How to Start a Home Bar (Best Practices)

[@Isabell_ros]

I never thought I would be this excited over ice!

[@lonefather]

There is so much knowledge in this video for us to learn to do our home bartending. Thanks.

[@MIXOLOGYFLAIRED]

You’re welcome. Thanks for watching it. Hope you enjoy our other videos too

[@Boris-y5n]

Don't watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.

[@Endrju75]

I'd add Blue Curacao to the list. Blue Lagoon on a hot summer day is a godsend.

[@draganajevtovic8002]

I love your speed combined with clarity. Thank you. Cheers!

[@MIXOLOGYFLAIRED]

Thanks for stopping by to watch. What’s your favorite cocktail?

[@timhayes120]

Can you please go over how long all the stuff lasts after being opened / used

[@MIXOLOGYFLAIRED]

I hope you had a change to catch the shorts on that topic

[@e1lio1t]

I looked through so many shorts to find it but no luck

[@SoToAnTrAx]

@@MIXOLOGYFLAIREDshould have linked it

[@gangstarofmiami6216]

Alcohol somewhere 6 months syrops from company MONIN after opening have tp be served in cold place 3 montha

[@jesselle_]

If you have access to the internet that’s really easy to find. You could Google it, look on the bottle itself or on company’s website. Strange question.

[@percivalrose1017]

I'm from Jamaica just about start my bartending journey. Your videos help alot

[@MIXOLOGYFLAIRED]

Glad to have you here

[@brianrauch2770]

I’m going to be real with you I’ve been using 2 different sized solo cups as shakers for a while and it’s worked just fine so far. The jigger has been nice to have and the strainers are a must. As for the ice I prefer ice balls in all my cocktails….. I have molds. And my selection of drinks is probably severely excessive by most standard. And everything else mentioned I keep on hand. Also a good torch and cocktail chimney smoker are incredible for mixing up what you can do! Oh and if you lift and have enough grip strength and wash your hands frequently you don’t need a juicer either but I keep one since some people aren’t comfortable with that lol

[@MIXOLOGYFLAIRED]

*if you lift! 🤣

[@EyeRedDr]

You hit the nail on the head with ginger beer v ale. Our Aussie Bundy Ginger Beer is the best.

[@MIXOLOGYFLAIRED]

love the Bundy! Thanks for watching

[@turliuioan2295]

This is a lot better than what I was looking for. Thank you for this amazing video🥂

[@MIXOLOGYFLAIRED]

Yo! Thanks for stopping by to watch. I hope it helps

[@Judy-b3k]

You have power over your mind not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.

[@night_gamer_1133]

I’m gonna make a bunch of cocktails in the following weeks for my family so I can practice to be a bartender! Thanks Mixology Flaired 😁

[@MIXOLOGYFLAIRED]

Can’t wait to hear about it

[@denniskirsch7354]

I am so glad I happened to find this channel! Informative and entertaining. I don't know what "it" is, but you have it my friend! I see you blowing up big time, and being among the most popular bartenders channels on here!

[@MIXOLOGYFLAIRED]

I appreciate you Dennis. Thanks for joining us🤙

[@dancingrook8553]

I live 1.5hrs from Bundaberg where "Bundy" ginger beer is made. It is a phenominal drink.

[@jr13ify]

Thanks for the info. Straightforward and not over informative

[@MIXOLOGYFLAIRED]

Thanks for watching Mauricio!

[@monopoli107]

I am so glad that I found this channel... thank you so much for the good information :)

[@MIXOLOGYFLAIRED]

We are too. Thanks for hanging with us.

[@edgarobando9333]

Thank you. Great tips

[@Berg-x4u]

I even thought about the future! But you go halfway.

[@nhra-ct8396]

nice job, quite informative, Thanks

[@carenjep7775]

Thank you very much for this video. It's basically a 101 tutorial about drinks.

[@MIXOLOGYFLAIRED]

Hey caren. Thanks for watching. I hope it helps you get started

[@masecopaco73219]

🎉 head explosion 💥. This is too much to impress my friends 😅. Thanks bro for the tips 🤠

[@MIXOLOGYFLAIRED]

Pick 1 thing every weekend. Your friends will think you’re a boss

[@garrinsonlopez5275]

Thank you so much, for your great video, it was amazing!!!!

[@MIXOLOGYFLAIRED]

@@garrinsonlopez5275 thank you…..for enjoying it

[@rileydorman]

Wow this video is absolutely amazing! 👏👏

[@MIXOLOGYFLAIRED]

Hi Riley. Thanks so much for watching. I appreciate you in the community

[@WeiseGuy91]

Would love a PDF of all the starter stuff you recommend and also info on when things expire after opened.

[@MIXOLOGYFLAIRED]

How much would you be willing to pay for something like like? Just curious.😁

[@xiaoping5711]

Really enjoyed watching the show!

[@binnurkaplan2877]

The ice part was so very impressive, wow

[@qahslucero1]

new subscriber here luckily I found out ur videos that's my dream to become a professional bartender

[@MIXOLOGYFLAIRED]

@@qahslucero1 👉 mixologyflaired.com/mfu

[@victordevillers3899]

great video... Love the explanations... I use the OXO Steel Double Jiggers... a stainless steel double jigger that measures 1/3 oz, 3/4 oz and 1 1/2 oz (a jigger), while the other side measures 1/4 oz, 1/2 oz and 1 oz and amazing soft grip...

[@victordevillers3899]

great tips on the tools and types of spirits and liquors, smart tips on the Ice, glassware, Juices i love to add - ginger juice - 1:1 syrup(water/sugat), 1:1.5 Syrup, 1:2 syrup, 1:2,5 Syrup and 1:3 syrup

[@victordevillers3899]

They way you make syrup/fruit syrups defines the acidity, umami, saline, bitter and sweet components of tast, color and smell of your cocktail... it can enhance your cocktail... or not

[@MIXOLOGYFLAIRED]

You might want to try the Japanese style jiggers 1/4 a 2oz. Not many cocktail recipes call for 1/3oz

[@espen_rud]

Great video, thanks🥰 Measuring devises are messy buissiness, i just place the glass or container ontop my scale for convenience👍

[@MIXOLOGYFLAIRED]

That works too

[@gauravwadhwani2473]

Great work man! Knowledge is power. Really appreciated your work and learned things from you ;)

[@DarkSteamC]

Super informative.. there's a ton of stuff here to learn.. thank you!

[@MIXOLOGYFLAIRED]

Looking forward to hearing about your latest cocktail creations

[@BaldwinOsko]

I just discovered your channel I'd finally wants to channel after this like I said discovering it I love this show so I did subscribe to you I think your butt out a lot of good content and so keep up the good work you got a really good channel

[@nickmarcisin9804]

What torch do you use?

[@pratiwiayusuryaningrum249]

Really enjoyed the video u’ve made. Terimakasih for sharing❤

[@crazedmaniac1155]

Where did you get those bottles

[@jacobpintor8432]

Awesome info! Thanks!

[@ugislayer6793]

Also you need mug for hot chocolate drinks peppermint liquor for mint hot chocolate and salty liquorice vodka you can make it yourself greetings from finland

[@cosmicfertilizer]

Hot toddies too

[@MIXOLOGYFLAIRED]

That is the most random list, but ok. We will have to try some of your suggestions

[@nathanielpilayre4088]

Great video. I enjoyed watching. Hope i can have one😊. God bless and more power.

[@angelawhite-w7f]

Thank you very much for this video

[@AroundWayOther]

very helpful as i’m starting out! cheers man

[@MIXOLOGYFLAIRED]

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[@Dick-x7o]

What others think is not important. How you feel about yourself is all that matters.

[@wojtek26219]

Some of those are not working everywhere. For example, weather was never, and it still isn’t working in Poland, flight information is barely working here, more like an error if it does 😅

[@Nandos14]

I didn’t see the link for, some of the items.

[@romandianmixology]

This is a really well done video ! This is really informative

[@godstimeodigie684]

I like the teaching it easy to understand

[@imadethissoicouldcomment2549]

0:20 and I quote “ you don’t need 100 tools but you do need a few of the good ones”

[@virp9632]

Literally does the opposite of what he said… 😂

[@HishamAli-ih2pm]

🍻 cheers 🍻

[@MIXOLOGYFLAIRED]

@@HishamAli-ih2pm cheers to you my friend!

[@jimyjoe4990]

Good cocktails takes time

[@MIXOLOGYFLAIRED]

You’re absolutely right!

[@JayUgale-fz2kq]

thanks for sharing

[@MIXOLOGYFLAIRED]

Thanks for watching😁

[@andrewgarcia8150]

An amazing video! The content has been amazing

[@MIXOLOGYFLAIRED]

Tha is for watching Andrew

[@LonyBanegas07]

Your video is very important I suggest that in the programming you leave in the audio track part variety of languages not only English also Spanish French or some other language to be able to listen in the language we speak we are bartender and we are interested in listening and seeing what interests listening and seeing what you do you can not see very well while reading the translation

[@MIXOLOGYFLAIRED]

@@LonyBanegas07 we will look into that my friend

[@ChristinaHeadley-sk2ig]

Great video!

[@MIXOLOGYFLAIRED]

I appreciate you

[@jonathanhernandez9181]

Very informative

[@freddychase]

So informative!!! Well done

[@MIXOLOGYFLAIRED]

Let me know if you use any of the techniques

[@DennisMoncla]

Great video. Thanks

[@MIXOLOGYFLAIRED]

Thanks for watching Dennis. Really appreciate it.

[@jay8960]

Well done! Where did you buy that little ice ball making machine?

[@MIXOLOGYFLAIRED]

here you go my friend. thanks for watching. amzn.to/3Jgb8Gm

[@natashalion8028]

Perfect !

[@LewisForster-gu4si]

thank you

[@raminderkapoor9413]

Beautiful sir

[@justjoe7467]

Solid video

[@MIXOLOGYFLAIRED]

I appreciate you watching it Joe

[@cloudeater9498]

Are we building a home bar or a full restaurant bar lol 😂. Don't need most of this for making drinks at home (ex. Speed pourers (especially this, gnats love to nest in these), tourch, bar blade, ice tonges, bar naps etc.).

[@MIXOLOGYFLAIRED]

Just listing many different options for the viewer to choose. If the home bartender decides to host a party for 10 friends, they might want a speed pour to make life easy. Most will clean up at the end of the night and put a cap back on the bottle. Don’t overthink it. Use the tools you want

[@JOz-il2cr]

Rookie

[@Jeffrey-z2u]

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.

[@alexless3550]

great!

[@neophytealpha]

What about just putting the water in a vacuum chamber when cold but not quite frozen?

[@MIXOLOGYFLAIRED]

We have never tried that method but would be interested in what you find out. Let us know

[@Quintinohthree]

That will freeze water, but at the same time it will also boil water, so end result is you'll get bubbles anyway.

[@neophytealpha]

@@Quintinohthree If it boils and all the air is evacuated there would be no air. If it freezed after that even though not cold enough to freeze, the air would be gone. How would you get air bubbles in something with no air?

[@Quintinohthree]

@@neophytealpha Not air bubbles, water vapor bubbles, which will eventually freeze extremely irregularly, leaving extremely cloudy ice filled with vacuum bubbles, extremely brittle and low density. I've made water ice in a rotovap collection flask (over ether), so believe me, I know what I'm talking about.

[@neophytealpha]

@@Quintinohthree Seriously, stop. Not freezing in there, just using it to evacuate air. Even some people who cast do that.

[@No85Limits]

Pepsi is garbage period lol... but yea 100% pepsi is TRASH in cocktails. Subscribed purely because you mentioned Boulevardiers - my fav drink, especially in the winter...most people I know have never heard of it but it's become the drink of choice at my family's annual steak dinner for pre-dinner drinks... usually get it with woodford reserve.

[@josemercado217]

"Good drinks take time." 🥃🍷☕🍵🥂🍻🍹🍸

[@malastarot]

This was intense 😂🍸cheers

[@MIXOLOGYFLAIRED]

Hope that you still enjoyed it.😁

[@malastarot]

@@MIXOLOGYFLAIRED I did..! I'm going shopping today 😁

[@Thethingcalledthing]

This is perfect for me!

[@bashiecarpenter7748]

Love to see the bundy ginger beer making an appearance

[@oakleave]

Oh man I missed the give away

[@MIXOLOGYFLAIRED]

@@oakleave there will be more. Make sure to subscribe and turn on notifications so you know when the next one is

[@irock550]

Love bundaberg, personally not a huge fan of fever tree! Especially not their ginger beer.

[@MIXOLOGYFLAIRED]

I’ll take the bundy all day

[@irock550]

@@MIXOLOGYFLAIRED I lived in England for 5 months for study abroad and they use fever tree for everything and it was hell LMAO

[@annaa.5863]

Great video! New subie here tfs

[@MIXOLOGYFLAIRED]

Welcome to the bar

[@joesmith7427]

make dure the bin of the ice machine is sanitized, slime lives there if it isnt cleaned regularly!

[@MIXOLOGYFLAIRED]

@@joesmith7427 yes, that’s a great point

[@samuelgaston3095]

Mallet and ice saw 😂

[@scott4868]

The lemon around the cherry is dumb. Now I have to put a piece of lemon somewhere so I can eat the cherry?

[@MIXOLOGYFLAIRED]

@@scott4868 noted

[@jaxonbest4292]

I should have learned all this a long time ago. Instead of sitting on the other side of the bar.

[@MIXOLOGYFLAIRED]

@@jaxonbest4292 never too late my friend

[@Serjohn]

I tried to buy everything in this video, but I ran out of money before it got to any alchohol

[@MIXOLOGYFLAIRED]

Sounds like you’re set up to get a good bartending job then. 😁

[@Evelyn-b8x]

Patricia found the meaning of life in a bowl of Cheerios.

[@paulbourguignon3632]

You don’t need 10 bottles at the beginning. Your are not opening a bar. Just buy the bottles for the cocktail that you like. Then buy more for another cocktail. Your friend will drink the cocktails that You choose to do. I now have around 40 spirits and liquor bottles but don’t have Tequila or Campari bottles because I don’t like them. Your are not a bar. Do what you want.

[@MIXOLOGYFLAIRED]

Hey Paul. youre right, build your collection over time and within your budget for the month. maybe get some tequila and Campari to host friends that might like cocktails with them. thanks for watching!

[@JOz-il2cr]

How many times have you been asked “hey do you have any tequila?” Or “hey do you have Campari?”. What’s your drink of choice? Say it’s Bacardi rum. You’re my buddy, I invite you over to drink all the time at my bar, in which I boast about having 40 bottles. I know you like Bacardi, prefer it even, because I asked, because we’re friends, but I don’t like it and I don’t like rum. How good a friend am I? To knowingly avoid buying a bottle of cheap rum, any rum, maybe even their preferred brand…for a friend, that I like to drink with, at my bar, in which I boast about having 40 bottles, time after time. Watch their eyes light up when he sees some Bacardi or any rum on your shelf. You may not be your bar Paul but your bar and your comment say a lot about you. Me me me…😢

[@GH-lq9fg]

Ryan Gosling is everywhere now ...

[@Dafoodmaster]

pepsi's so much better in cocktails than coca cola, especially when whisky is involved

[@MIXOLOGYFLAIRED]

You are simply out of your mind 🤯

[@Dafoodmaster]

I'll do you one crazier. The sugar free pepsi seems even more balanced. It could be that our disagreement comes from me drinking the EU soda formulations all my life, i'm now thinking. But yes, over here i feel like coca cola drowns out a whisky's nuances while pepsi supports them

[@MIXOLOGYFLAIRED]

@@Dafoodmaster I can see that as a good point. The American formulation in a can is waaay different than the Mexican in a glass bottle. But I would still never use Pepsi in a Long Island or rum/coke…hence the name. Our consultations with restaurants always try to convince them to use the single serve glass bottles for cocktails

[@Dafoodmaster]

fair fair, the stuff in glass is better here too, i think (might be placebo in some cases here though). guess i'll just have to visit the state some time. Oh btw just curious - what are your favorite whiskies for a whisky cola, or neat?

[@dash_vet]

How to start your home bar: Get your favorite ingridients and a few multi purpose tools ❌️ Buy a full bar setup with every possible tool and spirits ✅️

[@Cec1nator]

pepsi is better in some cocktails, fight me

[@Heb_N]

The fight between Pepsi and cola, when they are owned by the same company: Pepsi-Cola. Pepsi has 2 more grams of sugar than Coke. Coke has more spice, so is a bit more herbaceous. No matter which you buy, you are feeding the same machine. The tribalism between the 2 being generated for the sole purpose of increased sales. You are caught in that mosh.

[@flashjordyn03]

​​@Mrfallouthero The fight isn't between Pepsi and cola as Pepsi is literally a brand of cola, just as Coke is. The fight is between Pepsi and Coke, and they are not owned by the same company.

[@siddharthkannoujiya2145]

M F U❤

[@shadyshelby8361]

I want to do it and i dont even drink lol

[@MIXOLOGYFLAIRED]

Make fancy lemonades

[@josielancaster7095]

Your epic

[@ShoyyaD]

The main rule of home bar: do not talk about your home bar. Otherwise it won’t lasts for a second party

[@Hexapour]

Bros experienced

[@MIXOLOGYFLAIRED]

@@Hexapour been doin it for a few days now 🤣

[@godstimeodigie684]

Hello well 😊said

[@Magee-e4w]

Quitters never win and winners never quit.

[@tadgmcloughlin6061]

Zero/Diet coke or pepsi for diabetics!

[@TheKentaurion]

Too much to buy. I would never offer that much alternatives.

[@MIXOLOGYFLAIRED]

I recommend just one thing each month. Slowly build it up over time. It took me 20 yrs to get my gear

[@OfftoShambala]

I’m the one scotch on the rocks.

[@Denniss-mp9hg]

Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.

[@BBcatYYDS]

史上最全了吧

[@headhunter8106]

Old-Fashioneds should be made in-glass, not a mixing glass.

[@MIXOLOGYFLAIRED]

@@headhunter8106 do it however you want bud

[@headhunter8106]

@MIXOLOGYFLAIRED Thanks. I prefer to stay true to the process that any unnecessary dilution (using a mixing glass full of ice to pour onto more ice) does nothing but quicken the ruination of the cocktail. Just like there was a time when barmen thought the Old-Fashioned was meant to be a fruit salad. Doesn't mean they were right.

[@abhinavbest2553]

That muddler looks sus

[@MIXOLOGYFLAIRED]

Good protection when you leave a bar job with a pocket full of cash💵

[@an_what]

All I got to say is if you're going to go through all this trouble to make clear perfect ice cubes for a f****** home bar you've got bigger issues than just having clear ice!

[@MIXOLOGYFLAIRED]

Possibly a bit of a perfectionist. Thanks for watching.

[@user-nh3gu1ge3d]

God forbid you go through some effort to have a bit of fun and entertain yourself and your guests. You don't seem like the kind of person who has to worry about guests, though. 🤣

[@DougHarris-x7d]

I love your speed combined with clarity. Thank you. Cheers!

[@MIXOLOGYFLAIRED]

Anytime Dude! Thanks for watching my friend🤙

[@PradeepKumarJ-d4x]

Good information.

[@MIXOLOGYFLAIRED]

@@PradeepKumarJ-d4x 🫶 thanks for watching