Getting ready to entertain this fall and winter?
When stocking a home bar or bar cart, be sure to keep things as simple as possible – and be sure to properly store spirits and products to avoid wasting money, mixologists told Fox News Digital.
There’s no “must-have” spirits needed on a bar cart, Miles Macquarrie, recipe developer at Tip Top Proper Cocktails and the 2024 Atlanta Michelin exceptional cocktails award winner, told Fox News Digital via email.
There’s “no need to have every base spirit in the home bar,” he said. “And you don’t have to make everything from scratch.”
One big mistake that Macquarrie frequently sees, he said, is “too many base spirits and not enough modifiers and liqueurs.”
“It’s silly to have three bottles of bourbon, two tequilas, a mezcal and a bottle of scotch and no modifiers or liqueurs,” he said. “What are you going to make with that?”
Macquarrie continued, “Home bars should have fresh citrus, chilled vermouth and fortified wines and …