What You Need for Your Home Bar, According to Bartenders

Every home bar needs the essentials, but for the most part, they don’t need to be fancy — you just need to cover the basics. We rounded up some of America’s best bartenders, who tell us that you should start with some fundamental base sprits: one great vodka, one great gin, a bottle of rum (preferably one dark, one light), and good whiskey, either a rye or a bourbon. Then you’ll need small bottles of very basic modifiers: campari, triple sec, bitters, sweet and dry vermouth. Also stock soda, tonic, and simple syrup. Have some fresh juice, lemons and limes. You’ll need fresh ice. For a shaker, you could buy a tin or just use a mason jar. Find an implement for mixing, jiggers for measuring, a julep strainer, a hawthorne strainer, and a muddler.

Top it off with some glassware and a cocktail book, and you have yourself a respectable home bar.

Check out the bartenders featured, listed in order of appearance:
Brandon Wise, http://sagerestaurantgroup.com, Portland
Ivy Mix, http://leyendabk.com, Brooklyn
Chaim Dauermann, http://www.upandupnyc.com, New York City
Bryan Dayton, http://oakatfourteenth.com, Boulder
Chad Solomon, http://www.midnightramblerbar.com, Dallas
Nicholas Bennett, http://porchlightbar.com, New York City
Leslie Ross, http://treadsack.com/team, Houston
Steve Schneider, http://www.employeesonlynyc.com, New York City
Ezra Star, http://www.drinkfortpoint.com, Boston
Gil Bouhana, http://www.atwoodny.com, New York City
Ryan Wainwright, http://terrinela.com, Los Angeles
Freddy Schwenk, http://chauhannashville.com, Nashville
Joaquín Simó, http://www.pouringribbons.com, New York City
Eric Alperin, http://213dthospitality.com/project/t..., Los Angeles
Jennifer Colliau, http://longnow.org/people/staff/jennifer, San Francisco
David Kaplan, http://www.deathandcompany.com/lounge, New York City

Producer, Director & Writer: Jeremy Repanich
Editor: Backlot Digital
Executive Producer: Brian Berkowitz

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