The team at JC Catering & Bar Supplies have put together a list of the Top Ten essential tools and equipment to make your bar a success. Use these items to ensure your bar runs smoothly at all times.
Bar Mats
Use a rubber bar mat or metal drip tray to protect the surface of your bar. They will help to keep counter tops clean to prevent further spillage. Using a drip tray will catch condensation and overflow from glasses.
Rubber bar mats are an affordable and easy to clean solution for protecting your bar from spills and stains.
Bar Caddies
Every bar needs bar caddies. Use them for holding your straws, napkins and other bar essentials. They are important for keeping your bar area safe and tidy.
They come in an array of finishes from wood to plastic, chrome to copper. So, whether you are a running a traditional country pub or a sleek and sophisticated city centre bar, there will be a bar caddy to match.
Condiment Holders
Condiment Holders are designed to keep your bar clutter free. No need for open bowls when you can have a condiment holder complete with lid.
Our range of Condiment Holders feature 4 or 6 compartments. This will give you plenty or room for your lemons, limes, olives and any other garnishes.
Speed Rails
Speed rails are an easy addition to your bar storage. They will provide quick access to the most important, frequently used bottles in your bar service. Enable your bar staff to serve drinks faster by providing extra storage space close at hand.
Glass Hangers
Glass Hangers are the perfect way to keep your wine glasses off your shelves and bar counters. This helps to prevent any unnecessary breakages.
Great for storing and organising glasses behind the bar so that they are easy to reach. Designed for stemmed glasses. Available in 10″, 16″ and 24″. Available in chrome, brass and rustic finishes, making them suitable for any bar environment.
Cocktail Shakers
Mixology has developed into a fine art in recent years, and fine artists need the best tools. Cocktail Shakers are an essential part of the cocktail making process for any bartender.
Choose from classic and contemporary styles, in a range of finishes and capacities. Adding ice to the shaker will cool your cocktail quickly and easily.
Jiggers
Jiggers are the basic hourglass-shaped stainless-steel measuring device for measuring spirits and other alcohols when making cocktails.
Typically in the UK, the larger cup measures out 50ml and the smaller cup is normally 25ml.
Speed Pourers
A speed pourer is a plastic or stainless steel spout that is inserted into the most often used bottles in a bar. They offer precise control when pouring alcohol into a glass or cocktail shaker.
Strainers
Cocktail strainers are an important piece of bar equipment that no bartender or mixologist should be without. Strainers are used to sieve out solid ingredients such as ice or fruit from your drink. Typically this is after a drink has been shaken or stirred to pour the liquid into the cocktail glass for serving.
Ice Buckets, Tongs and Scoops
Ice Buckets can be used to keep a ready supply of ice on your bar. Tongs can bused to place individual cubes of ice into drinks. Scoops are useful for putting larger amounts of crushed ice into cocktail shakers,