About That Travel Bar Kit…

Here it is. In this photo, it has three bottles of booze in it already (not included; must purchase separately).

It comes with the bar tools featured. From left to right, they include:

  • Juicer
  • Foil cutter/bottle opener
  • Zester
  • Some fancy strainer
  • Cocktail spoon
  • Hawthorn cocktail shaker top (strainer)
  • Muddler
  • 2nd strainer
  • Ice tongs
  • Pour tops
  • Shaker
  • Jigger (in center)
  • Corkscrew (included and not pictured)

You would think that would be plenty, especially someone like me, who actually mixes drinks two or three times a year, tops. You would be mistaken. Of course I wanted more doodads, and over the course of several days and several trips to various specialty stores I added:

Yes, the knife is a bright shade.
  • Cocktail picks
  • Funnel
  • Champagne stopper
  • Measuring spoons
  • Knife
  • Cutting board
  • wine stoppers (not pictured)
  • a couple of small glass flasks (not pictured)

The kit folds up into this handy case. It’s very compact, but since it’s full of glass and liquid it still weighs a ton.

(No glasses? No, not in the bar kit, but in the other bag I always schlep around with food and food-adjacent items.)

I’m planning to head up the coast soon, to Mendocino, and I will probably inaugurate it there with a small “cocktail party.” Linda and I have a trip to southern central California planned, and I’ll probably bring it, although neither of us is much of a drinker. A writing friend pointed out that I can always give a mini launch party in March, at FOGCon (if it’s in person) to celebrate Comeuppance. That’s definitely a thought.

(I didn’t include the company name. It’s Jillmo, available through Amazon.)

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