5 Items Your Home Bar Needs for the Summer

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It’s nearly summer, which means it’s the perfect time to ensure your home bar has what you need for cold drinks on your back porch. With the right customized options, you can always have an enjoyable appearance, no matter your drink of choice. From personalized whiskey glasses to a crystal ice bucket, here are some of the items you should have in your home bar this summer. 

Personalized Whiskey Glasses

A Boston Shaker for Cooling Cocktails

First, you will need something to shake your cocktails in. Most mixologists and bartenders will use a Boston shaker. It creates a seal to hold in the cocktail as you shake it. It doesn’t have a strainer on the end, but this opens up your ability to use a Hawthorne strainer or a fine mesh strainer. Boston shakers either have two metal tins or one metal and one glass. The glass option lets guests see the ice and cocktail as you shake it.

A Crystal Ice Bucket to Hold Ice

You might also want to add ice to some cocktails to keep them cool in the summer heat. For that, you will want to have a personalized crystal ice bucket. This is an elegant, classy way to hold ice instead of just getting it from your refrigerator. With a custom crystal ice bucket, you can have your initials, name, or custom image etched into the ice bucket. It’s a sophisticated touch that you can use to impress your guests while keeping their cocktails cold.

Personalized Whiskey Glasses to Drink From

You will definitely need something to drink from, and personalized whiskey glasses can elevate the drinking experience. You can help even daily sippers feel like they came from the top shelf when you use a personalized whiskey glass with a custom image or your name on it. If you are going for the most luxurious personalized whiskey glasses possible, choose a service that creates their designs with deep engraving. This technique creates a raised relief in the glass. It’s something you can feel, and it gives the glass a shadow. It’s something traditional engraving methods can’t match, helping your glasses stand out from all the other glasses in your collection.

A Personalized Whiskey Decanter to Pour From

You might also want a personalized whiskey decanter to complement your personalized whiskey glasses. You can also add your name or a custom image to the decanter, just like for your glasses. Unlike a wine decanter, a whiskey decanter does not open the whiskey up to new flavors since whiskey is not affected by oxidation. Instead, the decanter is simply a luxurious way to show off the whiskey and hold it somewhere that isn’t the bottle. It’s an excellent way to pour your next glass of whiskey.

Flasks to Take the Party Wherever You Go

If you want to take the whiskey with you out on the back porch or to a summer party, pour your whiskey from your custom decanter into a personalized flask. It will be easy to tell which flask is yours at a summer party when you have your initials on it. It’s a great way to transport whiskey when you aren’t hosting the party or won’t be near your home bar.

About Crystal Imagery

The seeds of Crystal Imagery were planted when Eric Schuchart started a side project of crafting personalized engraved glasses for his friends and family back in 2001. His glassware was met with rave reviews. In 2013, noted interior designer to the stars Sherri Blum joined Eric, and the two officially launched Crystal Imagery together. The custom deep etching technique Crystal Imagery uses produces a depth and shadow that laser and rotary surface etching methods simply can’t match. Crystal Imagery offers personalized whiskey glasses, crystal ice buckets, decanters, customized beer glasses, flasks, travel coffee tumblers, and many other drinkware options. Add a touch of elegance to your home bar with Crystal Imagery’s deeply engraved customized glassware.

Get ready for the summer with customized glassware at https://crystalimagery.com/

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