Basic cocktails bar stock

publish Opened 2025-01-13. Sharded out of Cocktails, circa 2024-03-01.

This is the bar stock necessary to make the following simple cocktails:

• Martini: Gin, dry vermouth, bitters
• Negroni: Gin, sweet vermouth, campari
• Manhattan: Whiskey, dry vermouth, bitters
• Margarita: Tequila, triple sec, lime juice, syrup
• Daquiri: Rum, lime juice, syrup
• Gin and tonic: Gin, tonic water
• Rum and coke: Rum, coke
• Screwdriver: Orange juice, vodka

I wrote this content when I was first starting out with a home bar so it’s a little rough around the edges.

Bar stock

Alcohol

• Gin
• Dry vermouth
• Sweet vermouth
• Whiskey
• Tequila
• Triple sec
• Rum
• Vodka (not in any of these drinks, but you need it)
  • Skimp on the price. Kavlana might be good.

Misc

• Orange bitters
• Angostura bitters
• Lime juice
• Agave syrup (just for the margarita)
• Simple syrup

Mixers

• Tonic water
• Coke
• Orange juice
  • Cranberry juice is better for vodka shots imo

Accessories

• Solo cups (for parties)
• Coupe glasses
  • Everyone agrees martini glasses suck. They’re too big and spill. Coupe glasses are better. Get those.
    • Furthermore, fun fact: Cocktail and martini glasses are the same as coupe glasses, just adapted for different drinking habits.
    • Image of, left to right: coupe, cocktail, martini glasses