What various alcohols should I get to stock my bar?

Question

I am looking for variety and a low price with a decent taste. It is to stock a college kid's apartment. Most of the alcohol will be mixed with other things so taste is not the number one priority. Also, suggest some good drink mixes.

Answer 1

Vodka-(mix with fruit punch or oj)
Amaretto (mix with sour mix and 7 up)
Puckers (good with 7up or a shot added to smirnotff ice)
Rum dark or light (mix with vanilla coke)
7&7 (segrams 7 and 7 up)
Whiskey-jack and coke
tequila-shots, tequila sunrise (oj and cranberry juice) margaritas


Vodka is hella cheap and is excellent to use for jello shots (use vodka instead of water, follow the jello jigglers recipe)
or mixing with red bull or monster

Dont bother with name brands, buy the cheap amaretto vs Di Sorono, I think it tastes better. Most mixed drinks you aren't going for taste so you are covering up the quality anyway.
Save the fine alcohol when you graduate

Answer 2

Looks like everyone's listed the basics that you need for alcohol. Most mixers are pretty cheap (maragrita, cosmos, sweet n sour mix). I'd like to add some mixers that I always have on hand:
Limes or a big bottle of key west lime juice
Ginger Ale (is very good with everything from gin to whiskey)
Tonic
Cola
Dry Vermouth
Triple Sec/Cointreau--a must for rounding out an edgy cocktail like margaritas, cosmos

Answer 3

whiskey/bourbon/rum/brandy, vodka, gin, tequila, vermouth, bitters, grenadine, bloody mary mix, margarita mix, pina colada mix, tom collins mix, daquiri mix, club soda, seven up, cola, then make sure you have olives, celery, cocktail onions, rock salt, cherries..all that good stuff.

www.drinkmixers.com has over 15 thousand mixed drink ideas. It will give you an idea of other things that you may want to have.

and don't forget to keep beer stocked

Answer 4

Bourbon-Jim Beam
Vodka-Smirnoff
Gin-Gilbey's
Rum-Bacardi
Tequila-Jose Cuervo

Variety of fruit juices-variety of soda-tonic
That's the basics. Stuff like sugar, salt, Rose's,bitters all depends what drinks you plan on.

Answer 5

you have a competent initiate. it truthfully relies upon on who you're exciting. another necessities for a great selection are: brandy/cognac cordials ( like 40 3, Jager, Kahlua, Bailey's and so on.) tonic water seltzer water dry/candy vermouth gin bitters lime juice lemon juice orange juice pineapple juice V8 Clamato frozen strawberries bar sugar a single malt scotch (is a whiskey yet there are numerous sorts of whiskey, too, like bourbon, tennessee, irish, canadian) cherries olives purple wine (merlot, zinfandel, sagiovese, cabernet, pinot noir, or a advantageous meritage) white wine (chardonay, pinot grigio, white zin, Riesling) beer (us, german, belgian, and so on.)

Answer 6

vockda rum gin brandy or do tou want brand names cause colleage kids really arent going to no the differnce of what brand it is

Answer 7

Bourbon and Vodka, what else could you need?!