept. I'd say that is "intelligent collections" rather than what someone that has nothing _needs_ for cocktail creation. I mean, we don't do that with anything else, you don't collect a bunch of meat, and chicken incase you wanna make something, you buy it as you need it.
The same thing can be applied to spice racks and I wish I knew that years ago. I have spices I have NEVER used because it's part of "spices" as a collection. When, in fact, there are four to six spices I use on a regular basis and maybe one or two I use rarely but are "nice to have." Yet we spend tons of money on having every spice under the sun and never use 'em...
I think this is great advice. The best bar is the one that you can make all your favorite drinks at, not the one that meets some standard of what a bar "should" have.
thanks. I would also like to go to a bar where people know how to make drinks good rather than just hitting some standard and have untalented people making mediocre drinks.
*****
Basically, if you find out that the barkeeper is just doing this to pay for college, and has been doing all other kinds of jobs before (so not one of those students that get better an better at bartending during college, like jeffrey morgenthaler) you should get up and leave.
Thats also my problem with women behind the bar.
My experience is, that they are often much more unprofessional than the men.
It seems that they are often hired for their looks and they know that, in contrast the men had to work much harder for their tips, so they became more professional
I know this an old video, but I just found your channel. Great content. Thanks for the effort you guys/gals put in
Thanks!
I was doing this without really knowing it. I don't drink alot of alcohol, so I mainly stuck to buying bourbon. Then I latch on to old fashions, which are just incredibly simple and delicious. Then I wanted to try outer burbons and expanded to whiskeys. I always like mojitos so I would buy cheap rum and then decided to upgrade brands and try some aged varieties. Then I got a hold of gin and tonic which is just refreshing in the summer. Now I'm looking to expand out to liqueurs for mixed drinks maybe invent my own.
I have watched a lot of your videos. I have even started my own playlist. I personally believe this might be one of your best. Top 10 maybe even top 5. Thanks for the advice.
Dave G Thanks!
This is exactly how I started my bar. I just thought an aviation looked so cool so I went out and got everything for it then I progressively added bottles for new cocktails I wanted to try. Your videos are very entertaining and I'm definitely now a subscriber.
How about a remake of this one? Your view may have changed? Would be cool to have your current tope few bottles and opinions from the team also!
I can remake it, but my view is the same :)
Best advice, not just a list of possibilities, but a strategy for growth in only the right direction.
yep!
The reason to have a home bar is to entertain family and friends, so your needs depend on their taste. I need Scotch (I love Rob Roy's), vodka (my brother, and I seem to have a lot of Black Russian fans in my group), Amaretto and Kahlua (I can't seem to keep them full, always the first to go), and of course sweet vermouth (for my Rob Roys) and a good spiced rum and Bourbon (someone always wants a Manhattan or Old Fashioned)and I just added FireBall (everyone seems to like that). I will sometimes inherent a bottle of peach schnapps because someone brings one over for their date that wants a Fuzzy Navel. But my base bar is seven bottles, well eight, with the addition of the Fireball Oh, and Angostura bitters. I got a bitters set (Angostura, Peychaud and orange) and they last a very long time. With my circle of family and friends, I have no need for Gin and Tequila. You might not need Scotch with yours.
+RoccosPlace1 most people just simply ask me "what do I need?" -- and this occurs weekly on reddit's "cocktails" subreddit as well. Everyone needing to know what they "need" to buy. Of course, since then, I purchased AwesomeDrinks.com where I sell craft syrups and bitters so I've definitely got a growing bar situation as I use the products I sell (but not all at once) :)
Just started watching by way of how RUclips tends to lead you astray. But I subscribed for the fact that you respond to a lot of your viewers. That's awesome.
Bryce Langston thanks! I try to respond to them all but not all are really needing of response. But I try to respond to those from time to time if the same person keeps doing it (showing they want to interact but don't have anything special to say at the moment)
That's cool. I just like how people who do instructional videos actually respond. To those that have questions. Keep posting great work
Basically how I built my bar. Although as a starter set, get your clear spirits first with juices/citrus and sugar you would be surprised at how many cocktails you can make with just 3 juices (Orange, Cranberry, Pineapple) and just buying Vodka, Rum, Tequila, and Gin. It's a good rule of thumb to always have those 4 spirits, juices and sodas. Start your home bar like you would prepare a college party!
yep, same concept
This is exactly how I got started on my bar, and all from your recipes. Im currently up to 36 bottles, 10 of which (at least) are scotch/bourbon/whiskey, at least 15 are mixers (curacao, frangelico, kahlua). Flavored vodkas and flavored liquors like that are what im least worried about at the moment, although Vanilla Vodka was one of the first I bought since I had to make the "chocolate cake shooter"
Thank you Common Man Cocktails. I recently just started drinking alcohol drinks and now I want a mini bar at home. Everyday I would think about how I should start my bar. Obvious after a long time, I realized that I should just start with what I like to drink, JUST LIKE YOU SAID. Anyways I am so glad I stumble upon this video. It helped out alot!!!
no problem, I'm also working on a video series kinda around this topic too.
ive never made any cocktails...usually just do straight shots...i still have alot of fun watching theses videos lol
I've watched a lot of build your home bar videos and this is by far the most realistic! Love the advice!! Honestly, what new home bar needs 3 types of bitters?
Well my home bar had 40 to 50 :-) my buddy had about 20, but most I left there :-)
Very informative video. I generally drink alcohol neat, without mixing. So my bar right now consists of Hibiki 17, Hakushu 12, Taketsuru 12, Kavalan, and Casa Noble Reposado.
+Asian Movie Enthusiast Thanks
Yes, the only spirits I buy are White Rum, Wodka and Korn because I know I actually drink them. I make my own liquors and syrups and have more than enough variety for my own taste.
If there ever was a better infomercial for buying liquor you wouldn't beat this guy
I'm bartending out of Murphy's Irish Sports Bar & Grill in Oliver B.C. and I just had to say your channel is awesome! Great for inspiration! "Rainbow Shots" are a GREAT seller at the pub, 10 shots for $20 and don't forget to tip the lady. ;) Thankyou!
Love Agent Orange #3 thats my drink. 1 1/2oz Jack D., 1 1/2oz SoCo, 8oz Orange Juice. I love it!
what a quality material! added to my favorites
thank you and wishing the best for you and your family
You kick ass, man! Learned a lot about mixing drinks from your videos and now I have lots of fun doing it! Thanks!
awesome, thanks!
All about the substitution. I'm a margarita guy. So I figured out a basic margarita. Then I took out the orange liqueur. And I substituted in another sweet, fruit-flavoured liqueur. I ended up with a different colour and a different flavour. Then I subbed in something else. Try a margarita with Pama, or Xante, or Midori, in place of the orange liqueur. Then, I dropped the tequila. I grabbed some jenever, and tried it with some different rums. I must have tried 50 different margarita ideas.
I did this exact thing you explained in this. I feel like a boss! I only had pep. schnapps, kahlua, jager, american honey, and goldschlager. I can make twenty things with just those, and once I get my next beverage-blue curacao, I can make about 5 more.
So simple! I never thought of it like that. Thanks a bunch
Great video, and I certainly don't disagree one bit. I was in a bit of a unique situation where I like to mix drinks but I'm not much of a drinker myself. What I found was the most essential part of my bar was Vodka. I found that it had a great deal of drink choices, and even several drinks that call for rum etc can be substituted with vodka. I also found that for quality and variety, I had to stay away from any mixers which could only make one specific drink.
I started with...
Patron tequila and Cointreau for margarita
Then added rite after all these together mostly for long island ice tea.. gin, white rum, vodka, triple sec and orange vodka.
Had family over and they where all impressed in all the drinks I made them with just a few bottles
now you can upgrade your tequila to a non-patron brand (to something with more flavor) and blow their minds with additional margarita love. And, I'd try using your gin to make a few of our gin cocktails (we've got a few good gin playlists if you're into gin). Most of them are pretty simple too on ingredients.
I don't know how it is in the states but here you can also get a grand marnier with a yellow band instead of a red one which is a lot cheaper as I recall.
I don't know what difference it makes in taste though..
may be another option for ppl who dont want to spend as much but i haven't tried it yet
perfect advice
This is so true all you need is literally rum, tequila, whiskey, gin, vodka, throw in some vermouth and bitters and boom you can make most of the drinks you can think of
yep, but you can also buy half and just make the drinks you're good at and actually want :)
Like a BOSS, I love this guy.
This is my fav. Videos of yours
awesome, thanks!
I love the way you explained this
thanks
I recall the first two big bottles I bought to make a recipe with was Kahlua and Amaretto, as I'm into the sweet drinks like the toasted marsh mellow. Then I moved on to Goldshlager and butterscotch schnapps.
Right now I have 15 bottles that I know I'll make great things with one day. Plus 4 nips one of which is Licor 43 I put that on the rocks and loved it. So that's the next full bottle I'll go for. So now that's 3 bottles on my wish list. lol
you put it across very well! this is the second video of yours I watched and I liked it, one question though what's that toy jet used for :D
+vinish shetty thanks. That's not a toy jet, that's Thundercracker! :)
Try it. Jenever, mango puree, lime juice, agave. Some Tajin seasoning for the rim. I'll shoot you a link if you're so inclined.
The only thing I did different is start with a drink that has a lot of different alcohol. You start off with the ingredients for a Long Island and that's a great start. Plus I like whiskey so I would add a great whiskey. Personally I also like to use all high end alcohol. That's what I do.
Just look up some recipes from everydaydrinker and other sources. He has a couple of good Curacao recipes. I sometimes also use Curacao instead of Triple Sec for a couple of recipes. I first got into the drink when I went to Barcraft (starcraft themed drinks) - they had a few good drinks with Blue Curacao.
Definitely haven't heard a better advice than this one, definitely great vid, kudos for u man! :D
Rob Schnieder talks liquor. :D
JK, I love you man. Keep it up!
+J. Alex Parker awe, if you were only the first to do that reference instead of the 30th :)
I personally always have blue curacao, midori, malibu and vanilla vodka in the mix with other staples.
Awesome advice! I was going to ask this question, but I figured you probably already had it answered. Lo and behold, I was correct! Thanks for this :)
I usually check with my local Liquor store for coupons as well since my liquor stores are county run, just a little money saving tip!
When i started with 5bottles only! Vodka, gin, rum, tequila and cointreau. Basically with all those you can make more than half of all the cocktails already.
half of all cocktails you drink maybe... lol. Not half the ones I drink.
Really good advice video ! greetings from germany , keep up the good work, enjoying your content with my friends and we love you guys, love to experiment with new recipes and simply to have some fun :) !
Oldy but a goldy!
lol, yeah, still draws one of the highest views each month
Awesome tips to hook up my bar. I asked at one point :) Basically build a piece at a time until you end up with a nice collection lol
@winson2311 i know that i im talking about the one with the white rope its a clear bottle
thanks for that I needed to hear that for my self. I was worrying about what to buy. I don't have that great a bugged and just buying what I love to drink is really good till the point that I can perfect it on my own. Well this is the year that i want to try out new things so I will try 3 to 5 drinks that I can make and love to drink.
My initial suggestion is to checkout our main channel page (ruclips.net/user/everydaydrinkers) and look at the playlists "Course 1" and "Course 2", and "The More You Know" and consume all that content. Then our Craft Cocktail series (Vodka: ruclips.net/p/PL5zfqDuFro3wiOGwNoo_dAVp6MXU2dN_Y) and (Gin: ruclips.net/p/PL5zfqDuFro3yqzNCuZ9RXjH6_ygyYhsI4) as a good foundation starting point.
Then, if you need Tequila, you can checkout "Tequila Month" and even "Tiki Month" playlists also on the main page. Once you've consumed all that (several weeks of content no doubt), you'll be about where you need to be to be able to say you know how to make cocktails :)
Somewhere along the line you're probably going to say "wow, all this content to get me up and started free of charge?" To that I say "yep!" But, you can also join our patreon subscribers at patreon.com/cmc to donate each month or everydaydrinkers.com/donate/ for Paypal donations. Because, I mean, you don't even have to watch ads or anything, so why not give us some credit for the work we've done over the last ten years...? :-)
All do that thanks for the info and all let you know when I have anymore questions
ok!
Great advise because I was just buying random bottles.
Thanks!
Half the fun of having spirits for your bar and personal cocktails is simply experimenting with various flavors one bottle at a time. It's like cooking or baking with your own twists on certain recipes. You don't even need a lot to make something good, just like how you can make a batch of good peanut butter cookies with just PB, sugar and eggs, as opposed to an elaborate list.
I totally agree. I my self like sour stuff. whiskey sours, apple, lemon drop. so I get a random whisky and see how I like that and a cheep bland vodka. lots of fruit and agave syrup.
and I like daiquiris so I get gold or clear rum. and go to the store for banana and mango nectar.
and lastly one bottle of some Tequila. As I like sour margaritas.
I find I don't like Gin much so I skip that. Bourbon again don't use it much. I recently came to dislike Irish cream so that's out.
In short the more you develop your pallet the more yes you realize you don't need half of the stuff you spent 100$ on
This video really helped me. Thanks!
Actually, I came to the same conclusion after I had, lets say, 25-30 different bottels (some of them still unopened). Some liquors are used more often than others, depending on what you and your people prefer. In my company I'm the only one who loves experimenting, and the rest of the people rely on that. That's when some cocktails gather traction and have more fans - even when the common taste differs than mine. Hence some of the bottels become empty faster than others - these are the ones that have to be restocked more often. For the rest it might take years to be finished. It's sort of a smaller version of the tendencies of the open markets. So you have a very expirienced and opinionated point there. Cheers!
I still have some bottles from my first 2008 broadcast on youtube :)
Hah! It's easier for you forget some ghosts/spirits in the closet/bar.
***** that happened to me with all the flavoured wodkas,
at the beginning I was excited and bought all that absolut X and Y, but in the end, next to no cocktails uses them and the only one that gets some sort of regular use (=maybe twice a year) is the Absolut pepper.
eberbacher007 Wodka! You're German is showing :)
*****
you´re/your
Should it not be "your" in your sentence.
I thought you were the native speaker ;)
good advice
Load of cheap but easy to drink whiskies, vodkas/tequilas and rums that you will be drinking pretty often. Then some good bottles for semi-special occasions. Then some really great bottles you never open, because you don't wanna waste them. That's the way I do it, since I pretty much drink my stuff straight. The only drink I really like is Pina Colada, so I don't mix drinks that often.
Cloverskull true words
You always need to have something for those "special friends".
I guess you know them too.
Those who speak the loudest about "them liking some good whisky", but won´t notice the difference between the cheepest blend and a 25 year old single malt, and who say goodbye at the end of the evening, and leave while they still have half their glass full of whisky.
1: get money
2: buy various alcoholic beverages
3: ????
4: Profit!
I really love Patrón tequila, absinth isn't too bad either...
my bar: hpnotiq, gray goose vodka, citrus vodka, various beer (corona, Heineken, coors, miller...) hennesey cognac, orange juice, mountain dew, midori, sour apple schnapps,southern comfort, Kahlua, dr pepper, amaretto, blue curacauo, vanilla vodka, sprite, grenadine.rapberry liquor, and sprite.
You are the man!
It's surely one way to get to your home bar.
But some people want to learn with a bigger variety. My take would be: 1 gin, 1 vodka, 1 bourbon (or rye since a lot of the classics originally rely on rye), 1 Campari (or Aperol if you prefer it less bitter), a small (!) bottle of each dry white and sweet red vermouth, 1 Angostura and if you're into summery stuff get 1 white rum … add a triple sec and your basically done. You can switch around by preference and replace a bottle i.e. with a bottle of tequila or dark rum. Personally I'd rather add a bottle of brandy/cognac and/or absinth (Sazerac, I'm looking at ya). Simple syrup is important but you can do it at home. Have fresh oranges, limes and lemons at hand (you really don't need that much for your home bar). And then there's soda (consider a soda syphon), tonic water and ginger ale - again, you don't need that much of it and it depends on the style you prefer.
You could stock a basic bar setup with about 200 bucks (simple stuff, granted) and you'll have fun for quite some time.
+diotough if you assume everyone's got the same exact pricing for product, perhaps that's right. Now, transport yourself to Norway, and that's about $900 or more of product.
The goal of this video is to show the cost effective way--the end result would be similar to your end result, but without having to invest until you're ready and excel at it step by step. That might be all done in a week, two weeks or two months or two years, but you can move at your own pace. With the "buy everything at once" design, there is very little advantage to doing it this way except to have to carry more home.
+Common Man Cocktails Sure, I'm not saying that your way is the wrong approach. Just saying that some people want to experiment a bit more straight away from the beginning. What I was saying was just that you don't have to get the whole variety of spirits and liquors a bar might has to offer. I think it's a very good point to keep the drinks in mind you like and you want to be able to mix. It's definitely a sensible way to buy what you can use and not just buy stuff you might use once a year.
But I also do think you should not just go and buy what you need for that one specific drink you like at the moment if the stuff's just not versatile. For example if the only drink with absinthe you like is a Sazerac you might want to reconsider because that bottle is going to sit on your shelf for years - maybe not money that well spent. So being strategic is a good approach.
Personally I'd be also careful with champagne or sparkling wine cocktails because once opened you have a just a few days to use it until it just loses that sparkling sensation - and oxidises as well. While this is not a big issue when inviting guests and specifically offering them that French 75 (or something else) it might be a thing to think about when being alone or just with one guest.
So the best approach would be in my opinion to explore cocktails at a good bar and find a few you like. Than look at the recipes and make an economic decision. Most of the classics can be done with very few bottles. You'll always find a use for each a bottle of gin, bourbon and vodka. Aromatic bitters won't go bad and are used in so many cocktails.
Of course in Scandinavia prices will be much much higher but in most countries you can get your very basic bar setup for an equivalent of about $200. Some folks at another channel talking about their 12 bottles concept actually said it'd be possible to get all of those starting at $200. Since I'm not American I can only directly estimate costs in Euros. Here in Germany I'd estimate the very basic bottles to cost you about 150€ or less (Bombay Sapphire, Russian Standard, Maker's Mark, Noilly Prat, Martini & Rossi Rosso, Angostura Bitter, Campari). That'd be my personal setup for the stuff I like and of which I know I can do a lot of drinks with.
I do agree that there's not the one basic setup for everyone (especially on a budget) but just focussing on one drink might lead to buying bottles you only need for a single drink.
+diotough correct, I've seen a few of the 12 bottle bar setups and I think it's a good pitch for someone that gets their tax return and wants to get "ready" for anything. I just don't think, even with the funds, it's a wise choice until you really can utilize them all. I also don't consider sparkling wine, champagne and, to some level, vermouth a product that needs to be "stocked" as part of the bar setup. I look at those much like I would fresh oranges or lemons or limes--you get them as required. Granted, you can buy a bottle of vermouth and not open it until you need it, but I also don't suggest a $6 bottle of vermouth unless you like making crappy ass classic cocktails. :)
I believe we can do this for under $200 here as well (maybe) but definitely not in Australia or Norway where a bottle of vodka runs them $80, which is sad.
Absinthe is indeed one of those "are you sure?" buys... you will may a lot for it and you may only use 1/4 oz (7ml) at a time :) This same for Chartreuse and anything made by Monks :) However, I'm fairly confident someone looking at buying bottles of their bar for the first time aren't yet at the level of Absinthe or a Sazerac in most cases :)
***** Agreed, if you don't know what to do with your bottles then go as light as you can. But do so many people even consider stocking a home bar when they don't know anything about cocktails and drinks?
I have the impression we're not that far apart in our opinions on how to stock a home bar. At the end the most important question is: what do you like?
And yes, it's an absolute shame that alcohol is so obscenely expensive in some countries.
+diotough yes, plenty of people work to stock there bar and have absolutely no idea what they're going to make or any experience with drinks. It's actually pretty amazing :)
From my experience, there are a bunch of people that don't know how to plan, don't understand what to buy and often buy stuff and not know what to do with it. Just read some of the REDDIT posts on /r/cocktails :)
So I'm just wondering.... Have you ever included everclear as apart of your spirit collection and have you ever made cocktails with everclear in it?
+Nester Beauregard everclear is stupid :) But yes, we eventually got it (this video is almost five years old). Just found it (lower proof version) about four months ago. We've needed it for one or two cocktails, but respectable ones, nothing foolish (which everclear tends to be included in)
That's probably worth an episode or two, when you've got nothing better to do. Make a couple of your most popular drinks again, but this time, sub out an ingredient with something similar. Lots of people watching seem to be relying on you to guide them. You could make a real difference in lessening that intimidation factor by showing that "Hey, it ain't that scary, the worst that can happen is that it tastes bad."
Really helped thanks
No problem.
funny cause my favorite drink going out is the Long island. so I learned how to make it then started making Tequila Sunrise margaritas and rum and cokes. then picked up Jack started doing Jack and Coke. so yeah totally agree with this.
perfect!
Common Man Cocktails could you tell me what is a really good triple Sec to use?
do u have any good recipies with the curacao? i own that, midori, malibu, and others but curacao has such a good flavor, its one of my favorites.
Derek you’re my bar spirit animal 🦓🥃🍾🍹🍺 great video 👍🏽
lol, thanks
Whats the name of the bottle with the rope ??
could you tell me the name of all the bottles you have on the table ??Please when ever you can
water mocosians are amazing I think you'd like it
I agree
But something to the effect of, say, your Common Man Margarita, or Rainbow shot. You made them, and they're popular. So now, you make them again. But instead of using ingredient Y, you're going to use ingredient X, because it's the same but different. And how that compares to the original. What you liked better, what you didn't. That kind of thing. The Cascade Ice creamsicle with vanilla vodka instead of whipped cream. Something like that.
Yeah, I got what you meant! Thanks!
Started with Jack D., Southern Comfort, Absolute Vodka.
i'm 16 and i've stocked my bar pretty good :) thank god to laws in denmark
UV vodkas are pretty awesome.
Rock on. thanks a million saved the bank and lots of great advice
no problem, four years later and my advice hasn't changed :)
love it
Your videos rock!!!!!
Thanks
Good job!
'you hug it, at home, its your bar'
LOVE THIS CHANNEL
@winson2311 No problem :D thanks alot
do you know any cocktails for NUVO...i think thats whats its called
Can you buy the Blue Curaçao in the States
Enjoy your videos
yes
Great video
with a lot of the flavored what not could you sub flavor bitters. I have quite a collection
+Justin Schram substituate bitters for what? a liqueur?
You are my favorite.
Thanks! You're now on my list of favorites too :)
what if you were stuck on a island and can only pick one?
the banging is distracting and i feel yelled at. but i will find a way, because i think this is a good video
While the premise of acquiring spirits sequentially in a way that builds on what you have is good advice, I think the rest of the video misses the point.
He says don't go out and stock a bar with every spirit, and that's true. But it doesn't make sense to buy flavored rum and then later buy light rum while you already stocked your bar with vodka... you have redundant clear spirits and no whiskey etc. You've just wasted your money. Or if you want to have flavored spirits, take half the bottle of vodka and infuse it with lemon yourself. That way you have both.
Anyway think about the minimum variety you should have.
My recommendation would be:
Plain vodka,
dry (not so sweet) Bourbon,
Repasado Tequila
medium body Gin (not tanqueray [too big] nor bombay sapphire [too citrus])
aged Rum
The plain vodka is versatile compared to one with a specific flavor, it can also be used to make your own bitters and mock-liquers so you don't have to buy more of something than you are planning to use. If you have a guest coming that loves frangelico and nutty sweet drinks, then blend nut extracts and vodka with simple syrup and its close enough for most occassions. The point is if you buy a flavored vodka you cant take the flavor out, and nobody wants to drink a blueberry dirty martini...
A beginners bar can't please every whiskey drinker. A dry bourbon is a good middle ground for any american whiskey. Avoid maker's mark and four roses, try bulleit if its not too pricey or even redemption rye (which isn't too astringent for a rye to work in place of bourbon sometimes).
In terms of Tequila and Rum, there are generally 3 levels of aging respectively; blanco, repasado, anejo and light/white, aged, dark. Picking the middle ground for each of these will allow you to fudge recipes a little to give you the most variety.
Gin is not very well understood by people, but its a beautiful spirit. Early bars should have a gin that you can use for many recipes. Bombay Sapphire is too citrus to work in dirty martinis, and Tanqueray is too bold for some people, Hendricks is too floral for some recipes. A versatile gin is one like Beefeater, or Greenalls.
LEFT OUT - Mezcal and peated Scotches are nice but often too pricey or nuanced for a beginners bar. Sometimes you can fake it (for a cocktail never fake it by itself) with a little liquid smoke flavoring. They are cheap, not easy to find per se but make sure the one you buy is not salted.
Andrew Emmet I'm fairly certain you missed the point of this video. While everything you said is fine for someone that wants to go about it the "collect a bunch of key ingredients" method, that's not what I'm trying to provide at all. The point is, you don't need a mezcal, you don't need a peat nor do you need an anejo tequila. Why? Because, if you don't have a recipe that utilizes them you've wasted your money.
The rest of the channel dives deeper into mezcal, scotch from Islay to highland, brands of tequila, ages of tequila and histories of whiskey, gin, etc. Until you've gone through all those videos you may not have a need or desire for a scotch or a citrus-forward gin (or a dry vermouth).
The premise of this video is to _not_ go buy all that stuff because you don't know how to use it. The same reason someone that's getting into fixing automobiles doesn't have to go buy every advanced tool in the toolbox, esp. when they're starting by learning how to do an oil change. You need the stuff to do an oil change.
A person that's got nothing and looking to start a collection based on absolutely no experience should stay away from an Islay scotch, mezcal and big bourbons until they're ready for them.
Otherwise, I agree with you (except on your selection, mine being Four Roses as one of my favorites). I'd also buy a base level vodka if you need it, but if you're making some nice cocktails you'll find the vodka collects dust as it's pretty much a non-player on flavor anyway. If you're looking to just add vodka to get drunk quicker, you're doing it wrong anyway :)
IS paramount blue curaco worth buying? its all they sell in my area
Not a clue, never heard of it. Go to drinkupny.com and get the Senior Curacao of Curacao, that's a product worth buying!
so three drinks is considered a home bar? awesome so that means I have a home bar already lol even tho I plan on sticking up I play on making all kinds of drinks for me and friends and even making my own but I'm stalking up by buying a new bottle or two every paycheck
a home bar is a useless thing if you don't know how to use it. So, if you can make three kick ass drinks with a small home bar vs. a guy that has a full bar and not a clue what to do with it... you win. Every. Single. Time.
***** I've seen a ton of vids with a ton of different bartending tricks and cocktails and shots including yours
Derrick - How long can you keep spirits before they go bad, or do they... Thanks, - Darren
Here is your answer, we already did a video on it :) ruclips.net/video/2wXkjrtB2Hc/видео.html
do u have a recipe for ketelone??? if not can u do a fruit Infused vodka! pplz
absolute do a citrus for the lemon drop :D two birds one stone lol
What is the bottle with the silver rope on it?
+Danny Buckley el diamante del cielo tequila
Kinda of stupid question but how long should liquors be stored until it is time to discard them?
+joseph burtulato don't toss your alcohol, that's not cool! :) Alcohol is a preservative, this is one of the reasons liqueurs are so cool and why people have used alcohol for centuries to keep things lasting. The exception may be cream based liqueurs, they lose some of their crisp flavor over time and most cream based products are best served within the first six months. But, I've got cream based liqueurs that are 8 years old and taste fine. Are they as good as day 1? I don't know, but I'm not dead yet.
Thank you very much. I kind of knew the answer or I could have just as easily looked it up, but I would have rather heard it from someone who I know has the exact answer. Thanks a million!!!
P.S your joke about the grasshopper named Steve goes over good with younger bartenders, but I tend to get funny looks from the old-head ones who have bartending longer than I have been alive. I assume that have heard it a million times. Thanks again.
+joseph burtulato Thanks. I think you'll be fine with your collection, just keep growing it :)
You should try it on your show :D Which one is your favorite Cocktail?