Find below the list of essential ingredients and items required to set up a BAR / Lounge, The list contains all the items which are required by a functional bar or lounge. Items such as liquors, liqueurs, wine and beer, mixers, garnishes, booster ingredients, barware, and glassware etc.
THE LIQUORS
- Bourbon
- Brandy
- Canadian whiskey
- Dry gin
- Rum
- Scotch whiskey
- Tequila
- Vodka
THE LIQUEURS
- Triple sec
- Crème de menthe
- Crème de cacao
- KahlĂşa (or a coffee liqueur)
- Amaretto
- Drambuie
- Benedictine
- Cointreau
WINE AND BEER
- Dry vermouth
- Sweet vermouth
- White wine
- Red wine
- White zinfandel
- Champagne (optional)
- Beer – one six-pack regular, one six-pack light
MIXERS
- Bl00dy Mary mix (store-bought or homemade)
- Club soda
- Cola
- Cranberry juice cocktail
- Cream (heavy and light)
- Cream of coconut
- Ginger ale
- Grapefruit juice
- Grenadine
- Lemon juice
- Lime juice (Most popular: Rose’s. Not to be used as a
- substitute for fresh lime juice.)
- Orange juice
- Orgeat
- Piña Colada mix
- Pineapple juice
- Seltzer
- 7-Up
- Sour mix
- Tomato juice
- Tonic water
- Water
GARNISHES AND THEIR FRIENDS
- Cherries (maraschino, of course)
- Cinnamon sticks
- Lemons
- Limes
- Nutmeg
- Olives
- Pickled pearl onions
- Oranges
- The Friends: picks, straws, and swizzle sticks
BOOSTER INGREDIENTS
- Celery salt
- Ice (The three C’s: cubes, cracked, crushed)
- Salt
- Sugar (Don’t forget saucers for salt and sugar for
- frosting the rims of glasses.)
- Tabasco
- Worcestershire sauce
ESSENTIAL EQUIPMENT
- Bar glass
- Bar spoon
- Bottle opener
- Champagne bucket
- Corkscrew
- Cocktail napkins
- Covered cocktail shaker
- Cutting board
- Electric blender
- Knife—paring or bar
- Lemon/lime squeezer
- Martini pitcher
- Shot glasses
- Measuring cup
- Measuring spoons
- Mixing pitcher
- Muddler
- Seltzer bottle
- Speed pourers (optional, but handy)
- Strainer
- Towels