In the movies, all the really
cool people have tremendous cocktail bars hidden inside their wall, or inside
some massive globe. Well, most of us don’t have space nor the inclination to
spend wads of cash to set up a full bar, let alone stash it inside our wall.
New to the market is Fullbar,
a ready-to-drink set of mixers and alcohol. Normally most ready-to-drink
products are pretty weak, and Fullbar’s concept of adding a pre-formulated
mixer to a spirit is not new. What is new is the quality of their products. I tasted
Fullbar’s offerings and can support what they are doing. I sampled the Island
Punch and rum, for example, merely pouring the mixer and rum together. I added
a squeeze of orange, but the mix of 2-to-1 made a fine simple cocktail, the punch
not being overly sweet and the white rum was very pleasant. The result, a very
nice easy cocktail that is fresh and enjoyable. With Fullbar you can portion
out what you want, more booze, less, mixer, or the other way around.
The gin and tonic (I used
less tonic, which balanced it out better for my tastes) is also simple but
nicely done and doesn’t need garnishes, though the beauty is that you can add
in whatever is on hand. So, perhaps you don’t have a home bar that’s stocked
with the essentials and weird accouterments like candied fennel, star anise or
orange bitters (I do recommend these, of course), but Fullbar can get you close
to making consistent cocktails which are quite satisfying considering that, at
the very least, all you’re doing is mixing two cans together.
Their cocktail kit consists
of 10 spirits (American whiskey, gin, blanco tequila, Caribbean rum, vodka) and
10 mixers (margarita, ginger mule, island punch, tonic, and soda water), which yields
20 single cocktails or 10 doubles. All spirits are 80 proof and come in 3.4 oz.
cans, and
all non-alcoholic mixers come
in 6.8 oz. cans. Simple, effective, no hassle and pretty darn good.
The complete Cocktail kit
runs $54.99, but you can also mix and match and get 6-packs ($18.99 - $23.99)
or even just the mixers by themselves (mixer only four packs - $5.99) if you
prefer using your own booze. Since they just launched you can get 10% off the
cost with this discount code for the time being: ReadyToMake
