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Jim Morris
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Well, I don't have a home bar per-se, but as a home brewer, I would be hard pressed not to have a keg dispensing setup. Something to be said for the coolness of pulling a tap handle on a beer tower and dispensing your own beer into the pint glass! I used to use what they call picnic taps, but my daughter got me a beer tower that I installed on top of a 2 keg mini fridge this summer, and its a nice setup. I have 2 mini fridges now with 2 kegs on tap in each one.
That said, dealing with beer kegs is not for you unless you have a way to move them around, both in and out of the car/truck and in and out of the fridge. Dealing with the kegs I use (old Pepsico 5 gallon ball locks from all over the country) is one thing. Dealing with commercial kegs is another, as those tend to be of either the 7.75 or 15.5 gallon variety. I moved a 15.5 gallon keg of beer into the back of my Yukon, dead lifting it by myself, and paid the price for a week or two. I don't move more than 5 gallons of beer at a time any more!
If not serving from kegs, and instead serving bottled beer and wine, a nice under the counter beverage cooler would be nice for storing the bottled beer and white wines. And a bottle opener mounted behind the counter next to it of course!Last edited by jfmorris; November 18, 2019, 03:03 PM.
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If you have friends with a micro brewery, and they are licensed to sell for off-premise consumption, having a tap or two could be a cool thing, if they are willing to deliver and install the kegs for you. Obviously those kegs would be at commercial prices, versus my home-brewed prices. Making my own beer costs me anywhere from $20 to $40 per keg, sometimes less if I am re-pitching yeast versus buying new yeast. The amount of grain and hops is the driving factor of course.
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mnavarre $80 for a brewery keg (surprised you have 5 gallon kegs) is dirt cheap. Here in Alabama we have a 3 tier system that really drives costs up, and while breweries can sell growler fills for off premise consumption, I think the fact that kegs have to go through a 3 tier system drives the cost - we would probably spend $120 or more on that same keg here, because the state and distributor both have to take their cuts.
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22" Weber Kettle w/SNS, 18" WSM, Bronco, Grilla Chimp, Traeger Tailgater, UDS, Camp Chef Tahoe Stove.
Bourbon. Then more bourbon. Maybe some scotch, vodka, gin, tequila. Cognac for the wife (at least my wife). Then another bottle of bourbon...
OK, some corkscrews and wine glasses for the winos that show up, brandy snifters, beer glasses. Mixers like little cans of juice, small cans of soda, an ice bucket.
And bourbon
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all of y'all shut up and pass me another bottle. What's a guy gotta do to rent a glass around here. HouseHomey HuskeeLast edited by texastweeter; November 19, 2019, 10:53 AM.
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not a single bottle of beer?
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bardsleyque, not one beer but a couple of cases. I thought that went without sayin...
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- Fav cheap beers: Pabst, High Life, Hamm's & Stroh's
- Most favorite beer: The one in your fridge
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My personal thoughts on some 'gotta haves'
a set of at least 4 of each:- martini glasses,
- rocks glasses,
- wide red wine glasses
- standard white glasses, and
- either snifter or glencairn glasses.
- Then all your bases are covered for whatever folks want to sip on and to be honest if nothing else it feels better drinking the spirits in their proper glass.
- a good shaker.
- I like the cheaper plastic see-through kind with graduation marks- easy to use and be more consistent with, but my wife hates when I use it she likes the fancy copper one she bought me.
- optional- a few ice ball molds. Don't settle for just ice cubes if you're an on-the-rocks person. I am not so I list it as optional, but my wife insists they are better.
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Huskee, a Stroh's!!! I haven't even seen one of those for years. I have some Pabst Blue Ribbon at the house, but people are trying to treat Pabst like it is a craft beer or something. Gonna have to find a Stroh's, line it up next to my Mickey's.
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klflowers Stroh's is a notch above the AAL lightweight lagers (trailer park beers, as I call them), it's a classic. It's a bit maltier though IMO. Flavorful, I am glad it hasn't met its untimely death as I'd thought. The company has gone through the wringer after the founding fathers died off, and it's been acquired by a conglomerate, but at least it's still out there somewhere.
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Hendrick's Gin and Cinzano dry vermouth.Last edited by CaptainMike; November 18, 2019, 04:27 PM.
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Huskee by your list, I am only needing some nice on the rocks glasses. I have glencairn glasses, proper red and white, s well as snifters and martini. Really looking more on the booze side. But, can always equally up my game in bar essentials as well. My mix drink ability past scotch near, a dirty martini and a vodka tonic has no game what so ever.Last edited by Richard Chrz; November 18, 2019, 04:37 PM.
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On the booze side it's hard to reccomend specifics since it's all preference and taste. My favorite go-to bourbon that will work great neat or in anything is Buffalo Trace. Cheap so you don't feel guilty using it as a mixer, tasty so you can drink it neat, and worlds better than Jack or Beam. Beefeater or New Amsterdam 100 are my favorite gins for mixing since they are spicy enough to hold up to mixing and are not expensive either. Barrel proof rye, or at least 100 proof, is a good one...
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Shake up a Hendricks martini and it will change your life.
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Anything to the dark side and malty rather than hoppy. Currently liking Yuengling Porter and Newcastle Brown Ale. In a bar or pub I will often default to Guiness
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Bourbon - Eagle Rare for "every day"; Angel's Envy for special occasions, Basil Hayden's, Larceny
Favorite Wine:
Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon Super Tuscan Sangiovese (Including Chianti Classico Riserva) Brunello di Montalcino
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Pork - especially the darker meat. I love spare ribs and anything made from shoulder/butt meat
Chicken - Mainly the dark meat and wings
Beef Ribeye steak
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Can't list just one: Indian, Chinese, Thai, West Indian/Carribean, Hispanic/Latin American, Ethiopian, Italian, BBQ
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Indian, followed closely by BBQ.
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Argh! I have a really nice wooden bar that my dad bought for my grandfather when he was in the Navy. My dad let me have it and my wife took it over as an ornamental piece and for storing old videos even though we no longer have a video playing machine. I do get the bottom section for my booze. In exchange, she let me buy a beer fridge. So I can only answer that a beer fridge is a must.
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These days, the only thing my bar has or needs is a coffee maker, and the occasional bottle of water. But it has to be good coffee, not that mass market crap in the plastic tubs.
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Excellent point on the coffee maker, many people like a good hot toddy.
A holiday tradition here is inviting friends over Spanish Coffee's on Boxing day night.
If they just want a Baileys or Kalua, even Irish coffee that's fine too.
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JBM for me, and Kona for my wife please.
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This time next month my wife will be sipping JBM on our annual trip down to the island.
I've never had the taste for coffee myself, lost it drinking coffee truck swill years ago.
While I make mean Spanish I think if I ever drank one I'd be up for three days.
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