Liquor Cabinet

If you want to keep some drinks available for an occasional tipple with your family and friends, the best place to store them is in your liquor cabinet. A liquor cabinet can be a very elegant piece of furniture that adds a certain class to the occasion when you invite some friends around for a drink. But if you are interested in purchasing one, what kind of cabinet would you buy? And what would you put inside it?

There is quite a range of liquor cabinets on the market. The simplest kind looks rather like a cupboard and is made of wood. This kind of liquor cabinet would not look out of place in your living room among your wooden bookcases. The neatest trick is to buy one that blends in with the rest of your furniture and does not need to be too noticeable until you need it.

One particularly interesting type of liquor cabinet is the “Swig and Jig.” This plays a tune every time you remove one of the bottles, and the tune varies according to the drink that you take out. Therefore, there is one song for gin, another for wine, another for scotch, and so forth. This type of liquor cabinet is bound to make a hit at any party and is certainly more than a simple piece of furniture. The “Swig and Jig” was created by the Interactive Telecommunications Program of the NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. It has separate compartments for each type of liquor, and you can program it to play the tunes you want to go with your own choice of drinks.

So what is inside your liquor cabinet? Apart from shelves for the actual bottles, there are racks for glassware and drawers for necessary accessories such as spoons and cocktail picks. Some cabinets also include a refrigerator that will keep your drinks nice and chilled. Another feature in some liquor cabinets is a “wet bar.” This is a sink and counter attachment that should make it easier to serve the drinks.

Apart from the drinks themselves and the glasses mentioned above, the liquor cabinet should also contain ingredients for mixers, such as pineapple juice and syrup. If you want to make really fancy drinks, you could also include garnishes, such as pickled onions, olives, chopped fruit, and other useful additions.

Whichever type of liquor cabinet you have, it is important to remember that if you have any children or teenagers in the house you should make sure that it can be locked at all times, and the key should stay with you.

The price of a liquor cabinet can vary with the type and size. At the lower end of the range, they sell for around $400, while the more expensive models go for around $1900. You should consider your budget and how it will look in your home before you buy it.

And once you have a good liquor cabinet that fits all of your requirements, you can enjoy a little tipple with your friends all the more.