The holidays are here, and everybody wants to come to your house. I'll show you how to be ready to make a great variety of fun and festive holiday drinks to serve to your guests.
Here are a few tips to help you prepare your home bar and make yourself into a spectacular, bartender if the opening calls for it. This is what you need to have on hand to make those spectacular, holiday drinks.
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Remember, mixing drinks isn't hard to do. If you can consequent a recipe, you can mix a drink.
Not all of us have a home bar installed in our houses. So, if the list below appears daunting because you have a space issue, just keep these items (the ones that don't need refrigeration!) in a plastic box with a lid and store in a closet or garage until you need to pull them out for your holiday party.
Handy Vessels and Tools
- Jigger portion - with half and quarter ounces clearly marked
- Jazzy chrome cocktail shaker
- Measuring spoons
- Glass stirring rod or long bar spoons
- Bar strainer
- Can opener
- Bottle opener
- Corkscrew
- Small sharp knife
- Mortar and pestle or wooden muddler
- Ice bucket with tongs
- Lemon/lime squeezer
- galvanic blender
- Small bar towels
Useful Glassware
- 3-4 oz. Long-stemmed cocktail glasses
- 8-12 oz. Highball or Collins glasses
- 6 oz. Champagne flutes
- 4 oz. Old-fashioned glasses
- 1 oz. Pony or pousse cafe glasses
- Punch cups and a punch bowl
Fruit Garnishes
- Maraschino cherries both red and green
- Olives
- Lemons
- Limes
- Oranges
Seasonings
- Salt and Pepper
- Worcestershire sauce
- Tabasco or other hot sauce
- Sweet flavorings
- Grenadine
- Maraschino liqueur
Even if you are already a specialist bartender, there are all the time a few bartender tips to keep handy - particularly when the holidays arrive.
For instance, do you know how to make one of the main ingredients of quite a few mixed drinks? It's called uncomplicated syrup, and like the name implies, it's very uncomplicated to make ahead of time.
Simply, dissolve 1 pound of granulated sugar in 8 ounces of warm water. Stirring constantly, add an additional 8 ounces of water until the sugar is fully dissolved. Then, store the syrup in a jar with a tight-fitting lid and use when called for. How easy is that? I guess that's why it's called uncomplicated syrup!
With the holidays all the time seemingly nearby the corner, here are a few more items you might want to have handy - especially for those specialty drinks:
- Peppermint candy or candy canes
- A block of bittersweet chocolate for grating
- Colored sugar for rimming glasses.
And here are some additional tips for bartenders that you might find useful:
- Serve cocktails icy cold. If possible, store your tool in the freezer for a few hours before using.
- Have lots of cracked ice on hand. You must discard the ice in the cocktail shaker once you've mixed the drink. And all the time use fresh ice if the cocktail is "on the rocks."
- It's not a time-saver, but drinks seem to taste better when mixed individually - especially drinks like martinis and whatever with carbonation in the mix. Use a clean, chilled glass for each cocktail - even for refills.
- Be sure you contain non-alcoholic choices when serving drinks and all the time encourage your guests to drink responsibly.
Enjoy the holidays!
A Few Tips for Mixing Holiday Drinks 12 OUNCES EQUALS HOW MANY CUPS
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