The Dry Glass About the project

Home Bar

A useful bar
can fit on one shelf

Start with the recipes you’re excited to serve. Then add only the ingredients and tools those recipes actually require.

Start small. Add with purpose.
A compact mocktail setup using a jar, jigger, citrus press, spoon, and ice tray.
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A useful bar begins with what you already own

Start with a recipe

A Simple Non-Alcoholic Gin and Tonic

A measured pour gives the first few home-bar tools a real job.

Toolkit guide

A Compact Home Bar Starts With Repetition

Build around two drinks you will really make again.

Buying guide

Use the Two-Recipe Rule

An ingredient earns space when it has a second documented use.

The editorial promise

Useful before you buy

Every recommendation starts with a real task, shows its evidence, and keeps unknowns visible.

About the project