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Saturday, February 6. 2016

What to buy for the bar?

A pal and I have been volunteered to run the bar for a formally-informal Valentine's Day party that our wives' club is putting on. They expect 40 women plus their husbands - all friendly Indians. It's what is termed "heavy cocktails", not dinner.


We decided to keep it simple with just red and white wine, a few interesting beers, bubbly water, and coke. Lemons and limes, and plenty of ice.


I used this site to estimate amounts.


Figured a case of red, a case of white, 5 cases of beer.


Then we just learned that the venue for the party (an art museum) does not permit red wine on the premises. Apparently many places have that rule.  So I am thinking maybe we should have whiskey, Bourbon, rum, and vodka too - but no mixed drinks other than rum and coke.  We don't want to have to be real bartenders because we like to schmooze with all our friends.


What's your opinion?

Posted by Bird Dog in Food and Drink at 15:36 | Comments (15) | Trackbacks (0)

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Seltzer is a good simple mixer. Other than an occasional summertime gin and tonic, bourbon and seltzer is the only mixed drink I ever have. It's really good with bitters splashed into it. Both of these are quick and easy and cover the clear and brown preferences.

What's the reasoning for no red wine allowed?
#1 Jack Walter on 2016-02-06 16:00 (Reply)
Worry about spills and stains
#1.1 bd on 2016-02-06 16:32 (Reply)
Remember the old what-to-drink-with-what guide: "Whites with carpets, reds with floors".
#1.2 David Graeme on 2016-02-07 07:37 (Reply)
Gin and tonic
#2 Jake on 2016-02-06 16:00 (Reply)
G and T was first drunk in India, as a way to make palatable the taking of quinine as a febrifuge.
#2.1 David Graeme on 2016-02-07 08:03 (Reply)
For a wives club meeting your drink list is very male orientated.

You will need a sparkling wine. Go for a good Italian prosecco.

Gin and tonic is a must as well. It's easy to make.

If you're going to stock vodka then you may as well get some orange juice. And girls love vodka-tonics.

Do not, I repeat do not underestimate how much ice you will need.
#3 Adam (Link) on 2016-02-06 16:40 (Reply)
Prosecco is a good idea
#3.1 Bird Dog on 2016-02-06 17:38 (Reply)
My opinion is send what you have with a neighbor, keep the red, and stay home.
#4 LWS on 2016-02-06 17:08 (Reply)
Instead of mixed drinks how about a pitcher of Sangria?
Yes, it can be made with white wine. Google it.
#5 Ben David on 2016-02-06 17:26 (Reply)
A couple crack rocks, a few forties of malt liquor and a bowl of viagra. Valentine's Day in the hood!
#6 bill on 2016-02-06 17:30 (Reply)
half case of Chardonnay. half case of sauvignon blanc. 5 cases beer...local craft brews with a mix of styles. Tanqueray gin with diet tonic water. Jameson Irish Wiskey. And for for fun...Absinthe.

skip the vodka and rum...just require mixers.
#7 Soren on 2016-02-06 17:56 (Reply)
You will need more liquor than you think. 3 cases of white wine, the idea of sparkling wine is spot on, tonic to go with vodka and gin, soda water for the whiskey and let them add it.
Amount of beer depends on the crowd. 5 cases is a huge number for our group unless my brother in law is attending.
#8 John Gustafson on 2016-02-06 19:06 (Reply)
You will be taking most of the whiskey home with you if it is mostly ladies. Go for white Sangria, flavoured vodka/Lemonade, Apple-tini
#9 Walt on 2016-02-06 19:22 (Reply)
I think you could do an exquisite, exotic punch bowl! But, then I am a manhattan girl at heart.
#10 Apople Pie on 2016-02-07 10:57 (Reply)
Sounds like a conundrum, at level 5.
Better you than me :)
#11 uk(us) on 2016-02-07 11:36 (Reply)

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