Barware Gifts to Shake Things Up for the Home Mixologist
Lift the spirits of the experienced sipper or budding bartender with the tools they need to drink in style.
Cocktail and mocktail lovers, rejoice: ’Tis the season for merry making, made all the better when paired with a beverage (or seven). These spirited gifts are the perfect opportunity to outfit the bar cart of your loved one’s dreams.
These stylish sippers won’t disintegrate like their paper cousins.
HAY Sip Straws
Sip, sip, hooray! Made of borosilicate glass, these reusable, bent straws from Danish brand HAY can be used for cold or hot beverages.
ShopFor a quick, classic cocktail, simply add whiskey.
Strongwater Old Fashioned Cocktail Syrup
A premium cocktail syrup for mixing up the easiest old fashioned your home bar’s ever seen. Few pleasures beat the experience of a bartender setting an expertly mixed old fashioned on the cocktail napkin in front of you. To recreate that experience at home, we recommend skipping straight to the good stuff (the drinking) with this premium Old Fashioned Cocktail Syrup. Made in small batches in Colorado, Strongwater combines premium bitters with orange peel, tart cherries, and a touch of demerara sugar. All you do is add whiskey and ice to your favorite glass, garnish with an orange peel, and enjoy.
ShopCool it down, but keep it neat.
Peugeot Whiskey Tasting Set
A French-designed set that chills your whiskey while enhancing its aroma. When you get ahold of the good stuff—a WhistlePig 15 Year, a Booker’s 30th Anniversary, a Macallan 18—you can’t just pour it in a coffee mug. Well you can, but this set will extract far more pleasure out of your well-deserved investment. The Peugeot Impitoyable Whiskey Tasting Set is designed to hold back the alcohol burn while releasing the subtle aromas of the spirit. At the same time, the base cools your whiskey to around 45°F in just a few minutes without any ice dilution, letting you enjoy the good stuff in the best way possible.
ShopA festive wine stopper for holiday sipping.
Farmhouse Pottery Helga Wood Wine Stopper
Crafted from sustainable American hardwoods, this guardian of the grape is a whimsical addition to you table that keeps wine fresh.
ShopJust add alcohol (or your favorite seltzer).
Herb & Lou Infused Cocktail Ice Cubes
On the cubes with a twist. As legend would have it, while snooping around in his grandfather’s attic, Herb’s grandson stumbled upon a whole treasure trove of cocktail recipes Herb and his friend Lou had concocted in the 1920’s. For all their fondness for mixology, the two didn’t want to spend the night with swizzle sticks in hand. Thus was born the brilliant freezable mixer we have today. Just open a single cube and douse with your favorite alcohol and garnish (or splash with a little seltzer for an equally sippable non-alcoholic cocktail).
ShopLike an honorary bartender’s license.
The Mini Bar: 100 Essential Cocktail Recipes
An eye-catching collection of 100 recipes for cocktail enthusiasts. From the editors of PUNCH, these eight small notebooks, organized by base ingredient, feature classic and modern drink recipes for essential spirits, liqueurs, and wines: whisky, rum, gin, vodka, tequila, champagne, sherry, and amaro. Each notebook also includes space in the back for jotting down that new cocktail creation. Nested in a sturdy slipcase, this colorful compilation is the ultimate bar cart accessory.
ShopA classic that’s good to have on hand.
Alessi Diabolix Bottle Opener
The Alessi Diabolix Bottle Opener simplifies bottle opening tasks with its easy-grip form and wicked, cap-gripping teeth. The Diabolix Bottle Opener was designed by Biagio Cisotti and was manufactured using advanced plastic technology.
ShopGive that perfectly stirred martini the perfect presentation.
Tom Dixon Puck Cocktail Glass Set
Set of two mouth-blown glasses. Logo engraved at base. Suitable for cold liquids. Dishwasher safe.
ShopWork up an appetite with this herbal non-alcoholic apéritif.
Ghia Nonalcoholic Apéritif
Ghia is a nonalcoholic apéritif packed with only pure, natural extracts. Potent plants. Heady herbals. Blithe botanicals. Everything inside our bottle was picked because of its completely natural ability to soothe and to stimulate. Each glass promises to kick up the energy and calm down the mind.
ShopBecause no one should drink alone.
Snowe Martini Glasses - Set of 4
While you are getting tipsy, you need a vessel that's solid. Our Martini Glass works shaken, stirred, or straight up with an elegant stem and slender profile that feels oh-so-refreshing to hold.
ShopA turnkey bar set to turn up the holiday spirit.
LSA Full Bar in a Box
Just add bubbly. “Complete bar in a box” is right—this set comes with all the essentials needed to serve up cocktails at home: two martini, balloon, tumbler, and highball glasses; four condiment bowls (olives, anyone?); a bucket for chilling wines or keeping ice handy; plus a sleek, two-tiered wooden table to corral it all together. Oh, and here’s a little bonus: All that glass you see is handcrafted. Now, who’d like a gin and tonic?
ShopThe most glamorous way to open an ale.
Georg Jensen Manhattan Bottle Opener
An important part of making a good drink, be it at home or in a bar, is the ceremony of opening the bottle and pouring it. Make sure the details are perfect with this beautiful stainless steel bottle opener that takes its style cues from the glamorous days of Art Deco. Ergonomic as well as visually pleasing, the opener is balanced in the hand and easy to use.
ShopA treasure trove of recipes that’ll enliven dinner parties for years to come.
Spirited: Cocktails from Around the World
A fully-illustrated, global celebration of classic and cutting-edge cocktails. This definitive cocktail recipe book for the home bartender includes 610 cocktail recipes from 6 continents and 60 countries, spanning 500 years. With most cocktails only including three or four ingredients, there is something for novice drink-makers and expert bartenders alike. Drinks range from renowned iconic classics to lesser-known regional specialties to influential bespoke drinks -- each reflecting the era, location, or bar that inspired it. In this book you will also learn how to set up your home bar, with advice on bar tools, glassware, syrups, garnishes, and more.
ShopFor the sake savant.
Toyo Sasaki Glass Sake Carafe
Enjoy the full, pristine flavor of cold sake anytime with this stunning crystal carafe. This unique carafe features an “ice pocket” that cools sake without watering it down. This carafe contains semi-lead crystal, which is known for its clarity and sparkle. Each carafe is individually handmade, producing beautiful curves of exquisite proportions.
ShopLet there be zest!
Microplane Zester and Spice Grater (Set of 2)
Double take. You might think only avid bakers keep multiple grating tools in their drawers but...think again. You’re making a chicken and it requires lemon zest and a little freshly-ground nutmeg. Ta da! Or a hot toddy, or dressing, or pancakes or well, you get the point. That lil' spice grater makes freshly-ground cinnamon in seconds with a super comfy handle, to boot. The grater’s also made with a sharp-as-can-be photo-etched blade that won’t ever rust or dull, and it’s so versatile (were you thinking about parmesan cheese? It can do that too).
ShopA best-seller on Dwell that’s perfect for the outdoorsy type in your life.
Whiskey Peaks Pacific Northwest - Set of 4
Sippin’ on the rocks. While there's nothing quite like taking a swig from a beat-up flask at the top of a mountain, it's unrealistic to think we can experience that exact moment every Thursday at 7 pm. Thankfully, there's Whiskey Peaks to help channel that same energy with a more "Don Draper" attitude. This collection consists of a handsome set of four handblown whiskey glasses made from premium lead-free glass. Featuring a raised topographic impression of some of the greatest, most majestic peaks in the world, Whiskey Peaks will keep you inspired and sippin’ "on the rocks" whenever 5 o'clock calls.
ShopKeep their drinks ice cold without the ice.
Areaware Drink Rocks
Drink Rocks keep your spirits as they should be: undiluted. These platonically shaped stones are designed to be chilled in your freezer before being admired in your evening cocktail. Our Drink Rocks are made with natural materials and are finished by hand. The finishing process affords each piece with unique characteristics which may vary from product to product.
ShopCubes that won’t water down their drinks.
Viski Glacier Rocks Set of 6 Soapstone Chilling Cubes
Go literal when you serve cocktails on the rocks with this set of soapstone chilling cubes to keep drinks cold and undiluted.
ShopPossibly the easiest way to elevate anyone’s craft cocktail game.
W&P Peak Extra Large Ice Cube Tray
This tray makes four extra large ice cubes to keep your drink colder, longer. The provided lid blocks out pesky flavors from your freezer, while an internal steel frame makes filling and transporting the tray to the freezer a breeze.
ShopFor poise and grace when going for the ice bucket.
Arne Jacobsen Cylinda Line Barware Ice Tongs
Originally sketched on a napkin in 1964, Arne Jacobsen’s Cylinda Line (1967) stainless steel barware took three years, and the creation of new technology, to produce. Jacobsen insisted on seamless tubes with perfect brushed surfaces, and he continued to add new pieces – some designed by Peter Holmblad – to the collection until 1974. An immediate success, Cylinda Line was awarded the 1967 ID Prize by the Danish Design Council, and pieces of the line are included in the permanent collections of MoMA and the Victoria and Albert Museum. Made in China.
ShopMadre Ensamble Mezcal
Madre Ensamble is crafted to redefine the perception that all mezcal is overly smoky by balancing the flavors of Espadin and Cuishe agaves. It’s the perfect first taste for a new mezcal drinker, or a great everyday sipper for the mezcal aficionado. 45% abv.
ShopLevel up their garnish game.
FS Objects Spar Cocktail Picks
Take your pick. When you’ve got olives, tiny sandwiches, or gougeres on the menu, these dainty picks will be just the thing to keep messiness at bay and small plates brimming. Inspired by nautical buoys and fishing bobbers (see it now?), these stainless steel utensils even work overtime to keep cocktail garnishes afloat. Each set consists of four unique pick designs all ready to get the party started.
ShopWhen in doubt, shake things up.
Snowe Cocktail Shaker
The best cocktail shaker makes you the best behind the bar. Gleaming stainless steel meets classic contours for a timeless form to mix and strain your signature drinks. Finished with an air-tight shaker top, so your shimmy-shake move won’t spill a drop.
ShopNever let another wood surface suffer.
Graf Lantz Bierfilzl Round Coaster Felt Multi 6 Pack
The newest coaster set has six appeal. More coasters, more colors, more friends. A coaster should be 3 things: beautiful, functional and enduring. Representing coasting at its finest, Bierfilzl coasters do all that. It’s science. When GL felt absorbs moisture from the surface it follows the long, densely felted merino fibers out to the edges where it evaporates. Surfaces remain dry, ring-free and grateful. That’s exactly what a coaster that works should do, over and over again, without sticking to your glass or losing its looks. We make those.
ShopThe last word on building a beautiful cocktail.
The Architecture of the Cocktail: Constructing the Perfect Cocktail from the Bottom Up
Is it better for a martini to be shaken, not stirred? Does it matter which order you add the liquors to create a Long Island Iced Tea? How many ice cubes can you add to a margarita without compromising the flavor? The perfect home begins with a blueprint and a dream, and your perfect cocktail should start the same way! The Architecture of the Cocktail will reveal the answers to all your burning cocktail queries and more. Focusing on the precise measurements to help you craft the perfect cocktail as well as the recommended garnish and embellishments, you’ll no longer have to guess what the perfect cocktail should taste like. Laying out the exact measurements from the bottom of your glass to the top, you’ll discover the order which you should layer your liquors, the precise measurements needed, and even recommended brands. Not sure which stemware is appropriate? Consult the mini guide on identifying the correct stemware in the back of the book. Featuring 75 different cocktails and recipes in a unique blueprint-inspired design (including specifications, notes, and embellishments), this is the perfect gift for the cocktail lover in your life. Don’t waste another minute on watered-down cocktails – become a cocktail master with this beautifully illustrated guide.
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