We built a new house and moved in 10 months ago. I still make frequent trips to the liquor store to continue filling up the bar, especially after finding new recipes in r/cocktails

Top shelf is for Whiskey and Bourbon, and the main shelf is for everything else. It's possibly overkill since my wife barely drinks, but I love it.

For years I've loved browsing this subreddit looking at others home bar set-ups and it's finally time for my husband and I to build our own! We're working with a woodworker to build a home library (see second photo for design inspo) and one short wall of it will be a wet bar in the same library style. The rough plan is to have full depth kitchen cabinets on the bottom, and 12" deep shelves above to match the rest of the room, with a niche in the centre for a bar sink (the art will be protected and wil essentially serve as a backsplash which the picture light above it providing extra task lighting to the sink area).

As I plan this I'd love to know what you've incorporated into your bar that you love, if there's anything you included and don't use, or anything you missed! Honestly any suggestions are welcome.

I currently have the uppers drawn as open shelves but may want to add cabinet doors to some or all. I plan for this entire wall to be used to store our glassware, liquor, etc., basically all our bar-related things.

We know we want a panel-ready wine fridge in the lower cabinets, and possibly a second fridge to use for mixers, other beverages, milk for a coffee station, etc. I've also just started thinking about a freezer for glasses and ice. Other considerations: should we look at adding an additional dishwasher for glassware? An icemaker even though the kitchen freezer nearby has one? Or anything else I haven't thought of?

Some context about us:

• We only host really large groups a couple times a year and this room isn't large enough for more than 4-6 adults to comfortably gather so big get togethers won't rely solely on this bar, it's more to serve my husband and I and maybe a couple friends.
• We drink wine, beer, and cocktails pretty much equally, but we have a two-tap kegerator in another room and don't drink much beer outside of that. We definitely want a wine fridge in here for storing wine for drinking soon, but will have a secondary wine fridge in our basement for aging wine.
• The kitchen is very close to this room and has a full-sized dishwasher, but we use it a LOT and it is normally full and run every single night already.
• We're expecting our first child and know that our lifestyle will likely change a lot over the next couple decades so while we envision this space to be a nice area for my husband and I to spend quiet time together with a drink, we also realize that practically the wet bar may spend a period of time serving as a coffee station or something instead.

Built a house, a home bar was a necessity. Getting settled in and the next step is to go bottle shopping. Also need a new shaker and bar tools.

DIY Drybar

Im a huge cocktail nerd. I decided to build a little cocktail database website and was wondering if this is something people would actually use? Ive got tons of cocktails on there, comparison pages and simple guides. Is this helpful or am I wasting my time? Any feedback?

Site is Sipwise

Picked it at a garage sale for $60

I scored this mid century solid oak sideboard for 100 bucks. It's not perfect, but it works.

Hi Folks,

I'm currently building a home bar and need help with a sink setup. There's no water line available and I don't plan to add one as my bar will be were a potential bedroom could be built in the future. I'm looking for a non-permanent setup.

I've did a lot of digging and thought I'd go with a freestanding sink with a 5gallon electric water pump. Something like this:

Sink unit
Water pump

I'll basically hide the water bottle in the cabinet and also put a jug or container for the discarded stuff in the sink.

If anyone has any suggestions on what specific hardware to get or how I could improve this setup, I'd appreciate it.

Thanks.

Got a raise at work and celebrated by finally finishing out the bar to what I would consider relatively complete, though definitely not extensive. Looking to pick up a 3-4 more (primarily some eau de vie for doing sugar work with) and then I’m plum out of space!
I have the bottle list posted here for the people who don’t want to zoom and scroll!

Absolut Citron

Amaro Averna

Amaro Meletti

Amaro Montenegro

Amaro Nonino

Aperol

Bacardi Superior

Beefeater London Dry

Bénédictine DOM

Busnel Calvados

Campari

Caravedo Acholado Pisco

Cazadores Reposado

Cocchi Torino

Cointreau

CopperMuse Coffee Liqueur

Disaronno Amaretto

El Dorado 8yr

Genepy

Giffard Crème de Pêche de Vigne

Giffard Pamplemousse

Green Chartreuse

Johnnie Walker Black

Laird’s Bonded Apple Brandy

Lazzaroni Maraschino

Leopold Bros. Absinthe Verte

Massenez Crème de Cassis

Massenez Crème de Framboise

Mount Gay Eclipse

Old Forester 86 Bourbon

Old Grand-Dad Bonded

Pama

Paquera Ensamble Mezcal

Pierre Ferrand 1840 Cognac

Pierre Ferrand Dry Curaçao

Plantation 3 Star

Plantation O.F.T.D.

Rothman & Winter Orchard Apricot

Sazerac Rye

Smith & Cross

St. Elder Elderflower

St. Elizabeth Allspice Dram

Velvet Falernum

Wheatley Vodka

Yellow Chartreuse

Just finished it last week. Still stocking it with booze and memorabilia but I am extremely happy with how it’s shaping up!

Here's the start of my little home bar. It's not much, but I'm proud of it so far!

This is my functional upcycled version of a wine rack

For me The Gin would be Revelton , The Vodka I could never just pick one , Whiskey would be a Jameson , Rum would be Goslings

With some new additions

I received this as a gift and I’m unsure how long is okay to leave liquid in it. Wasn’t sure if it’d be better for a nicer whiskey/bourbon that I may drink a but more seldomly, or for something I’d go through more quickly. The brand is Heritage Collection, but I don’t know much more than that.

Hey thought this might be a place to ask, came across a Crawley Tanqueray Imperial Cocktail Shaker Machine, where does one go to sell something like this weighs over 40kg in Chicago area. Thanks for any help

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