Black olives? With a nacho bar, each guest can create their own nacho creation with all their favourite toppings. Simply have each guest fill an aluminum pie plate with tortilla chips and their favourite toppings then pop each tray into the oven, BBQ or toaster oven for a few minutes to melt the cheese. Sounds delicious, right?
BBQ season has officially arrived! With the amount of snow we had this winter, I was starting to doubt that spring weather was on the way. You know what BBQ season means? Backyard parties! A fun buffet idea for a summer get-together is a Burger and Fry Bar. Basically you cook a few different varieties of burgers and fries then load the buffet up with burger toppings and fry dipping sauces.
I try to balance that out with some healthy fruits and vegetables some days are easier than others — ha! A delicious combination of salty snacks and sweet treats that guests can customize to their own taste preferences. Breakfast is my favorite meal of the day — especially when breakfast is waffles!
A steak taco bar is a great way to entertain during the summer. Events and parties are infinitely more difficult to plan than my stroll to work. Should I use a full bar? Or just wine and beer? Wait, what about a specialty drink? Cash bar or hosted bar? How much liquor should I buy? Are we serving liquor? Probably the most common option is a wine and beer only bar.
This is likely appropriate for events like corporate parties and galas where it makes a real difference to the class of the event to have a wide offering. A simpler version of this, often used at weddings, is the wine, beer, and speciality drink bar — a themed cocktail, for example — which has serious advantages for the host — it is easier to buy stock, simpler for bar staff, and if the host is picking up the whole tab, having a single, or very limited, choice of spirits is a lot cheaper than a full bar.
Everyone knows — guests as well as anyone — that liquor costs a lot of money and at some parties a cash bar is becoming the standard. Many wedding receptions, for instance, have a cash bar. Parties with host bars are happy parties, but can be very expensive for the host.
Have plenty of stock — demand will be high. Cash bars should be well stocked. Guests will paying and so are going to expect a full range along with good prices and good service. This can include offering wine and beer as part of a hosted bar and liquor on a cash basis or using a time limit before switching from a hosted to cash bar.
As a general rule, the two main criteria to look at are budget and the type of event. If it does, this post on event bar pricing and options should help you clarify exactly how to set it up. Trying to figure out how much and what people are going to drink is perhaps the trickiest part of setting up a bar for a party.
With so many options available and so many factors that influence how much and what your guests will be drinking, it can get tricky.
This particular estimate assumes that the party is on a Friday evening in warm weather, the bar is fully hosted, there are bar snacks not a meal and that the fifty guests are mainly thirty-somethings and live locally. That gives us a generalized starting point to work from and is probably a reasonable assumption for what events commonly look like. Choosing which liqueurs to stock is a matter of personal choice. For a well-rounded bar, begin with the essential liqueurs : amaretto, coffee, Irish cream, and an orange liqueur like triple sec.
You can also add a cherry, chocolate, ginger, melon, mint, nut, and raspberry liqueur. If there is a particular cocktail that you'll be serving, be sure to stock any specialty liqueurs for that as well. Mixers are the nonalcoholic ingredients used in cocktails. Use your judgment on the types of juice and soda you'll need. Overestimate the soda to account for guests who want to drink it without alcohol. You can skip the sour mix if you have plenty of lemon and lime juices available but may want extra simple syrup.
The "other juices" category includes any specialty juices like tomato , pomegranate , apple , or any other juice that may fit a particular cocktail offered. Stock a variety of beer, including the most popular brands among your guests. Offer at least two options and more if your guests are particularly fond of beer or could be considered connoisseurs. You can also skip some of the beer and replace it with cans of hard seltzer , which are preferred by many drinkers.
The wine recommendations assume a 5-ounce pour per glass and milliliter bottles. White wine is typically more popular than red, so a few more bottles are suggested. Sparkling wine is good for special celebrations like New Year's Eve but not expected at the majority of parties. Garnishes are cheap so it is always best to overestimate. Add more if you're using fresh fruit for lemon and lime juice and consider juicing them in advance.
The other key to any great drink is ice. Plan on one pound of ice per person. This will be enough for mixing drinks and to keep the beer and wine cold. Actively scan device characteristics for identification.
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