How To Make Your Own Cocktail Bar At Home

Cocktail bars are great for entertaining, but they’re not always the most practical choice for a home bar. If you’d like to create your own cocktail bar at home, but aren’t sure how to pull it off, here are some tips.

What you’ll need

You’ll need the following items to create your own personal cocktail bar:

• Bar cart, which is just a fancy name for a cart with wheels (or a small table) that can hold all of your supplies. You can use whatever you have on hand—a tray, an old suitcase, or anything else that works well as a catch-all for all of your tools and ingredients. Just make sure there’s enough room on it to hold everything!
• A handful of glassware pieces including tumblers, rocks glasses and coupes; these are all used for serving different types of cocktails. If you don’t already have them at home and want some suggestions, ask around at local thrift stores; there’s no need to spend money on something unique when used glassware will do just fine!
• Cocktail shaker and strainer; these are essential tools in making any drink in liquid form (like martinis). The shaker helps mix together ingredients like gin or vodka while the strainer strains out any pulp from juice or soda water so that only clear liquid remains in order to pour into your cocktail glasses without making things too cloudy looking at first glance–which isn’t very appealing visually speaking so don’t skip this step!

What you’ll need to make cocktails

You’ll need an assortment of brands, flavors and types of spirits and liqueurs. You’ll also want to have a variety of mixers (sweet, sour, fizzy), garnishes and other ingredients for making cocktails. Glassware is essential for serving your drinks—in addition to glasses for serving the finished product, you’ll want tumblers or rocks glasses for building your cocktails in advance. Finally, tools like shakers, muddlers (for crushing herbs and fruits) and barspoons are great if you’re planning on making more than one drink at a time.

The next step is organizing your bar cart: you can get creative here by adding decor elements like decorative labels or personalized stickers that help guests identify their favorite drinks! Once it’s all set up with all its supplies organized neatly nearby so there’s no running around between ingredients while trying not to spill anything precious down the front of one’s shirt…it’s time to start mixing!

Once you’ve got everything out on display so it looks good enough even though there won’t be anyone watching over me while I’m mixing – except maybe my cat who doesn’t know what he’s missing out on – then comes choosing which recipes I want tonight.”

A basic bar kit

A basic bar kit should include the following items:

• A bottle opener (preferably not one that looks like a can opener)
• A muddler, for mashing herbs and suchlike into cocktail ingredients
• A shaker, to mix drinks with ice and ensure they’re cold
• A jigger, so you don’t have to eyeball your measurements when making cocktails. It’s also handy for measuring ingredients if you don’t have a scale or just want something quick and easy.
• Juice squeezer—for citrus juice, of course! An electric juicer is preferable if available; otherwise use what you’ve got on hand. You can even use lemons/limes directly if they’re juicy enough (e.g., not Meyer lemons). Just remember: no seeds!
• Citrus press is optional—but it’ll definitely speed up the process of squeezing a whole bunch of limes at once without getting tired hands from squeezing them by hand over and over again (which will happen). Bar spoon–essential for stirring drinks in shakers without using your hands further down below on ice cubes which are far more likely than spoons ever are

Bar cart styling tips

• Make sure your bar cart is at the right height. This can be tricky, but you want it to be as comfortable for you as possible. If your bar cart is too low and/or unstable, then every time you lean over it and reach for a bottle or glass, things could get messy in a hurry.
• Add a mirror for illusion of space and glamour. This little trick will make your cocktail bar look bigger than it really is, which will make all those bottles look like they’re in prime position rather than crammed onto the tiny surface of your little end table (which they are).
• Make sure your bar cart has enough space for all of its contents—and then some! You might not think about this until later when everything else is set up and ready to go (and then someone grabs their drink and spills half of it all over everything because there wasn’t room), so just keep in mind that extra space might be necessary depending on how many people are going to be hanging out around yours during parties or get-togethers with friends before heading out into town together again after dinner ends around midnight… We think we’ve made ourselves clear: always have extra room available when setting up any type of party venue!

You can make your own cocktail bar at home!

The first thing you’ll need is the proper equipment. This includes a shaker, muddler, and jigger. You’ll also want some glasses and ice buckets on hand—and don’t forget to garnish with fruit! Once you’ve got all of that set up, it’s time to start making cocktails.

There are many different types of cocktails out there: some are fruity while others have more of an alcoholic taste. Some people like to make their own drinks while others prefer buying them off the shelf instead (that’s why we have such amazing supermarkets!). If you want to try making them yourself then check out our recipe section where we teach techniques such as “shake well” or “add a dash”.

Conclusion

In the end, it’s up to you. If you like the idea of having a home bar, but don’t want to spend the money on buying all new furniture and decorating your apartment from scratch, then starting with an existing piece of furniture is a great option! You can always update later if (or when) things get too boring for your taste.