Party-Sense

If you’ve read my last blog on stocking your home bar for any occasion you’re almost ready to start entertaining. Consider the following list of equipment that you may wish to have in your bar set-up. Once you have everything you need why not try out my own personal favorite, a classic cosmopolitan (recipe below). Enjoy!

Equipment
Blender
Bottle opener
Citrus squeezer
Coasters
Cocktail napkins
Cocktail shaker or pitcher
Corkscrew
Cutting board
Dish towel
Drink stirrers
Ice bucket
Jigger
Paring knife, for fruit peels
Strainer
Wine glasses
Champagne flutes
Shot glasses
Highball glass (8-10 oz.)
Old fashioned glass (6-8 oz)
Beer mugs or pilsner glasses
Margarita glasses
Martini glasses
Water glasses
Classic Cosmopolitan
1 ½ oz. vodka
¾ oz. Cointreau
1 oz. fresh lime juice
¾ oz. cranberry juice

Pour vodka, Cointreau, fresh lime juice, and cranberry juice into a cocktail shaker half full of ice cubes. Shake and strain into a martini glass. Garnish with a curl of lemon, lime, or orange zest.