OOT help me build my liqour cabinet

[Habib Marwan]

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[RunDownHouse]

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You need some whiskey. Jack on a budget.

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"Jack on a budget" = Dickel #12. About $8 cheaper for the handle, better taste.

For the OP, you can't build an entire bar for under $100. Sorry.

[Grasshopp3r]

Bulleit Bourbon is good and cheap. Gordons Gin is good for gin and tonics.

[MrWookie]

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You need some whiskey. WL Weller on a budget.

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This is a man who knows his stuff.

OP,

For rum, don't get Bacardi. Get Cruzan Estate Light Rum for the same price. It's much, much better.

For vodka, don't get Grey Goose. Get just about anything else, and it'll be a better buy.

For gin, well, who am I kidding. All college students think they hate gin, so it's probably not worth getting.

Make sure you get a bottle of triple sec, whatever brand.

[john voight]

You can't do much for $100.
However me and my broke-ass friend have done it for 70$, so here it goes;

The liquor will be cheap (if you want diversity), so you will need a lot of mixers for killing the [censored] taste.

Cranberry Juice, coke, sprite, lime, orange juice, tonic, garnishes, and all the exotic things you can mix for tropical themed stuff.

I would suggest:

Vodka
Triple Sec
Rum
Whiskey
Tequila
as the main liquors.

You can later add

Gin
Schnapps
Other Things.

Poor vodka will be much more brutal than poor rum b/c vodka is tasteless, and thus you will feel the bad taste more (if your taking it strait), mixing, which I suggested, will help fix this.


If you are a college-aged booze-hound, I'm sure you can handle it, so maybe you can focus more on quantity rather than quality.

IMO it is important to build a cabinet focused around your favorite drinks. If this is for party situation, and not personal situation, then you should have all main ingredients that I have listed above, not just the ones you like.

[CappyAA]

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Trying to stay under $100 for now, what are the must haves for making the most common drinks/shots. Currently I have

Grey goose, malibu,goldschlager,amaretto,and tequila

What can I add to this?


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I'll help you out OP to get yourself a solid bar for under $100:

You already have Grey Goose (Vodka), Malibu (Rum), Amaretto, and Tequila covered so that's a good start.

You definitely need gin and a bourbon. My preferences are Sapphire and Maker's Mark, but since you are going with a budget, you can get a bottle of Gordon's for the gin (~$10) and Old Grand Dad for the whiskey (~$12).

Next you need some triple sec which is a key ingredient in shots. You can get any bottle at a liquor store for about $8.

Jagermeister is a must as it mixes with a ton of stuff for shots and is great on its own. That is somewhat pricey as a bottle of that is about $15-$20.

So with $50 left and much of the main alcohol types covered you can choose to go a variety of ways from here. You can buy some girly bottles to fill up and make extra shots. These would include different liqueurs like Melon liquor, Apple pucker, black rasberry liquor, peach schnaps, etc.

You could also get some extra stuff like grenadine, lime juice, sour mix, etc. to mix with shots.

The route I would take would be to get a bottle of something good to sip on like Grand Marnier for about $30, and then get a bottle of melon liquor, apple pucker, and peach schnapps for about $10 each.

It would be a little bit over $100 but you would pretty much have a fully stocked bar allowing you to make tons and tons of drinks.

Cappy

[kipin]

I recommend Oak or Walnut.

Stay away from plywood, that isn't very classy.

[leehrat]

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Trying to stay under $100 for now, what are the must haves for making the most common drinks/shots. Currently I have

Grey goose, malibu,goldschlager,amaretto,and tequila

What can I add to this?


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I'll help you out OP to get yourself a solid bar for under $100:

You already have Grey Goose (Vodka), Malibu (Rum), Amaretto, and Tequila covered so that's a good start.

You definitely need gin and a bourbon. My preferences are Sapphire and Maker's Mark, but since you are going with a budget, you can get a bottle of Gordon's for the gin (~$10) and Old Grand Dad for the whiskey (~$12).

Next you need some triple sec which is a key ingredient in shots. You can get any bottle at a liquor store for about $8.

Jagermeister is a must as it mixes with a ton of stuff for shots and is great on its own. That is somewhat pricey as a bottle of that is about $15-$20.

So with $50 left and much of the main alcohol types covered you can choose to go a variety of ways from here. You can buy some girly bottles to fill up and make extra shots. These would include different liqueurs like Melon liquor, Apple pucker, black rasberry liquor, peach schnaps, etc.

You could also get some extra stuff like grenadine, lime juice, sour mix, etc. to mix with shots.

The route I would take would be to get a bottle of something good to sip on like Grand Marnier for about $30, and then get a bottle of melon liquor, apple pucker, and peach schnapps for about $10 each.

It would be a little bit over $100 but you would pretty much have a fully stocked bar allowing you to make tons and tons of drinks.

Cappy

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excellent advice. OP should also get southern comfort to make the vaunted SoCo Lime shot that girls love. gets them drunk quick and fast and it's sweet and easy for them to handle.

[MrWookie]

People in this thread recommending anything other than WL Weller,

Go out and buy yourselves a bottle of that stuff right now. I found it to not only be the best bourbon for $18, not only better than Maker's Bulliet, Dickel, or Jack, but it approaches or exceeds $30+ bourbons in quality.

[Five-Star]

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