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SETTING UP YOUR HOME BAR

TOOLS YOU'LL NEED

Making a good drink with ease begins with having the right tools. Ideally your home bar would include the following tools to make your bartending life easier:

The all important bottle and can openers
Ice and an Ice Bucket !
Your favourite corkscrew
Stir sticks
A mixing glass or strainer - The shaker!
A Blender
A paring knife for the fruit
Large Pitcher
A cutting board for that knife
Wooden spoon and cup (to mash fruit, herbs,bitters) "Muddler"
A jigger or measuring glass (Shot Glass!)
Coil style bar strainer
Measuring spoons
Cocktail Napkins

 

 

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