The rum
Copalli White Rum 750ml
$34.99 on its ownSingle-estate organic rum from Belize, distilled from fresh-pressed cane juice and rainwater rather than molasses. Clean enough to sip, grassy enough to carry a daiquiri.
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🥂Beginner
The Bar Kits · Level 1 — The Four Basics
The Beginner Bar Kit
The four bottles a home bar actually runs on — rum, bourbon, gin and tequila. Every one is worth drinking neat and every one earns its place in a mix.
$149.99$154.96Save $4.97
4 bottles · $37.49 each · that's 3% off buying them one at a time
- Four base spirits — rum, bourbon, gin, tequila, no gaps
- Every bottle sips neat and mixes; none of them is filler
- Zero big brands — small and independent producers only
- Includes a bourbon distilled twenty miles from this shop
Secure checkout · Local delivery & in-store pickup · Adult signature (21+) required
Every bottle, and why it's in the kit.
Nothing in here is filler. Each one was picked by the people who stock our shelves, for a reason you can taste.
The bourbon
Rough Rider 'The Happy Warrior' Cask Strength Straight Bourbon Whisky 750ml
$49.99 on its ownCask strength bourbon made twenty miles from this shop. Full proof means it holds its shape in an Old Fashioned instead of vanishing.
The gin
Drumshanbo Gunpowder Irish Gin 750ml
$39.99 on its ownSlow-distilled in Leitrim with gunpowder tea and oriental botanicals. Complex enough to drink with just tonic, and it makes a genuinely good Martini.
The tequila
El Zumador Tequila Blanco 1.0 Liter
$29.99 on its ownA full litre of blanco, which is the bottle you go through fastest once people discover margaritas. Bright and peppery rather than sweet.
Hand-picked from what's on our shelves right now. If something sells through we swap in an equal-or-better bottle and tell you before it ships.
The story
You've been mixing great drinks with mediocre liquor.
Most people build a first bar out of the four or five names they grew up seeing advertised. Those bottles are priced for the marketing budget as much as the liquid, and in a cocktail — where the spirit is the largest single ingredient — you taste that compromise immediately.
The alternative isn't spending more. It's buying from producers who don't have a marketing budget at all. A small distillery puts the money into ingredients, slower distillation and someone actually watching the cuts, because that's all they have to compete on. You frequently pay the same or less for a better bottle.
That's the whole idea behind this kit, and it's why there isn't a household name in it. Four categories, four small producers, one of them from Oyster Bay — about twenty miles from where this box is packed.
- 0big brands in the box
- 4small or independent producers
- ~20 mifrom the shop to the bourbon distillery
Cheaper than the same bottles, one at a time.
No mystery discount. Here's exactly what each item costs on our shelf today, and what the bundle costs instead.
Someone already chose
The hard part of a bottle shop is the wall of labels. This is one decision instead of four, made by people who taste this stuff for a living.
It costs less than the parts
Every bundle is priced under the sum of its bottles at today's shelf price. The receipt on the left is the whole argument.
It gives well
A single bottle is a nice gesture. A themed set with the story of each bottle is a present — and it arrives ready to hand over.
One delivery, one signature
Local delivery or in-store pickup, all of it in one box. Someone 21+ signs once and you're done.
One drink per bottle, to start.
The Margarita
2 oz tequila, 1 oz lime, 0.5 oz orange liqueur. Shake with ice, strain, salt half the rim.
Learn this ratio — 2:1:½ — and it works for almost every shaken drink.The Daiquiri
2 oz white rum, 1 oz lime, 0.75 oz simple syrup. Shake hard, strain into a chilled glass.
Same formula as the Margarita. That's the point.The Whiskey Sour
2 oz bourbon, 0.75 oz lemon, 0.5 oz syrup. Shake, strain over ice.
Buffalo Trace is the bourbon most bartenders reach for at this price.The Moscow Mule
2 oz vodka, juice of half a lime, top with ginger beer over ice.
Built in the glass. No equipment needed at all.Good to know
Questions, answered.
How does delivery work?
We deliver locally and offer in-store pickup — the options you'll see at checkout depend on your address. As a New York package store we can't ship out of state, so delivery is limited to where we're licensed.
Do I have to be 21?
Yes. You must be 21 or older to buy, and an adult signature (21+) is required at delivery.
What if one of the bottles is out of stock?
Bundles are built from live shelf stock, so the page will stop you before that happens. If something sells through between your order and packing, we substitute an equal-or-better bottle from the same country or category and email you first — or refund that portion if you'd rather.
Can I swap a bottle?
Tell us in the order notes and we'll do our best. The bundle price is built around the specific lineup, so a swap needs to be a like-for-like from the same country or category.
Can I send it as a gift?
Yes — check out to your recipient's address inside our delivery area. Whoever accepts the delivery has to be 21+ with ID. Add a note at checkout and we'll include a card.
Is this a subscription?
No. Bundles are a one-time purchase. If you want a new one every month, that's what the Wine Club and the Craft Bartending Kit club are for.
One box, one click
Skip the aisle. We already picked.
$149.99 instead of $154.96 — you keep $4.97
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