Essential Bar equipment and tools list and their use

Every bar should have essential and adequate equipment and tools to run it
smoothly and effectively. Making the drinks like cocktails and mocktails the
bartender should have knowledge of using every bar equipment and tools.

Following are the essential equipment and tools list used in the bar.

Cocktail shaker
Cocktail shaker is used in bars to mix drinks (like Cocktails, Mocktail) by shaking.
It is basically made of stainless steel, plastic, glass.

Ingredients are placed in a sealed shaker such as liquors, syrups, fruit juices, and
ice. After vigorously shaking and mixing the drink, shakers allow for easy pouring
into the customer glass.

There are three varieties of cocktail shakers are there

The Boston shaker: A two-piece shaker consisting of a 28 imp fl oz (800 ml)

metal bottom and a 16 imp fl oz (450 ml) mixing container made of plastic, metal,
or (more traditionally) glass.

The Cobbler Shaker: A three-piece cocktail shaker that has tapers at the top and
ends with a built-in strainer and includes a cap. The cap can often be used as a
measure for spirits or other liquids.
Cocktail

The French Shaker: A two-piece shaker consisting of a metal bottom and a metal
cap. A strainer is always required for this type of shaker.

Cocktail strainer
 Cocktail strainer is normally used to remove ice from mixed drinks as it is
poured into service glass. The strainer is placed over the mouth of the
shaker or glass in which drinks were prepared, small holes in the strainer
allow only drinks to pass as it is poured into the service glass.

There are two common types of cocktail strainer are there

Hawthorne strainer: It is a disc with a handle and two or more stabilizing prongs.
A metal spring fixed around the edge of the rim rolls inward to fit inside the glass.

Julep strainer: It is shaped like a bowl with a handle and will fit tightly into a
mixing glass or shaker when inserted at the proper angle. Liquid passes through
holes or slits in the bowl.
Waiter’s friend/Corkscrew
A most popular corkscrew used by service staff with a knife on one side, nick grip
on the other side, and a lever in between, the spiral at one end. This is a
crossbar-type lever. It requires a strong hand to operate. It should have the
perfect shape for operation. It goes out of shape very soon.

Corkscrew is basically used for drawing the corks from wine bottles, it is consists
of a pointed metallic helix (often called the “worm”) attached to a handle, which
the user screws into the cork and pulls to extract it.

Wing’s Screw/Geared Wings

Easy to handle with great mechanical advantage by pressing downwards both
the arms. This can be carried in pockets by a wine waiter.

T-Shape wooden screw

It is very simple, very difficult to use. Mostly the bottle is held within the grip of
two knees, forcibly the cork is dragged upward with a loud pop. Spilling is often
seen. For red wine with sediments, this cannot be used.
Bottle opener
It is used for the removal of metal bottle caps from the glass bottle.

There are many varieties of bottles opener available in the market

Crown cork opener
Speed opener (bar blade)
Wall-mounted opener
Multy-opener

Thimble measure/Peg measure/Jigger

It is used to measure the amount of liquor, a measure used in mixing drinks that
usually holds 1 to 2 ounces (30 to 60 milliliters). It has two sides one is large, and
another is small

Bar spoon
It is a long-handled spoon for stirring in mixing bar glass.

Muddler
A cocktail muddler is an essential bar accessory when striving to make the best
drinks. It is used to mash or muddle fruits, herbs, and spices in the bottom of a
glass to release their flavor.

Wine Cradle
A wine cradle is basically used to hold the wine bottle as the image showing
above,

Bench corkscrew
It is bench wise to hold the corkscrew, to hold the corkscrew, then with a piston
corkscrew is pushed down and pulled up to extract the cork while going in the
corkscrew moves to pierce through the cork but while pulling up its staus
stationary and the cork is extracted thus. It is used in the dispense bar.

Broken cork extractor

It is like a trident with a handle. When inserted, there is a grip that traps the cork
inside and the reverse prongs bites the cork from the bottom. Thus the cork is
pulled out.
Vegetable knife and chopping board
A sharp stainless steel knife for cutting citrus fruits as garnishes with a Teflon
chopping board with protruding edges to prevent fruit juices from flowing out.

Melon baller
Melon ballers are used to make balls of melon from a scoop with a diameter from
around 1 centimeter to 3 centimeters (about 3/8 inch to 1 inch).

Peeler
It is consists of a metal blade with a slot with a sharp edge attached to a handle,
used to remove skins of vegetables or fruits, or to create a ribbon of vegetables
or fruits.

Lemon zester machine (Grater)

It is used for peeling lemon and other vegetable skins.

Fruit squeezer
Made of glass, plastic stainless steel manually operated, lever-operated, and
electrically operated. Fruit squeezes are becoming very important in modern bars
as fresh fruits are becoming more popular than ever before.

Coasters
Coasters have different meanings, one for the bottles made of silver or stainless
steel, one for the glasses made of pepper mats or blotting paper. Frequently
coasters are supplied by beer products for advertisement.

Optics/Optic measure
These are inserted on bottlenecks for smooth flow but some of them have the
unique feature of pouring exactly 30 or 60 ml. Every time it is invented on a glass.
Better ones, once inverted, intermittently pour a drink exactly the same quantity
after a fixed pause. In India, optic measures are neither recognized nor standby
excise department and by weight and measure department. However, for mixing
cocktails or parties where drinks are sold in turns of bottles, they can be used
unofficially.
Wine cooler
Made of glittering silver or barrel-shaped wooden bucket for chilling champagne,
white, and rose wines.

Ice bucket/Pail
They come in combination with an ice tong and bottom strainer used while
serving sprit at the table.

Tongs
Tongs are basically used in bars to lift the ice scoop from the bracket into service
glass.

Ice crushers
For crushing ice when needed to prepare cocktails or mocktails such as mojito.

Ice cube making machine

For a bar small machine is suitable with continuous production as cubes are
made and stored for long, assimilate on each other and become lumpy. There
are different shapes of ice cubes. In modern bars cubes are replaced with pellet-
shaped ice.

Ice scoop
Ice scoops are used for a variety of ice handling tasks. An ice scoop can be used
to fill glassware with ice on the buffet line or at the bar.

Iceboxes
For storing broken and shaved or readymade ice cubes.
Refrigerator
For storing fruits, vegetables, juices, syrups, cream, cheese, egg yolk, egg white,
dry fruits, milk, sauces.
Wine chiller
Refrigerated bottle holders with regulated temperature for champagne, white and
rose wine, beer.

Tobacco cupboard or Humidor

For storing cigars, cigarettes, and other tobacco products.

Cigar cutter
It is used to cut one end off a cigar so that it could be smoked properly.

Ashtrays
An ashtray is a receptacle for ash from cigarettes and cigars.

Rimmer
Rimmer is used to apply sugar and salt to the rim of a glass. It usually consists of
one or more shallow plastic or metal discs that the glass is turned upside down
into.

Champagne stopper
It is made of stainless steel, it is basically used to seal the champagne bottle
immediately after it is opened, it creates a tight seal on the bottle. The seal gets
tighter as the gas from the wine pushes against it.

Funnel and strainer

Both are used for straining juices or pouring liquid from one container to the
other.

Bar mat
Drinks are prepared on this mat to prevent spills and protect the wet glasses from
the surface of the bar. It is made of thick and heavy rubber, as they are small in
size easy to wash in the basin.

Glass washing machine

Glass washing machine is used to wash the bar glasses after use them.