Party Drinks

If your guests are expected to bring their own drinks, let them know in the invitation.  Don't forget the ice, you can never have too much ice at a party.   Don't forget to add fresh fruit to your shopping list.  Also consider making a punch or two; one alcoholic and one without!

Drinks Checklist

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Basic Tools

• Bottle opener
• Corkscrew
• Can opener
• Measuring cups and spoon set
• Bar spoon with long handle and muddler on the end
• Juice squeezer
• Electric blender
• Cutting board and a sharp knife
• Ice bucket with an ice tong
• Mixing glass
• Shaker and strainer
• Bottle sealers
• Towels
• Boxes/jars to store garnishes in
• Glassware

Extra's

• Cocktail napkins and coasters
• Swizzle sticks
• Straws, both long and short ones
• Cocktail picks
• Sugar and salt (for coating rim of glasses)

Shopping list for a well-stocked bar:

• Gin (dry)
• Vodka
• Bourbon
• Scotch whiskey / Rye (or Canadian whiskey)
• Rum (light)
• Vermouth (dry and sweet)
• Tequila
• White and red wine (dry)
• Beer (lager)
• Cognac (or other brandy)

Liqueurs: 

• Advocaat (somewhat like brandy eggnog)
• Amaretto (almond)
• Anisette (anise)
• Benedictine (herbs)
• Chambord (black-raspberry)
• Chartreuse (herbs)
• Contreau (oranges, like curaçao)
• Crème de Cacao (cacao)
• Crème de Cassis (blackcurrant)
• Crème de Menthe (mint)
• Crème de Violette (lavender)
• Crème Yvette (violets)
• Curaçao (oranges)
• Galliano (herbs and spices)
• Godiva (chocolate)
• Goldwasser (herbs and spices, flecked with gold leaf bits)
• Grand Marnier (champagne and curaçao)
• Irish Mint (whiskey and cream)
• Kahlúa (coffee)
• Kümmel (caraway)
• Mandarine Napoléon (tangerine)
• Midori (melon)
• Ouzo (anise)
• Peter Heering (cherry)
• Prunelle (plum)
• Sabra (orange and chocolate)
• Sambuca (wild elderberries)
• Southern Comfort (peach)
• Strega (orange and spices)
• Tia Maria (coffee)
• Triple Sec (oranges, like curaçao)

Mixers, flavourings and garnishes

• Club soda
• Tonic water
• Ginger ale
• 7-Up or Sprite
• Cola
• Juices:
  • Tomato juice
  • Orange juice
  • Pineapple juice
  • Cranberry juice
  • Grapefruit juice
• Bitters
• Grenadine
• Maraschino liqueur
• Worchestershire sauce
• Tabasco sauce
• Milk
• Coffee
• Heavy cream
• Cherries (maraschino)
• Green olives (small)
• Cocktail onions
• Lemons, limes and oranges
• Sugar, salt and pepper.

By the way, don't forget the non alcoholics as well!