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- You don't need to spend thousands of dollars to get high-quality bar accessories and tools, but don't go for the bottom of the barrel, either.
- We've rounded up the best bar accessories that you need for your home bar.
- Our picks include bar sets, jiggers, shakers, mixing glasses, and other tools that are as functional as they are beautiful.
Like it or not, your bar cart will say a lot about you when entertaining, and if you're going to be hosting guests during the evening hours, it's important to have the best bar accessories and tools available to smooth along the evening's events, whatever they may be.
If this sounds high-brow, it is. But keep a sloppy, disorganized bar station, and you're sure to have confused, potentially perturbed guests. No, they might not show it, but they'll feel it. A bar, after all, must be inviting.
To find the best barware, accessories, and tools, I scoured the Big, booze-loving Apple for bartenders and cocktail enthusiasts, from the stodgiest, most bowtie-bedecked cocktail lounges to the doggiest hole-in-the-wall grills and taverns, asking what I thought was a simple question: What are your go-to, favorite barware brands?
To my surprise, I received a complex variety of answers, but conclusively sided with one bartender's sentiment that "There are no brands." Although the bar he works in falls somewhere in the middle of the spectrum, this particular worldly bartender has held court behind every kind of bar you could imagine, so he's a good source.
With all our research in mind, we've rounded up the best bar accessories, tools, and barware for both big spenders and bargain hunters.
Here are the best bar accessories, tools, and drinkware:
- Best barware sets: Juliska's Graham Collection and FINEDINE's Home Barware Set
- Best Boston shakers: Top Shelf Bar Supply and Cocktail Kingdom's Koriko
- Best cobbler shakers: Juliska's Graham shaker and Cocktail Kingdom's Usagi Weighted Cobbler Shaker
- Best jiggers: Cocktail Kingdom's Stainless Steel and Oxo's SteeL
- Best mixing glasses: Crafthouse by Fortessa's Crystal Mixing Glass and Hiware's Mixing Glass
- Best mixing spoons: Crafthouse by Fortessa's Mixing Spoon and Hiware's bar spoon
- Best muddlers: Crafthouse by Fortessa's solid walnut muddler and Carter's Stainless Steel Muddler
- Best muddling and juicing set: Crate & Barrel's Mixologist Cocktail Tool Kit
- Best citrus juicer: Chef'n's FreshForce Citrus Juicer
- Best ice cube tray: Tovolo's Oversized silicone ice cube trays
- Best ice buckets: Crafthouse by Fortessa's Stainless Steel and Fortune Candy's Double-Walled and Insulated
- Best glassware: Juliska, Schott Zwiesel, Libbey, and Bormioli Rocco
Read on in the slides below to learn more about our top picks.
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