5 Essential Bar Tools That Make Terrific Presents: From Pourers To Spirit Rails
There is always that one person among your group of friends, peers, relatives and close knit community who is fond of mixology and the art of blending different ingredients together to prepare delicious cocktail mixes.
Bar tools are an excellent gifting alternative for such enthusiasts who love to dabble in bartending and have a liquor cabinet or home bar which houses premium spirits and the different apparatus that would be required to make lip smacking drinks out of them.
Some bar tools like mixers, jiggers and muddlers are essentials that are a part of every bartender’s kit but there are others like pourer or spirit rails which are just as needed.
When you are next looking for a suitable present for a birthday or special occasion particularly for the mixology enthusiast among you, these essential bar tools can be your go to. You can find them readily online or in liquor stores which also offer different mixology tools for the amateur mixologist. These essential tools can be customised with engravings or carvings to make your gifting experience more personalised.
Read on below to know more about the different essential bar tools you can present to your bartender friend for their next birthday, anniversary or any other celebratory affair:
Pourer
One of the most essential bar tools, a pourer comes in handy when you want to dispense a liquid from a bottle in measured proportions. The pourer is especially useful for an amateur mixologist to control the amount of a spirit or mixer being added to a cocktail shaker.
You can get a pourer with a spout that can be attached to a liquor or mixer bottle so that the liquid can be dispensed easily into a spirit measure or glass without worrying about a spill. Find colourful or steel pourers online to give your gift a slightly more fun and vibrant touch.
Garnish Tweezers
This bar tool is particularly useful for a bartender with an artistic inclination who dabbles in finely cut peels and herbs as adornments for finished drinks.
Garnish tweezers allow the more fastidious bartenders among us to arrange floral garnishes and herbs like thyme and basil that are cut up into small pieces into little designs that will accentuate a cocktail and imbue it with a more graceful appeal.
Spirit Rails
Another liquor cabinet essential are spirit rails that can be attached to a home bar to avoid the damage caused by a liquid spill.
Generally, liquor rails are metal trays that fit at the top of your bar to protect it just in case your drink trickles onto the surface.
A classic spirit rail comes with a drip tray too, with a traditional corrugated design, and is especially used to hold a beverage when you are sitting at the bar.
If your friend is serious about building a liquor cabinet and bar at home, spirit rails are a must have in their bartending arsenal.
Fine Mesh Strainer
One of the most important tools for a bartender is a good strainer which can be used to separate the cocktail blend from the residual peels, herbs and ice that go in the preparation of the drink.
A fine mesh strainer comes in handy at times when a mixologist wants to strain a drink containing finer particles. Fine mesh strainers are useful for such moments to do away with ice shards and pulp resulting in a smoothly blended cocktail.
Bitters Bottle
Another kitschy little bar essential is a bitters bottle filled with angostura bitters or any other variant you prefer.
The glass bottle comes with a dasher top which is specifically designed for storing and dispensing bitters in a way that will allow an amateur mixologist more control while adding them to a drink.
This is a particularly interesting gift especially when you want to prepare multiple glasses of the same mix to maintain a consistent taste across your blends.
