About Barware

Well-stocked bar allows you to mix cocktails more efficiently for your special occasions. Add different alcohol and don’t forget the garnish such as those listed below. Stock your bar with smaller bottles. If you are having a party and know that you’ll be serving a particular base spirits, buy larger bottles of that particular alcohol. These items are a must have for your bar accessories.

Other Alcoholic Ingredients:
Rhum
Shochu
Sake
Wine (Red & White)
Eau de vie
Pisco

Garnish:
Cocktail olives
Lemon and lime
Maraschino cherry
Orange
Mint leaves
Strawberry
Raspberry
Pineapple
Cocktail onion
Celery stocks

Well-stocked bar allows you to mix cocktails more efficiently for your special occasions. Start with the base mixers and condiments such as those listed below. Stock your bar with smaller bottles. If you are having a party and know that you’ll be serving a particular base spirits, buy larger bottles of that particular mixer. These items are a must have for your bar accessories.

Mixers:
Lemon juice
Lime juice
Orange juice
Tomato juice
Pomegranate juice
Pineapple juice
Grapefruit juice
Cranberry juice
Apple juice
Grape juice
Peach nectar
Club soda
Tonic water
Cola
Ginger ale
Milk
Coffee
Coconut juice

Condiments:
Bitters
Simple syrup
Grenadine
Worcestershire sauce
Tabasco sauce
Superfine sugar
Salt
Ground black pepper
Eggs
Cream (heavy & light)
Nutmeg
Cinnamon

A well-stocked bar allows you to mix cocktails more efficiently for your special occasions. Start with the base spirits such as vodka, gin, rum, whiskey, tequila, brandy and Scotch. Stock your bar with 750ml bottles. If you are having a party and know that you’ll be serving a particular base spirits, buy larger 1 liter bottles. These items are a must have for your bar accessories.

Having a small refrigerator in your home bar is handy for storing ingredients and cooling liquids.

Base Spirits:
Bourbon
Canadian Whisky
Scotch Whisky (Blended and Single Malt)
Irish Whiskey
Vodka
Gin
Rum (Light & Dark)
Tequila (Silver, Reposado and Anejo)
Brandy (Cognac and Armagnac)
Cachaca
Champagne

Liqueurs:
Vermouth (Sweet & Dry)
Curacao (White & Blue)
Orange flavored liqueur (such as Cointreau, Grand Marnier, Triple Sec)
Creme de Menthe (White & Green)
Creme de Cacao (White & Dark)
Creme de Cassis
Chocolate flavored liqueur
Midori
Campari
Flavored brandies (Apricot, Blackberry, Cherry)
Amaretto
Anisette
Benedictine
Coffee liqueur (such as Kahlua, Tia Maria etc)
Sambuca
B&B
Peach Schnapps
Irish cream liqueur (such as Bailey’s)
Maraschino liqueur
Sloe Gin

When having a dinner party or game night, it’s challenging to keep everyone’s wine glasses organized. Especially when you’re moving about the house in a social manner, glasses will get set down, forgotten about and mixed up. Letting such a disaster slide and picking what glass you think is yours will ultimately result in drinking after other people. And that’s not the healthiest way to mingle, now is it? If only there was a simple solution, but wait, there is!

Wine glass charms are the best way to keep tabs on your beverage while adding a charming accent to your glass at the same time. Available in every variety under the sun, you can choose from themes like wine accessories, board games, purses or shoes, flowers and much more. All you have to do is attach one charm to each glass (around the stem) and remember what symbol is your glass. It’s easy and enjoyable!

Opening a Champagne Bottle
Every year careless celebrating leads to serious injuries when opening champagne corks. So make sure you know the right way to open a bottle of bubbly. Before pouring into your champagne flutes.

1) Make sure sparking wine is chilled to at least 45 degrees Fahrenheit before opening. The cork of a warm bottle is more likely to pop unexpectedly. Chilling champagne to 45 degrees F also improves its taste.

2) old down the cork with the palm of your hand while removing the wire hood. Point the bottle away from yourself and others at a 45-degree angle. Place a towel over the entire top and grasp the cork, slowly and firmly twisting it to break the seal.

3) Keep the bottle at a 45-degree angle, hold it firmly with one hand and use the other hand to slowly turn the cork with a slight upward pull. Continue until the cork is almost out of the neck. Counter the force of the cork using slight downward pressure just as the cork breaks free from the bottle.

Low-Carb, Low Calorie Cocktails for your glass barware.

Unlike beer and wine, some spirits like vodka, tequila and gin contain zero carbohydrate. The key is what you mix with. And remember, no-carb or fat-free doesn’t mean no-calories.

Low-carb cocktails are: Bloody Mary, Gin & Diet Tonic, Vodka Diet Tonic, Gin Martini and Flavored Vodka Martinis (mixed with flavored vodkas and dry vermouth).

Cocktail Mixer Chart
Type of Drink           Carbohydrate           Calorie
Beer (12 oz)                   13                  140 - 160
Red Wine (4 oz)              2                        85
Bourbon (1 oz)                0                        64
Tequila (1 oz)                 0                        65
Rum (1 oz)                      0                        65
Brandy (1 oz)                   0                       71
Vodka (1 oz)                   0                        65
Gin (1 oz)                        0                        65
Lemon Juice (1 tbs)        1.3                     4
Lime Juice (1 tbs)           1.4                     4
Orange Juice (0.5 cup)    13.4                  56
Tomato Juice (0.5 cup)     5.1                  21
Source: Atkin’s Diet

High in calories: Hurricane, Long Island Ice Tea, Mai Tai, Pina Colada

A standard serving of beer, wine and spirits each contains the same amount of alcohol.

So what kind of cocktail should be put in our glass barware.
Alcohol is alcohol is alcohol: A standard serving of beer, distilled spirits, or wine each contains the same amount of alcohol. It is important to know this fact so you can plan to drink responsibly. The following count as one drink (Source: Distilled Spirits Council of the United States):

- 12 ounces of regular beer (150 calories)
- 5 ounces of wine (100 calories)
- 1.5 ounces of 80 proof distilled spirits (100 calories)

* Distilled spirits such as vodka, rum, whiskey… they contain zero carbohydrate.

* The distilled spirit industry generates $95 billion in the U.S. economic activity annually. Over 1.3 million people are involved in the industry through manufacture, distribution and sales with more than $28 billion in U.S. wages.

* Americans spent more than $68 billion on spirits, wine and beer in restaurants and bars in 2002. Total spirits consumption gained 1.8% in 2002 according to Adams Handbook 2003.

Wine aerators take the countless hours away from opening up red wine by decanting. This great device introduces air into the wine while it passes through the aerator, turning four hours into seconds.

Things You’ll Need:

    * wine aerator
    * a bottle of red wine
    * wine glass

Step 1: Open your red wine with a corkscrew and set glasses out for you and your guests.

Step 2: Hold the wine aerator over the top of a wine glass with the larger opening facing up. Be careful not to cover the holes on the side of the aerator. Covering the holes makes the aerator not function.

Step 3: Pour red wine into the top of the aerator and let it drop into the wine glass until the glass is filled to the desired volume. If you do not hear a whirring sound, you may want to try it again.
Tips:
* Wine aerators do not work on white wine.

If you’re thinking about adding a bar to your house – like in your family room or basement – there are certain decorating accessories and functional furnishings you should have. For starters, all bars need glassware. Wine glasses for red and white, frosty beer mugs, martini glasses, rocks glasses and glasses for random drinks like a cranberry and vodka are the basic items you’ll want to stock up on. And let’s not forget about keeping a selection of fresh fruit and olives handy to garnish each delicious beverage.

Next comes the fun part. Decorating your new space with colorful and flashy bar accessories will illuminate your nook with creative flare. The neon-colored beer signs are always a favorite among men; you can even get them to represent your favorite sports teams. And for women, using brightly colored glass light instillations is a trend that’s exploded in every home decorating magazine in recent months. Whatever you choose to liven up your bar, I’m sure it will look fabulous!

Whether you are an occasional wine drinker or wine connoisseur, you will be able to tell the difference between an aerated and non-aerated glass of wine. Aerating wine releases the natural flavors, aromas and vastly improves the wine tasting experience. There are several ways to aerate wine to improve the taste.

Instructions:
Step 1:
Try the traditional method of aerating by the glass. Some true wine connoisseurs may opt for constantly swirling the wine in the glass to allow the air to infiltrate the wine. Taking small sip during the swirling process to decide when the glass of wine is properly aerated.

Step 2:
Aerate the wine by the bottle. To do so, you have to pour the entire bottle of wine into a larger container, preferably a glass container. Depending on the wine, you may have to aerate the wine by letting it sit anywhere from 5 minutes to a half hour, tasting it at regular intervals to ensure the proper amount of aeration.

Step 3:
Use the quick and simple method of purchasing a convenient aerator. All you have to do is pour your wine through the aerator into your glass and your glass of wine is properly aerated. No waiting, not testing, no swirling in order to enjoy the improved taste of your glass of wine.
Tips:
A wine aerator make a great gift for the wine connoisseur in your life.