hey guys,
i'm 28 years old and since high school, i've been a beer guy. We've got a few great microbreweries in my area (one in my town) so i've been quite satisfied with chasing down the perfect pint (which i've found a few hundred times).
a few years back i got into wine. it was natural as i had gotten into cooking and wine paired nicely with a fine meal.
i order a coctail on occasion while i'm out and about and have developed a taste for them. I've kept a bottle or two of liquor around the house at times but always perfered a growler of beer and a few bottles of wine. lately though, i've been getting a little more serious about making a good coctail and keeping a small bar around for occasional entertaining, but mostly for personal use.
i thought it might be interesting to start a thread about what we all have stocked in our home bars. Some may only have a bottle or two and some will have bars that rival the best watering holes in our towns.
I'll start, with a little background. I've found that most guys on the board here seem to favor whiskey, primarily scotch. Unfortunately for me, whiskey doesn't seem to agree with me. my first liquor experience when i was 16 was a buddy smuggling over a bottle of Jack Daniels of which i drank 6 or 8 shots in quick succession before promptly passing out on the back step of the house with my head in the snow. I didn't give up though. Lately i've found a few whiskeys that i can appreciate the taste of, but still, i find it has a bad effect on me. I either get a wicked head ache a couple hours later or a vicious hangover the next morning, regardless of how much i have. Long story short, i really like Vodka and Tequila, but i'm a little tenative about whisky.
Here's my stock:
Patron Silver Tequila (in the freezer)
Juarez Tequila (for mixing)
Russian Standard Vodka (export - in the freezer)
Svedka Clementine Vodka
Jeremiah Weed Sweet Tea Vodka
Jacquins Pomegranate/Raspberry Vodka
Jacquins Vanilla Vodka
Jaimeson Irish Whiskey
Heaven Hill Bourbon
Gilbey's Gin
Bacardi Supirior Rum
Patron XO Cafe
Kaluah
Bailey's Irish Cream
Jacquins Triple Sec
Jacquins Grenadine
Tribuno Extra Dry Vermouth
Tribuno Sweet Vermouth
Regency Amaretto Da Vinci
Angostura Bitters
A range of Club Sodas and Tonics in plain and flavored varieties
Coke/Sprite
A range of juices
Roses Lime Juice
A range of mixers (Sour, Margarita, Daiquiri, Cosmo, ect. - found a great deal from an outlet grocery)
Cherrys, Limes, Oranges, Olives
Powdered Sugar
my next purchase will probably be another higher-end of tequila (not sure which one, i like Patron alot but would like to try something as good or better without all the hype) and another higher-end vodka (probably Tito's and/or Chopin and/or Ciroc).
i've got decent glassware. good tumblers, martini glasses, a veriety of wine glasses, pint glasses and some cool juice glasses i use for cordials or shots. i've got a shitty plastic Ikea shaker that's doing the trick for now but i plan to upgrade that soon. i held out on buying a nice one because there are so many industrial designers making incredibly aesthetically pleasing options i thought i would wait to bump into one i really love. i'd also like to add some ice cube trays in non-standard sizes (huge cubes and tiny cubes).
here's a quick shot of my cramped arrangement:
i'm 28 years old and since high school, i've been a beer guy. We've got a few great microbreweries in my area (one in my town) so i've been quite satisfied with chasing down the perfect pint (which i've found a few hundred times).
a few years back i got into wine. it was natural as i had gotten into cooking and wine paired nicely with a fine meal.
i order a coctail on occasion while i'm out and about and have developed a taste for them. I've kept a bottle or two of liquor around the house at times but always perfered a growler of beer and a few bottles of wine. lately though, i've been getting a little more serious about making a good coctail and keeping a small bar around for occasional entertaining, but mostly for personal use.
i thought it might be interesting to start a thread about what we all have stocked in our home bars. Some may only have a bottle or two and some will have bars that rival the best watering holes in our towns.
I'll start, with a little background. I've found that most guys on the board here seem to favor whiskey, primarily scotch. Unfortunately for me, whiskey doesn't seem to agree with me. my first liquor experience when i was 16 was a buddy smuggling over a bottle of Jack Daniels of which i drank 6 or 8 shots in quick succession before promptly passing out on the back step of the house with my head in the snow. I didn't give up though. Lately i've found a few whiskeys that i can appreciate the taste of, but still, i find it has a bad effect on me. I either get a wicked head ache a couple hours later or a vicious hangover the next morning, regardless of how much i have. Long story short, i really like Vodka and Tequila, but i'm a little tenative about whisky.
Here's my stock:
Patron Silver Tequila (in the freezer)
Juarez Tequila (for mixing)
Russian Standard Vodka (export - in the freezer)
Svedka Clementine Vodka
Jeremiah Weed Sweet Tea Vodka
Jacquins Pomegranate/Raspberry Vodka
Jacquins Vanilla Vodka
Jaimeson Irish Whiskey
Heaven Hill Bourbon
Gilbey's Gin
Bacardi Supirior Rum
Patron XO Cafe
Kaluah
Bailey's Irish Cream
Jacquins Triple Sec
Jacquins Grenadine
Tribuno Extra Dry Vermouth
Tribuno Sweet Vermouth
Regency Amaretto Da Vinci
Angostura Bitters
A range of Club Sodas and Tonics in plain and flavored varieties
Coke/Sprite
A range of juices
Roses Lime Juice
A range of mixers (Sour, Margarita, Daiquiri, Cosmo, ect. - found a great deal from an outlet grocery)
Cherrys, Limes, Oranges, Olives
Powdered Sugar
my next purchase will probably be another higher-end of tequila (not sure which one, i like Patron alot but would like to try something as good or better without all the hype) and another higher-end vodka (probably Tito's and/or Chopin and/or Ciroc).
i've got decent glassware. good tumblers, martini glasses, a veriety of wine glasses, pint glasses and some cool juice glasses i use for cordials or shots. i've got a shitty plastic Ikea shaker that's doing the trick for now but i plan to upgrade that soon. i held out on buying a nice one because there are so many industrial designers making incredibly aesthetically pleasing options i thought i would wait to bump into one i really love. i'd also like to add some ice cube trays in non-standard sizes (huge cubes and tiny cubes).
here's a quick shot of my cramped arrangement:
