 |
Bar-warming gifts |
purple jade
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Feb 19, 2003
Posts: 1450
From: New Orleans
|  Posted: 2003-10-11 6:59 pm Permalink
What would be the top three ideal gifts for a brand new home bar?
|
SES
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Sep 14, 2003
Posts: 992 | Posted: 2003-10-11 7:10 pm Permalink
Booze
glasses
napkins
_________________
|
JTD
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Apr 07, 2003
Posts: 407
From: J'ville
| Posted: 2003-10-12 09:46 am Permalink
PJ,
In addition to numbers 1+2 above, I'd recommend the shaker/jigger/tongs etc. tool set. Williams-Sonoma et al. carry nice ones.
-JTD
[ This Message was edited by: JTD on 2003-10-12 09:47 ]
|
kahukini
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Mar 28, 2002
Posts: 555
From: Saint Louis
| Posted: 2003-10-12 10:11 am Permalink
A couple of nice artsy martini glasses.
One of those plastic dodads for rimming glasses with sugar or salt, nobody ever thinks to buy them, but they do come in handy. I never use salt, but like to rim several martinis with flavored sugar.
___________
Progressive religion: http://universist.meetup.com
|
divychic
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Oct 05, 2002
Posts: 198
From: Bradenton, Florida
| Posted: 2003-10-12 11:53 am Permalink
out of the ordinary mixtures,
cool background light fixture,
napkins/stirrers
|
Unga Bunga
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jun 06, 2003
Posts: 5734
From: CaliTikifornia
| Posted: 2003-10-12 12:06 pm Permalink
A new liver!
_________________
Oh It Looks Good On You Though!
|
purple jade
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Feb 19, 2003
Posts: 1450
From: New Orleans
| Posted: 2003-10-12 3:43 pm Permalink
Box or gift bag?
|
Futura Girl
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Oct 01, 2002
Posts: 933 | Posted: 2003-10-12 5:22 pm Permalink
unless you know the taste of the individual bartender and what tools they already have, there is nothing like a bottle of 'the good stuff.' you know, the stuff you covet at the liquor store, but might feel a bit guilty buying for yourself.
persoanlly i say avoid obscure stuff that ends up at the back of the liquor cabinet - and stick to the mainstream acohol (rum, vodka, gin, or maybe some good cognac) that your friends will enjoy making their old favorites with.
|
tikifish
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Mar 25, 2002
Posts: 2720
From: Toronto,Canada
| Posted: 2003-10-12 5:55 pm Permalink
Don't get them the penis shaped ice cube tray. The chilly willies melt too fast and water down your drink!
|
Traitor Vic
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jan 02, 2003
Posts: 428
From: Greenville, SC
| Posted: 2003-10-12 9:42 pm Permalink
I tell ya what... The one thing that I appreciate in my own bar above and beyond all other items (and it was not a gift but something I bought for myself) is my Ice Crusher. I got one of the Electric Rival Ice-O-Matics (as recommended by someone in Tiki Central) on ebay and have never been disappointed. It is a thing of Perfection in an otherwise Imperfect world.
Worth the price at whatever it may be (don't pay more than $20 for it, though).
|
Feelin' Zombified
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jul 15, 2003
Posts: 1328
From: The Exotic Shores of Lake St. Clair
| Posted: 2003-10-13 07:12 am Permalink
a cool novelty item I saw in the AFTER 5 catalog: an ice mold that makes shot glasses. I'm kinda tempted to pick one up myself.
-Z
_________________
Thank God The Tiki Bar Is Open
Thank God The Tiki Torch Still Shines...
|
Basement Kahuna
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Oct 14, 2002
Posts: 3587
From: Jawja Province, Isle of North America
| Posted: 2003-10-13 1:32 pm Permalink
Three words: Top shelf booze.
|
Tiki Bird
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Sep 25, 2003
Posts: 850
From: Cerritos, Ca.
| Posted: 2003-10-13 1:53 pm Permalink
keg-o-rator would be cool.
|
Shipwreckjoey
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Nov 29, 2002
Posts: 1794
From: San Diego, CA
| Posted: 2003-10-13 7:12 pm Permalink
A matching set of genuine Third Reich swizzle sticks...actually, Tiki Farm has some really cool frosted bar glasses out(come in sets of four). I just picked up the double old-fashioned 4-pack the other day. Still breakin' em in.
|
Humuhumu
Grand Member (5 years) 
Joined: Aug 22, 2002
Posts: 3536
From: San Francisco
| Posted: 2003-10-13 7:17 pm Permalink
Depends on the personality of the bar owner. Me, I'm very particular, and if I haven't already bought something for my bar, it may very well be because I didn't *want* it. So, unless you're planning on shelling out for some sort of sure-fire, one-of-a-kind item, like a cool old tiki, I say stick with consumables (read: primo rum!). At least, if you're buying a gift for someone like me. 
_________________
Critiki - Ooga-Mooga - Humu Kon Tiki
|
