Some greats of the fashion, mixology and culinary arts got together and threw a party at the home of Scott Morrison.  He does an incredible job with his line of jeans, but take a look at his bar (pictured above).  Food & Wine was on hand for the pictorial and lends some advice on unique mixers and spirits.

Food & Wine’s Nick Fauchald:

Essentials for the Home Bar

Just as chefs love exotic spices and rare produce, mixologists seek out obscure spirits and mixers. A bar stocked with these unusual spirits allows the amateur bartender to create ambitious cocktails at home.

Barolo Chinato

This spicy, wine-based digestif contains quinine, which is what gives tonic water its bitterness.

Carpano Antica Formula

This sweet Italian vermouth is a more robust, full-bodied alternative to standard vermouth like Martini & Rossi.

Chartreuse V.E.P.

A complex French liqueur that⿿s aged much longer than regular Chartreuse, giving it a mellower, more integrated flavor.

Fernet-Branca Amaro

Mixologists like to add this intensely flavored Italian herbal digestif to drinks in small doses, in place of bitters.

Laird⿿s Bonded Apple Jack

Bartenders love the intense appley flavor of this pure, 100-proof brandy.

Lucid Absinthe

Now that the U.S. ban on absinthe has been relaxed, this sweet American brand will be key to a resurgence in anise-flavored cocktails.

Rhum Clémont Créole Shrubb

A rum-based, orange liqueur that is a more complex substitute for triple sec.

St-Germain

This elderflower-based liqueur smells like spring and tastes like summer, adding a floral bouquet and tropical flavors to cocktails.

Velvet Falernum

A sweet liqueur from Barbados flavored with lime and spices, it⿿s great in tropical drinks like the mojito.

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