What Every Home Bar Should Have (Home Bar Supplies List)

Here is a home bar supplies list for things that every home bar should have.

Home Bar Supplies List (Overview)

A bar of nine bottles should satisfy all your needs for cocktails providing you with the necessary ingredients for many recipes. This is the only liquor you’ll need, as well as mixer accessories, gadgets, garnishes, and glasses.

Liquor

• Bourbon
• Cointreau is also known as triple sec (some people say Cointreau can be worth the price even when you mix it with)
• Gin
• Rum (light)
• Scotch (blended)
• Tequila (white)
• Vermouth (dry)
• Vermouth (sweet)
• Vodka

Wine

• Red
• White

Beer

• Light
• Dark

Mixers

• Cola
• Ginger ale
• Club soda
• Sparkling water
• Tonic water
• Cranberry juice
• Orange juice
• Angostura bitters

Garnishes

• Green olives (pitted)
• Lemons
• Limes
• Salt Kosher
• Maraschino cherries

Accessories

• Long cocktail spoon
• Paring knife
• Peeler
• Cutting board
• Corkscrew
• Bottle opener
• Juice squeezer
• Standard shakers: They should be made of metal, and the lid should be made with a strainer.
• Jigger: Select one with 1 ounce of measure on one side and 1 1/2 ounces on the opposite. Most recipes require one and a half ounces of alcohol (a shot or a jigger shot). However, some recipes require 1 one ounce (a pony). If you don’t own a jigger, three tablespoons are about the same as 1.5 ounces.
• Bartending handbook. (Ultimate Bartender’s Guide by Ray Foley, inventor of the Fuzzy Navel cocktail recipe!)
• Napkins for cocktails
• Cocktail toothpicks
• Swizzle sticks

Glasses

• Martini glasses
• Highball glasses
• All-purpose wineglasses