
Credit: Adam Blasberg
Bar cart
Want to take your bar cart to the next level? We asked five of Vancouver’s top bartenders for their must-have bitters, mixers, tools and, of course, booze. Add these upgrades to your standard supplies and get mixing like an expert.
*All glassware, bitters, mixers, juices, garnishes (except as noted) from Modern Bartender in Chinatown
Glassware
- Vintage highball glass
- Vintage crystal carafe
- Cocktail bowl from Wildebeest
- Vintage shot glass
- Glencairn Whiskey glass, $11.50
- Yarai mixing glass, $29.95
- Nick & Nora glass, $10
- Classic sling glass, $13.95
- Collins highball glass, $8.50
Bitters & Garnishes
- Bittered Sling Kensington Dry Aromatic Bitters, $36.50
- Bittered Sling Cascade Celery Bitters, $29
- Bittered Sling Moondog Bitters, $29
- Angostura Aromatic Bitters, $21.95
- Angostura Orange Bitters, $15.95
- Luxardo Maraschino Cherries, $16.50
Mixers
- Kabosu Juice (lemon, cucumberand melon), $24.95
- Sudachi Juice (lime, pepper and cumin), $24.95
- Fentimans Tonic Water, $2.95
- Fentimans Ginger Beer, $2.95
Tools
- Dauville porcelain gold-glazed ice bucket available at The Cross Decor & Design in Yaletown, $108
- Glass martini shaker
Alcohol
- Rittenhouse Rye, $56
- Maker’s Mark Bourbon, $48.20
- Citadelle Gin, $45.15
- Plymouth Dry Gin, $57.65
- Aperol, $24.70
- Lillet, $21.30
*All alcohol available at Legacy Liquor Store in Olympic Village
Bar Cart
Foxed Mirror Bar Cart available at West Elm on South Granville, $479
Additional Bar Cart Must-Have Items from the Bartending Experts
(Not pictured)
- A good jigger
- A good shaker
- A soda siphon
- A teardrop bar spoon
- A julep strainer
- A Parisian shaker
- A proper mixing glass
- A versatile coupe-style cocktail glass
- A champagne coupe
- A set of sexy rocks glasses
- The Bitter Truth decanter bitters
- Scrappy’s orange bitters
- B.G. Reynolds’ Orgeat almond flower syrup for Mai Tais
- Giffard passion fruit syrup
Must-have Mixers and Garnishes
- Griotte cherries
- Fee Brothers rose water
- Cerignola olives
- Fresh citrus
Must-have Bottles of Liquor
- Maker’s 46 Bourbon, $67.20 at Legacy Liquor Store
- Green chartreuse, $41.50 at Legacy Liquor Store
- Maraschino liqueur
- West Winds “The Cutlass” Gin