Cocktail is very popular for young people to relax and make friends.
More and more young people are starting to learn bartending, and make cocktail at home, house bartending become a new trend for young people after work. It’s also the perfect time to shine at a party at home. So what do you need to prepare for bartending at home? I would like to share some bartending tools for your reference.
Tool one: Shaker
Shaker is one of the most common bartending tools in the bar. At the same time, it is also the first of the necessary of tools for the home bar, most cocktails are made in shakers. What kind of Shaker should we choose for our small bar at home? There are two most common design shaker, English three Shaker(English Shaker) and Boston Shaker(American Shaker), choose which kind of Shaker is better? Actually there is no actual answer, compare two kinds of Shaker, English Shaker is more adapt for newer, we could choose what we like. How many shaker should we prepare? In general, home Bar could prepare 2 Shakers, no matter 2 pieces English Shakers or 1 English Shakers and 1 American Shaker.
Tool Two: Bar Spoon.
Bar Spoon is the most important tool of the cocktail, Bar Spoon is also the necessary tool in the home Bar, when we choose Bar Spoon, we should be care as bellow：
First, The grinding fineness of the Bar Spoon thread rod. We should choose the good polish degree when we choose Bar Spoon, then we wouldn’t torn hand when we use the spoon.
Second, The lenght of Bar Spoon. Now the most common Bar Spoon legnth is around 40cm, so we could choose 40cm lenght Bar Spoon.
Thrid, Don’t choose fish fork Bar Spoon, because it is dangerous, it is easy poke to yourself, especially when have child at home, we should be care, we could choose drops of water head or duck tongue head.
Tool Three: Jigger
If you say the cook must have knife, then the bartender mush have jigger, Jigger also named Ounce device, it as the most important tool of when bartending, jigger could be guarantee the cocktail quality of flavor and wine standard.
The most common jigger capactiy is around 30ml and 45ml combination, so we could prepare 30ml and 45ml jigger at home bar, we should choose the jigger inner with scale line, so we could more accurate measurement of alcohol consumption.
Tool Four: Mixing Cup
Mixing Cup also named stirring cup, it is also one of important bartender tool in the bar, mixing Cup material is generally made of glass, so we will be care to pick up and put down when we use it.
The capacity of Mixing Glass is usually 550ml and 750ml, we can choose according to our needing. Mixing Cup is one tool to mixed liquid, in the cocktail, most of classics cocktail was mixed by Mixing Glass.
Together with the mixing cup is our bar spoon and ice filter. Cocktails made in this way are generally a combination of wine and wine. So if you found cocktail without sugar and fruit juice , then could make with this kind of method.
Tool Five: Ice Filter
Ice Filter also named Ice Separator, it is used to isolate ice cubes and pourer out the wine when making cocktail. Generally used with American shaers and mixing cups.
There are two common Ice Filter, Julep Ice Filter and Hawthorne Ice Filter. There is a big difference from the appreance, Julep is the ealiest traditional hand-made Ice Filter. Originally used as an ice blocker for drinking Peppermint Juleps, with the birth of the filter straw, Julep Filter used to Ice Filter.
Hawthorne Ice Filter also called “Universal Filter”, this kind of Ice Filter was made of stainess steel and spring, it is suitable for most of Shaker /Mixing Cup and Wine Cups, it is easy and quick to pour out Wine, in the same time, spring is also an important foaming tool used by bartenders.
Tool Six: Fruit knife, cutting board
Most home have fruit knife, if haven’t, then you could buy from hardware store or supermarket. At home small bar, it needn’t to buy very expensive fruit knife, an usual fruit knife is ok.
And we should be careful when use Fruit Knife, we should clean it and put it away in time after we use it. Everyone should have cutting board at home, but I advise we prepare one special Cutting Board for home bar, it avoid different food, the taste mixed, we should also clean it in time after we use it.
The above Six Tools is the basic tool for home bar, we will always share more bar accessories blog, about more of our items, please kindly contact us: info@wellarticrafts.com