courtesy of Esquire.com

http://www.esquire.com/blogs/food-for-men/best-wet-bar-items-093010

The Bottles

• Rye whiskey (Our pick: Rittenhouse. You can also substitute a good bourbon like Old Pappy Van Winkle’s Family Reserve.)
• Scotch whisky (Our pick: Famous Grouse. If you’re looking for more of a sipping Scotch, try a Balvenie 12-year single malt.)
• Vodka (our pick: Russian Standard)
• Dark rum (our pick: El Dorado five-year-old)
• White rum (our pick: Mount Gay White)
• Tequila (our pick: Don Julio Reposado)
• Gin (our pick: Tanqueray)
• Sweet vermouth (our pick: Martini & Rossi)
• Dry vermouth (our pick: Noilly Prat
• Cointreau
• Campari
• Cognac (or another kind of brandy)
• Yellow chartreuse (or Benedictine)
• Optional: Two bottles of red wine, two bottles of white wine, assorted beers

And Don’t Forget

• Plenty of club soda
• Plenty of tonic
• Fresh lemons
• Limes
• Simple syrup (1 part sugar, 1 part water, heated until the sugar dissolves, stored in a squeeze bottle) 
• and/or superfine sugar

The Tools

• Glass and tin
• Strainer
• Jiggers (two sizes: 1 1/2 oz by 3/4 oz and 1/2 oz by 1 oz) 
• Hand juicer
• Muddler (our pick: PUG’s)
• Stirring rod
• Long bar spoon, wooden mallet, and canvas coin sack (good for cracking ice fast), and a blender, if you’re so disposed

The Glasses

Six small old-fashioned glasses, six highball glasses, six martini or coupe glasses, six all-purpose wineglasses.