The Most Popular Types of Liquor

November 29, 2010 at 2:00 am Chad Upton 1 comment

If you’re throwing a party or just having some friends over, you may want to have the basics in your home bar.

A good place to start is with the most popular types of liquor.

At a real bar, there is often a stock of liquor at waist height below the bar with the most commonly commonly requested liquors. This is called the “speed rail” and it is normally stocked with:

Vodka
Gin
Rum (light)
Tequila

Many popular drinks can be made with these liquors but bars frequently stock these other popular liquors in the speed rail too:

Scotch (Whiskey)
Bourbon (Whiskey)
Triple Sec
Vermouth

Here’s a secret if you’re short on space or cash, or if you run out of Triple Sec. Triple Sec is an orange flavored liquor, so you can substitute other popular orange flavored liquors like: Grand Marnier, Cointreau or Curaçao. When it comes to selecting whiskey, click here to read more about Whiskey.

If you want to go all out with your bar, pick up some of the following and none of your guests will be unsatisfied:

Irish Whiskey
Canadian Whiskey
Tennessee Whiskey
Dark Rum
Brandy
Baileys
Agostura bitters

You’ll also want to stock popular tonics and mixers such as: Coke, ginger ale, club soda and cranberry juice. By the way, the Tanqueray Gin bottle was designed to look like a London fire hydrant.

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Sources: Orange Liqueurs, Hub Pages, Totally Free Bartending, Crunkish