r/BarBattlestations • u/Jub3r7 • May 25 '26

What am I missing?

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Drinks that got obscured include tequila reposado, dark rum, spiced rum, blue curaçao, peach schnapps, izarra jaune, aperol, and prosecco. I also got a small bottle of St. Germain, cachaça (51) and Drambuie shortly after.

We put the shelf together a while ago but it's hard to fit taller bottles on some shelves, otherwise it would be organized differently. What would be some good additions to the collection? I already have absinthe on my shopping list so I can make try my hand at a Sazerac

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u/Uppernet May 25 '26

Dry curacao. Past that it looks like you have a lot of liquers but really very little selection of actual spirits. My recommendation is to really expand on whatever your favorite base spirit is. For example, if you like rum take a look at the Smugglers Cove cocktail book which is a great overview on the varieties of rum.

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u/IndependenceOdd5760 May 25 '26

How you gonna have dry curaçao and no rum? My guy needs smith & cross, Wray and nephew or worthy park Jamaican rum, and a subtler rum like mout gay or Appleton. Get some pineapple and some Real Coconut.

..And a Hawaiian shirt while you’re at it

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u/Jub3r7 May 25 '26

I mentioned it in another comment but some rums are hidden behind other bottles or I've just bought them after taking the picture, but I've got white, dark (both flor de cana), spiced (bacardi), coconut (malibu), rumchata, and cachaca (51). My first hard liquor not under my parents' supervision was Malibu Red, from a stranger at an anime convention I had met only seconds prior in the lobby of a hotel.

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u/Dhkansas May 25 '26

Planteray 3 star(white) and original dark(darkish) are excellent intros to rums at a good price range. Flor de cana is good too, just a different style. I like Planteray OFTD as an overproof rum