# Well stocked home bar **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** liquor-alcohol\ **Created:** [August 26, 2023, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-stocked-home-bar/989144 "2023-08-26T16:24:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2024, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-stocked-home-bar/989144/101 "2024-11-09T19:42:07Z")
I just got gifted a Chefhut cocktail smoker. Aside from Smoked Old Fashioned, any other recommendations to try? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2024, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-stocked-home-bar/989144/102 "2024-11-09T19:56:33Z")
I’d serve a smokey amuse-bouche as an appetizer. Maybe a small piece of pork belly no a bed of meringue. Do you have more than one dome? ---
**Author:** ![Ruken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f475e1/32.png) [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2024, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-stocked-home-bar/989144/103 "2024-11-10T15:31:13Z")
I’ve not actually made any of these but I bookmarked this video last year: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/gZdT2GBf91I/maxresdefault.jpg "3 SMOKED & Smoky Drinks - cocktails to warm your cockles!") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZdT2GBf91I) ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2024, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-stocked-home-bar/989144/104 "2024-11-10T17:06:32Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > I had a Paper Plane at dinner last night, so now I want to get a bottle of Amaro. Be careful with those. I had a few too many of them one night, and hours later I woke up at the border with a bunch of visas in my name. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2024, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-stocked-home-bar/989144/105 "2024-11-10T19:31:05Z")
> [@bump](#): > > And if you want something surprisingly good but a bit weird and low-rent looking, try corn whiskey- Mellow Corn or Platte Valley Corn Whiskey are both tasty. Got myself a bottle of Mellow Corn a couple of weeks ago. Daniel reviewed it over on [whiskeyvault](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okXNQ-osFCE). I thought someone had recommended it over here, and sure enough… Not bad at all. Simple, but nothing wrong with it at all. The only problem I have with it is that I can get Wild Turkey 101 for the same price at the grocery store, and I like it a lot better. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2024, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-stocked-home-bar/989144/106 "2024-11-10T22:53:18Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Do you have more than one dome? No, just one dome. I haven’t really contemplated smoking food, but I will put that on the list of things to investigate when hosting. ---
**Author:** ![Galactus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galactus/32/3581_2.png) [@Galactus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Galactus)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2024, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-stocked-home-bar/989144/107 "2024-11-10T23:41:42Z")
I discovered this stuff at a local (SW MI) liquor store. Very reminiscent of tequila but still its own thing. If you like tequila give it a try. Very cool bottle. > **[Review: Desert Door Texas Sotol](https://www.thirtyonewhiskey.com/review-desert-door-texas-sotol/)** > > With the booming craft distillery scene here in Texas, the vast majority of the distilleries are turning out some combination of vodka, rum, gin, and whiskey — all spirits that originated ove… ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2024, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-stocked-home-bar/989144/108 "2024-11-11T15:14:39Z")
Made some smoked pineapple margaritas last night. That goes into the regular rotation. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2024, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-stocked-home-bar/989144/109 "2024-11-11T19:22:51Z")
I kind of feel like it’s a specific time and place sort of thing. There are times that I’m not wanting bourbon, and that simpler sort of thing is just right. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2025, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-stocked-home-bar/989144/110 "2025-05-31T14:04:08Z")
Bumping because it’s spring planting time and I want to grow some herbs in the garden for cocktails. I’ll have spearmint, basil, and rosemary. Any other suggestions? ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2025, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-stocked-home-bar/989144/111 "2025-05-31T14:16:30Z")
Hmm. Mint is the only one that I think I really use in cocktails. Google suggest a cucumber cilantro cooler, which does sound pretty nice to me: [Cilantro Cucumber Cooler - Another Cocktail Blog](https://anothercocktailblog.com/cucumber-cooler/) ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2025, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-stocked-home-bar/989144/112 "2025-05-31T16:58:32Z")
Get a Trained Bear. From Kentucky. Bandage him, as they tend to be Sore. Then (apply Southern Accent) he will be (wait for joke) a real (joke immanent) Bar-Tender. Thank you, thank you, I’ll be here all week, try the Veal. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2026, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-stocked-home-bar/989144/113 "2026-05-24T15:02:30Z")
Which alcohols do you buy in big bottles, which do you buy in 750ml? I’ve typically bought 750ml bottles because I’m trying out brands and types, but now that I’ve settled on some mainstays I might as well buy in bulk. Also, anyone have any mescal recommendations? After our recent Arizona vacation I’m interested in trying a few new cocktails. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2026, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-stocked-home-bar/989144/114 "2026-05-24T15:49:13Z")
Saw this recipe from [here.](https://mezcalphd.com/2012/03/the-two-greatest-mezcal-cocktails-known-to-mankind/) - 2.0oz Mezcal - 1.5oz fresh lime juice - 1.0oz agave nectar - .5oz pomegranate molasses - 3 dashes Angosturo bitters Yeah ok, responding to something from three years ago: > [@Kropotkin](#): > > …maybe Clamato juice for a Caesar,eh? What? Not a Bloody Mary? You must be one’o them Canadian varmints. You and your “ehs” (and probably throw in a “u” for “-our” word endings, too!) ---
**Author:** ![Kropotkin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kropotkin/32/18045_2.png) [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2026, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-stocked-home-bar/989144/115 "2026-05-24T18:28:29Z")
Well, neighbour, I appreciate your labour and the flavour, colour and rigour your behaviour brings to your posts, eh? I’m Canadian, but despite my post, find Clamato juice distasteful in the extreme. Give me the Bloody Mary over a Caesar any time. Hmm. What time is it now? ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2026, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-stocked-home-bar/989144/116 "2026-05-24T18:35:19Z")
> [@Kropotkin](#): > > I’m Canadian, but despite my post, find Clamato juice distasteful in the extreme. Give me the Bloody Mary over a Caesar any time. Hmm. What time is it now? It’s Bloody Mary time, of course! (Canadian also, and I detest Clamato. Blech!) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-stocked-home-bar/989144.md?page=5)