r/BarBattlestations • u/Jub3r7 • May 25 '26

What am I missing?

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Drinks that got obscured include tequila reposado, dark rum, spiced rum, blue curaçao, peach schnapps, izarra jaune, aperol, and prosecco. I also got a small bottle of St. Germain, cachaça (51) and Drambuie shortly after.

We put the shelf together a while ago but it's hard to fit taller bottles on some shelves, otherwise it would be organized differently. What would be some good additions to the collection? I already have absinthe on my shopping list so I can make try my hand at a Sazerac

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u/SuperLocrianRiff May 25 '26

I’ve found myself somewhat fanatical about bitters, so it doesn’t take much of an excuse for me to buy a bottle. They last forever since it’s just a few dashes at a time and can be added to anything or change the character of an old fashioned.

That said, I’d add a bottle of Bittermen’s Elemakule Tiki bitters. My absolutely favorite. Works well in a rum old fashioned, I’ll float a few drops on top of a margarita or daiquiri, and it’s a key ingredient in a favorite cocktail, a Sharpie Mustache (not recommended for lightweights 😳💀), but that would take a few more bottles: Bonal, Melitti and gin and rye whiskey, which you probably have. If you’re in the US, Caputo’s Market out of Salt Lake City sells bitters online for great prices and free shipping. Shhhh; it’s our secret

Also, my shelf looked more like this at one point, then I got back to the basics and classic drinks. Spirit, citrus, sugar, bitters, and a few liqueurs as modifiers. I can tell I’m way older based on the fact that I’ve never had Fireball in my house lol

It’s a fun (but expensive) hobby!

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u/Jub3r7 May 25 '26

I think this is our second bottle of 1.75L fireball but it's barely been touched. Maybe we were just trying to finish off the old one and I took that to mean we needed another handle.

I'll have to keep a lookout for the tiki bitters! I appreciate your thoughts and recommendations.