Yellow Enameled Lemon Squeezer
Fast citrus prep for sours, daisies, and other bright cocktails.
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Included items
Everything in the kit
8" Wood Muddler
Solid muddling control for mint, fruit, and sugar cubes.
View productJapanese Style Double Jigger
Clean, accurate measuring for balanced drinks.
View product11" Metal Bar Spoon | Twisted Handle with Red Knob
Long, comfortable stirring for mixing glasses and tall builds.
View product4 Prong Hawthorne Strainer
The classic shaker companion for strained cocktails.
View product18 oz Weighted Polished Short Shaker Tin
The smaller half of a classic Boston shaker set.
View product28 oz Polished Weighted Cocktail Shaker Tin
The larger tin for a reliable, bartender-style shaking setup.
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Starter cocktails for your new setup
Whiskey Sour
Citrus, jigger precision, shaker tins, and strainer all get used here.
Daiquiri
A perfect starter-kit drink that teaches balance, shake, and proper citrus prep.
Martini Or Manhattan
Use the jigger and bar spoon to dial in spirit-forward stirred classics.
Why this kit exists
A smarter first bar setup for people who actually want to make drinks at home.
Most beginner bar sets either overstuff the box with tools you won’t use or miss the pieces that matter most. This kit focuses on the tools that actually unlock day-one cocktail making: measure accurately, shake correctly, stir cleanly, strain easily, and prep fresh citrus without friction.
Video demo
See the starter kit in action
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We’ll use this section for a short walkthrough of the kit, what each tool does, and a few cocktails you can make right away.
Reviews
What Home Bartenders Are Saying
4.9 out of 5 · 47 reviews
"Everything you need for your home bar or to practice your bar skills"
Jan 14, 2014
"This is a fantastic kit for the beginning mixologist. Here are the basics, everything you need to make great cocktails. All of these items are good to exceptional in quality. This is a perfect gift."
Jan 15, 2014
"Great starter kit! Materials are great and not cheap at all! Will be making future purchases!"
Mar 16, 2014
"This kit really helped fulfill our home bartending needs. Each item is the same high quality as the ones sold individually. I'd recommend giving it a try!"
Apr 13, 2014
"Everything in the kit has been awesome, I'm very satisfied and will make future purchases."
Jun 11, 2014
"This kit has everything I needed to start mixing, shaking and straining all of the cocktails I've been dying to try before. Best starting kit I've seen and at a fair price too!"
Aug 28, 2014
"AWESOME!!!!!"
Feb 13, 2015
"The kit covers the basics with quality products. The shaker/strainer combo works extremely well. Overall this kit is the best you can get for the price."
Apr 6, 2015
"Includes everything you need to get started. Shipped fast and everything arrived in perfect condition!"
Apr 14, 2015
"Great experience"
Jul 18, 2015
"This set has everything you need to start making cocktails, it has all the essentials and is over $20 less than any other kit I've found. Arrived in 2 days and everything came intact. Great customer service!"
Aug 24, 2015
"It was awesome"
Oct 5, 2015
"it's awesome!!! i love it"
Oct 12, 2015
"Nice set. Impressed with quality. Niece is a bartender and said this is a good starter kit for home entertaining. Would purchase again."
Mar 6, 2016
"Excellent beginner kit! Have been using it extensively since we received it. Keep up the great work 'teaching us how to drink', Derrick! It's a blast to watch."
Mar 7, 2016
"I was looking for a bartender kit for a while and this one has everything I was looking for. Everything seems to be of good quality and for a good price!"
May 1, 2016
"I know nothing about mixing, but I felt like this was a good quality kit to get started. Was not disappointed."
Jun 12, 2016
"Everything is wonderful!"
Oct 20, 2016
"I figured why not, who doesn't love a good cocktail. I bought the CMC starter kit and all the utensils seem to be of good quality and very useful. I would recommend them."
Nov 17, 2016
"Really good for beginners and a great value!!!"
May 3, 2017
"The bar set starter kit is very high quality. I'm especially impressed with the heft of the citrus juicer, not the cheap plastic ones I see at the local big box stores."
Aug 19, 2017
"I absolutely love hosting people and this gives me an opportunity to make drinks for everyone! Definitely would recommend to friends."
Apr 25, 2018
"Great starter kit, for those who are new to making/creating cocktails! I would recommend to friends!"
May 8, 2018
"What a great item. So happy I decided to purchase from this site. The set arrived exactly as described and all pieces are quality. I will absolutely order from this site again."
May 27, 2018
"Excellent"
Jun 5, 2018
"Completely satisfied with all the products purchased here at Awesome Drinks! The Kit has all the tools I need to create drinks effectively. Looking forward to placing my next order...highly recommend!"
Aug 5, 2018
"I absolutely love my kit, it cant get no better than this, will be purchasing more in the future"
Oct 10, 2018
"A quality product."
Feb 25, 2019
"I recently turned 21 and was wanting to get some basic tools to make good cocktails, and this set is absolutely fantastic! My friends and I have been enjoying everything this has to offer."
Apr 2, 2019
"I am brand new to the world of cocktail, my goal is to try out all the well known cocktails and determine what I love. The starter kit is an amazing deal. What I regretted was I should've gotten a few more items to complete my basic bar setup. I would recommend watching the youtube video series first before buying, it really helps you learn the basics."
Apr 2, 2019
"Got some help deciding what was useful in my initial bar setup."
Apr 4, 2019
"great price fast shipping"
Apr 16, 2019
"still trying to get the sticky gunk from the import sticker off the muddler … the shaker works well which is why i ordered the kit"
May 3, 2019
"Great"
Aug 18, 2019
"This kit is great. Quality of the items are worth the purchase. Would definitely recommend."
Oct 23, 2019
"This is perfect and exactly what I have been looking for!!!"
Mar 10, 2020
"Kit was as described and is being used. The order was mailed promptly and well packaged"
Apr 15, 2020
"I ordered this kit after watching Randy talk about it on YouTube. It was cost-effective, came exactly as advertised, high quality, and quick to ship. Easy and good from start to finish!"
Apr 29, 2020
"Love the quality of the items in the kit. So far have used all but the muddler and find the craftsmanship to be superb."
Jun 11, 2020
"It works great. It keeps the drinks cold."
Oct 1, 2020
"It's got everything you need to get started! Great quality, love the videos on how to use properly as well"
Oct 4, 2020
"All the essentials. Nice quality."
Oct 4, 2020
"Wow! When is the last time you had personal customer service that cared? The team at Awesome Drinks were able to answer my list of never ending questions! They were able to guide me in gift giving suggestions and the shipping was what they said! Highly recommended to all!!"
Dec 14, 2020
"Excellent products for a great price!"
Mar 14, 2022
"This bar kit is definitely worth the price, weighted tins makes a big difference when making cocktails, all the other accessories are great quality too!"
Jun 24, 2022
"I was surprised by the quality of the kit I received given that it is a hobbyist kit. Shipping was fast as well."
May 20, 2024
"Everything you need to start making drinks at home."
Apr 11, 2026
FAQ
Questions before you buy
Is this enough to start making real cocktails at home?
Yes. This kit is designed to cover the core workflow for shaken, stirred, and citrus-forward drinks. You can always add glassware or bitters later, but the tool foundation is here.
Is this a good gift for a beginner?
Very much so. It gives someone a practical starting point without overwhelming them with low-value extras.
Can I still buy the included tools separately?
Yes. The included tools remain standalone products in the catalog, and this page packages them as a merchandised starter-kit experience.
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