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The Bar Kits ยท Level 1 โ€” The Four Basics

The Beginner Bar Kit

The four bottles a home bar runs on โ€” rum, whiskey, vodka and tequila โ€” and not one of them is a name you'll find in a supermarket. Small distilleries, including a bourbon made twenty miles from this shop. Everything here works in a drink, and everything here is worth explaining to whoever you're pouring for.

$109.99$123.96Save $13.97

4 pieces ยท $27.49 each ยท that's 11% off buying them one at a time

  • The four base spirits, in one go โ€” rum, whiskey, vodka, tequila
  • Zero big brands. Every bottle is from a small or independent producer
  • Includes a Long Island bourbon you can't buy in a chain store
  • Covers the Margarita, Daiquiri, Whiskey Sour, Moscow Mule and about thirty others
Only 6 left โ€” limited by what's on the shelf

Secure checkout ยท Local delivery & in-store pickup ยท Adult signature (21+) required

What's in the bundle

Every piece, and why it's in the box.

Nothing in here is filler. Each one was picked by the people who stock our shelves, for a reason you can taste.

The RumCopalli White Rum 750ml

Copalli White Rum 750ml

$34.99 on its own

Single-estate rum from Belize made with three ingredients โ€” cane juice, rainforest water and yeast. No additives, no colouring, and a distillery that runs on its own biomass. It makes a Daiquiri that tastes of sugar cane rather than sugar.

Tastes like
Fresh sugar cane, green banana, a clean dry finish.
Its job
Daiquiri, Mojito, rum and soda.
The WhiskeyRough Rider 'The Happy Warrior' Cask Strength Straight Bourbon Whisky 750ml

Rough Rider 'The Happy Warrior' Cask Strength Straight Bourbon Whisky 750ml

$49.99 on its own

Made in Oyster Bay, about twenty miles from this shop, and bottled at cask strength. A local, undiluted bourbon at this price is genuinely unusual โ€” and it's the bottle in the box people ask about.

Tastes like
Caramel, dark cherry, oak, a big warm finish.
Its job
Old Fashioned, Whiskey Sour, or neat with a drop of water.
The VodkaSvayak Vodka Royal Botanical 700ml

Svayak Vodka Royal Botanical 700ml

$8.99 on its own

A small-batch botanical vodka rather than a mass-market neutral one. Vodka is the category where the big brands charge the most for the least, so this is where buying small saves you the most.

Tastes like
Soft grain, a light herbal lift, a clean finish.
Its job
Moscow Mule, Vodka Soda, or with tonic and citrus.
The TequilaEl Zumador Tequila Blanco 1.0 Liter

El Zumador Tequila Blanco 1.0 Liter

$29.99 on its own

A full litre of 100% agave blanco from a small producer โ€” a third more than a standard bottle, at a price that makes practising painless. No additives, no celebrity on the label.

Tastes like
Cooked agave, citrus, white pepper, a crisp finish.
Its job
Margarita, Paloma, Ranch Water.

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.

You've been mixing great drinks with mediocre liquor.
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 โ€” where the spirit is the largest single ingredient โ€” 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 โ€” 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
The maths

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 โ€” 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.

Put it to work

One drink per bottle, to start.

Tequila

The Margarita

2 oz tequila, 1 oz lime, 0.5 oz orange liqueur. Shake with ice, strain, salt half the rim.

Learn this ratio โ€” 2:1:ยฝ โ€” and it works for almost every shaken drink.
Rum

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.
Whiskey

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.
Vodka

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 โ€” 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 โ€” 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 โ€” 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.

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