Your home bar

[blakelyc]

So other than a selection of your own homebrew, what do you all stock in your home bar?

We always have a selection of bourbon (and by selection I mean many), but the bar gets cluttered with random crap. Cocktail flexibility is important, but I am exhausted of having space taken up with a half-full three year old bottle of Galliano or a remarkably complete array of fruit-infused moonshine.

 

[flars]

I have one brandy, one vodka, and Windsor for guests and cooking. The Jameson is mine for sipping.

 

[axmdr40]

Vodka, gin, Patron Silver, JD, Knob Creek, Legendario (if you know what this is, you know it's damn nectar of the gods), an '87 Portuguese port we picked up in Algarve, and a few random bottles of European spirits (Raki, grappa, and Hungarian Wiagra)


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[blakelyc]

I am pretty sure we have the bourbon selection covered, but adding in one specifically for guests who don't care as much is a good idea. Knob. Creek is a good idea.

So the list is:
- knob creek
- vodka (probably prairie since it is very neutral)
- gin (hendrick's? Barr hill?)
- tequila (patron? Corso?)
- fernet branca (fixes tummy ills)
- sweet vermouth di Torino for manhattans
- dry vermouth and/or lillet blanc
- drinking vermouths
- tonic, soda, bottled water
- various bitters

That looks solid for basic but quality cocktails, no?

 

[TonyG]

In my cabinet currently sits:

Bourbon - Knob Creek
Vodka - Svedka (cheap and makes for a great mixer)
Rums - Bacardi Select, Appleton Estate, Captain Morgan Spiced
Tequila - 1800 Silver, Don Eduardo Silver
Gin - Tanqueray (G&T's are tasty, but never result in a good morning for me)
E&J XO Brandy (this bottle will be around for a long time...blech)
Damiana liqueur (makes really good margaritas)
Everclear (former mixed drink experiments)
Peppermint Schnapps
Black Raspberry liqueur (another that will be around for a long time...)

 

[jrgtr42]

I have a pretty sizeable collection - a lot of things I have doubled (per spirit) for mixing versus straight / on the rocks.
I have some Smirnoff vodka for mixing, and Triple 8, Grey Goose and another local for straight. Same with rums, gin, and bourbon.

 

[hunter_le five]

I used to keep a fully stocked bar... but that got expensive, or maybe I was just raiding it too often...

These days it's just whatever homebrew I have on tap, a sixer or two of craft beer, and whatever bottle of whiskey I'm working through (bourbon, scotch, or irish depending on my mood).

I used to be real into gin cocktails, but these days it's usually just whiskey-neat or beer.

 

[Cyclman]

I buy one of each kind of liquor, whatever I can get the best deal (value, don't drink any crap) on so I can spend it on brewing equipment!

Bourbon, Vermouth (love Manhattans), Scotch, Cognac, Vodka, Gin, Lillet, Grand Marnier, Tequila, Triple Sec (Margaritas), Rum, Irish Whiskey.

Wow, that's way more liquors than I realized I have!

 

[dfess1]

I dont want to think about how much I have in the liquor cabinet/bar area. Lets put it this way, I have to put a stiffener in the scotch shelf because it is sagging from the weight. Have to do the same with the bourbon/rye shelf as well. All the other stuff is in a base cabinet.

 

[clone63]

Akvavit, aalborg
Gin, whatever I feel like at the time
Vermouths
Amaretto, when it is gifted
Kraken Black Rum

S'it

 

[taalhiker]

Gin
Hendrick’s & Bombay Sapphire

Vodka
Sobieski – cheap but decent quality
Pearl Cucumber – for bloody mary’s

Irish Whiskey
Tullamore Dew & Jameson’s

Bourbon
Basil Hayden & Ancient Ancient Age

Cointreau for cosmopolitans

Dry Vermouth & Bitters for Manhattans

 

[TowsonTiger22]

1 gin,1 bourbon, sometimes vodka. Different stuff rotates in those position.

 

[Caboose]

I always keep a bottle of Gentlemen Jack around. I feel like a traitor because I live in Kentucky, but I prefer Jack Daniels over most bourbon. That being said, I still love bourbon. I'm a big fan of Woodford.

Recently discovered Tullamore Dew, so I keep a bottle of that in stock. My wife usually goes with Private Stock, and there's usually a tequila floating around.