1. Always select a very good to excellent brand of gin, scotch or bourbon…for tastes vary!
2. Use less expensive vodka (Wolfschmidt, Smirnoff, Gordons) because vodka has very little taste. The expensive vodkas have the gorgeous bottles to impress friends and to tickle our fancy (and how we love those bottles!!)! Taste test? Pour a shot of Grey Goose over ice and then same with Smirnoff, taste and see if you can tell the difference…better yet have someone else pour the shots so that you don’t know the brand.
3. Always chill the glass for a drink that will have no ice, i.e. Martini straight up. Place crushed or cubed ice into glass before you start mixing the drink. Empty ice out before filling with your favorite Martini mix. Doing this at a party also impresses guests.
4. Bar workstations have the following bottles (and in this order from left to right): tequila, rum, scotch, bourbon, vodka, gin, triple sec, grenadine, Roses lime juice. If you want to keep a good bar in your home make sure you have these staples.
5. Never scoop ice with a glass…it can break in the ice bin, big ouch.
6. Shot glasses vary from ¾ ounce to 1 ½ ounces…make sure you know the size of yours when you are following recipes. Drinks can be spoiled by being too strong or too weak. The larger the shot can also double the calories! Remember that alcohol is sugar and can help support age-onset diabetes!
**Drink responsibly and Serve responsibly**
