Cheap Bar Tools

You can easily find champagne flutes at garage sales.verre de champagne image by Danielle Bonardelle from Fotolia.com

Bar tools can be expensive, but they are necessary if you wish to entertain friends and relatives in your home by providing them with delicious alcoholic beverages. Whether you need bar tools in order to host two or three parties each year, or you enjoy a nightcap or alcoholic beverage each evening, it is useful to have the correct types of tools to mix your drinks.

Cocktail Guide

No one can remember the ingredients and measurements of every single cocktail or mixed drink. There will always be favorites that your guests ask for and times when you do not know how to mix the cocktail. Many cocktail and bar guidebooks are available on the market. You can pick one up inexpensively by scouring garage and estate sales or thrift shops. Many people receive these types of books as gifts, and then donate them to thrift shops or sell them at garage sales, if they do not drink alcohol or only have an occasional glass of wine. You can also go online and find numerous recipes for cocktails that are popular or classic drink recipes, such as a dry martini or Tom Collins. The library has a plethora of alcoholic beverage books and recipes.

You can spend a lot of money quickly if you purchase your bar tools from a liquor store or buy products that are designed specifically for use in a bar. You do not have to buy an expensive margarita or frozen drink maker, such as a frozen daiquiri machine. You can easily find small blenders and food processors at garage and estate sales and thrift stores to use in making your favorite alcoholic beverages. The blenders at discount stores are just as effective as higher-priced blenders in a specialty store. Tea strainers are very effective at removing unwanted pulp or seeds from drink mixes and you do can purchase these inexpensively at discount or grocery stores. Can or bottle openers are a necessity for any fully stocked bar and they all work in the same manner, so you should purchase these at discount and even dollar stores. A sharp paring knife is an efficient tool when garnishing fruits and vegetables for your cocktails; you do not have to purchase a special garnishing tool. A teaspoon is useful in mixing pitchers of alcoholic beverages or tall drinks; you do not have to purchase an expensive tool just for this purpose. Shot glasses are seen at practically every garage sale and often for less than a dollar. You can find shot glasses with sports team logos and many other popular logos.

It can be overwhelming to try to supply your bar with appropriate glassware and these types of glasses are often very expensive. Again, garage and estate sales and thrift stores are the best place to shop for these necessary tools for your liquor cabinet. You can find champagne flutes, brandy snifters, short and tall cocktail glasses, cordials, beer pilsners and any other types of glasses you desire at these types of sales. Often, you will find a complete set, or more glasses then you could possibly need.