{"id":2698,"date":"2011-07-15T13:25:02","date_gmt":"2011-07-15T17:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adam-jackson.net\/blog\/?p=2698"},"modified":"2011-07-15T13:25:02","modified_gmt":"2011-07-15T17:25:02","slug":"howto-stock-a-home-bar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2011\/07\/15\/howto-stock-a-home-bar\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2605 &#8220;How to Stock a Home Bar&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/artofmanliness.com\/2011\/07\/07\/how-to-stock-a-home-bar\/\">AOM<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Vodka.\u00a0<\/strong>An excellent liquor for doing shots with\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dc1JEH04gf0\">singing babushka<\/a>s or for mixing into popular cocktails like Bloody Marys and Cosmopolitans. Vodka doesn\u2019t have a strong color, taste, or aroma, so it makes for a perfect mixing liquor. The\u00a0differences between vodka brands comes down to what they\u2019re distilled from (potatoes, grains, sugar cane) and their texture in the mouth. Some (like Absolut) have an oily, silky texture while others (like\u00a0Stolichnaya)\u00a0have a watery, medicinal finish.<\/p>\n<p>My go-to vodka is Grey Goose. Mixes nicely with just about anything.<\/p>\n<p>You also have your pick between the different flavored and infused vodkas on the market. Personally, I stay away from flavored vodkas in my home bar. I can do my own infusing with garnishes, thank you very much.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Most of what&#8217;s in my home bar now is comprised of a lot of self-research as in I bought some basics and made some drinks, wanted to make more drinks so bought some more liquor. Then I started adding mixings and garnishes and cordials and then specialized tools and glass-ware. It all sort of built up. This is a great read for any home owner that loves to entertain.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t do this unless you can commit at least $200 a month for a full year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AOM: Vodka.\u00a0An excellent liquor for doing shots with\u00a0singing babushkas or for mixing into popular cocktails like Bloody Marys&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-linked","cs-entry","cs-video-wrap"],"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-Hw","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3008,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2011\/08\/31\/vodka-nation\/","url_meta":{"origin":2698,"position":0},"title":"\u2605 &#8220;Vodka Nation&#8221;","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"August 31, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"via The Weekly Standard: There have been more than 2,000 Absolut ads using, in Lewis\u2019s words, the \u201cbottle plus two-word headline\u201d format, each one costing as much as $100,000 and involving elaborate scale models (ABSOLUT MIAMI\u2014a miniature art deco hotel on South Beach\u2014may be the most impressive), but it was\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Linked&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Linked","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/category\/linked\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3936,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2013\/04\/09\/red-bullred-silver-and-blue\/","url_meta":{"origin":2698,"position":1},"title":"\u2605 Red Bull\u2026Red, Silver and Blue","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"April 9, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"According to EnergyFiend, Red Bull is being slowly caught up with by Monster's huge line of energy drinks. 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