One of the most difficult things about starting a home bar is knowing what to buy. Before you go to the liquor store intending to grab the same old Bacardi you’ve drank since college, you might want to check around a bit. Here is what I currently have on hand:

Vodka

• Hangar One Fraser River Raspberry
• Hangar One Kaffir Lime
• Hangar One Spiced Pear
• Lovejoy Hazelnut
• CooranBong
• Bombora

Whisky

• Laphroaig Quarter Cask
• Glenmorangie 10yr

Whiskey

• Four Roses Single Barrel
• Old Weller Antique 107
• Dry Fly Washington Wheat
• Ezra Brooks
• Elmer T. Lee
• George T. Stagg 2010
• Thomas Handy 2010
• Pappy Van Winkle 20 yr
• Pappy Van Winkle 15 yr
• Pappy Van Winkle Lot “B”
• Sazerac 6 yr
• Templeton Rye Whiskey
• Rittenhouse Bottled in Bond

Rum

• Lemon Hart 151 Demerara
• El Dorado 15yr
• Appleton Estate Extra 12yr
• Appleton V\X
• Cruzan Aged Light
• Rhum Barbancourt RÉSERVE SPÉCIALE, 5 star
• Cruzan Aged
• Cruzan Black Strap
• Wray & Nephew White Overproof
• Clement Rhum Vieux Agricole
• El Dorado 3 yr
• The Scarlet Ibis
• Smith & Cross
• Ron Zacapa

Mezcal & Tequila

• Cazadores Reposado
• Milagro Silver
• Illegal Mezcal Joven

Gin

• Old Raj
• Dry Fly
• Plymouth
• Martin Miller
• Leopold
• Ransom Old Tom

Other Spirits

• St. George Absinthe Verte
• Laird’s Bottled-in-Bond Apple Brandy
• Pierre Ferrand
• Batavia Arrack
• Novo Fogo Silver

Liqueurs

• Benedictine
• Chartreuse (green)
• Chartreuse (yellow)
• Campari
• St. Germain
• Cointreau
• Grand Marnier
• Domaine de Canton
• Luxardo
• Creme de Violette
• Cherry Heering
• St. Elizabeth Allspice Dram
• Root
• Clement Creole Shrubb
• Fernet Branca
• Aperol
• Averna

Bitters

• Angostura Aromatic
• Peychaud’s
• Dr. Adam Elmegirab’s Boker’s Bitters
• Regan’s Orange Bitters No. 6
• Angostura Orange
• Fee’s Grapefruit
• Fee’s Rhubarb
• Amargo Chuncho
• Dr. Adam Elmegirab’s Dandelion and Burdock bitters
• Dr. Adam Elmegirab’s Spanish bitters
• Bittermens ‘elemakule tiki bitters
• The Bitter Truth Celery bitters
• The Bitter Truth Orange bitters
• The Bitter Truth Creole bitters
• The Bitter Truth Old Time Aromatic bitters
• The Bitter Truth Jerry Thomas’ Own Decanter bitters
• The Bitter Truth Xocolatl Mole bitters

Other

• orange flower water
• rose water
• Trader Tiki’s Vanilla Syrup
• Agave syrup
• Trader Tiki’s Don’s Mix
• Trader Tiki Orgeat