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Bloody Mary Bar

September 27, 2021 by Susanne Leave a Comment

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Setting up a Bloody Mary Bar at home is a great way to let guests feel at home by serving themselves while having a lot of fun creating their own cocktails. 

To create the ultimate Blood Mary Bar you’ll want to start with a great homemade Bloody Mary Mix. Then lay out lots of fun choices for your guests to create their ultimate cocktail. Some suggestions for serving ideas include: 

  • Different size drinking glasses
  • One or two brands of vodka and club soda for making virgin versions 
  • Different flavors of salts for rimming glasses 
  • Garnishes

Straws, kosher pickles, celery, Bloody Mary mix, dill pickles, cherry tomatoes, olives and shrimp played out in clear bowls to create a Bloody Mary Bar.

Bloody Mary Mix 

Bloody Mary Mix

This is the most important element of a Bloody Mary, whether you are making one for yourself or a setting up a bar for guests to make their own cocktails. 

  • Tomato Juice 
  • Garlic
  • Worcestershire Sauce 
  • Lemon juice
  • Hot Sauce 
  • Prepared Horseradish 
  • Cracked Pepper 

Bloody Mary Mix in a clear glass pitcher with a cocktail spoon.

 

Glassware

Typical glassware for a Bloody Mary is a highball glass. Putting out glasses of different sizes will add to the whimsical feeling of the bar and will give your guests who only want a small amount the proper size glass. Choose from highball glasses, rocks glasses, poco grande, wine glasses or even varying sizes of mason jars. 

Empty drinking glass, mason jar, cocktail glass, stemless wine glass, rocks glass on a wooden tabletop.

Liquor

Vodka is the spirit of choice for this cocktail. I recommend buying a nice vodka like Tito’s or Boyd and Blair. Other good choices would be a flavored vodka. Some suggested flavors are: smoked vodka, black pepper vodka, basil vodka, or dill pickle vodka. 

Salts

Rimming the glass with a flavored salt is the perfect extra layer of flavor. My favorite is this Paprika Salt Mix. I adds a little heat, a little acidity and a lot of flavor. To make this salt mixture in a shallow dish and combine.

1/4 cup kosher salt

1 tablespoon Paprika or Smoke Paprika 

1 tablespoon celery salt

1 tablespoon garlic powder 

1 teaspoon cumin 

1 teaspoon black pepper 

To rim the glass with the salt rub a lemon or lime wedge around the edge of the glass to moisten it. Then dip the rim of the glass in the mixture. 

Paprika salt for the glass rim in a blue dish.

Garnishes 

Garnishing Bloody Mary’s is so much fun because honestly the possibilities are limitless. Of course the most traditional garnish is a celery stalk with a couple of green olives. 

  • Celery Sticks
  • Green Olives
  • Pickles
  • Cherry Tomatoes
  • Cherry Peppers
  • Lemon Wedges 
  • Lime Wedges 
  • Cucumber Slices
  • Baby Corn
  • Pickled Jalapeños
  • Pickled Okra 
  • Pickled Green Beans
  • Pepperoncinies
  • Cocktail Onions
  • Cooked Shrimp
  • Bacon Slices
  • Cheese Squares
  • Beef Jerky Sticks
  • Pepperoni Stick

Straws, kosher pickles, celery, Bloody Mary mix, dill pickles, cherry tomatoes, olives and shrimp played out in clear bowls to create a Bloody Mary Bar.

The most important part of setting up a Bloody Mary Bar is to have fun. Get creative and give your guests lots of choices for creating cocktails they will not only enjoy but want to snap a picture of to show their friends. 

Cheers Y’all! 

Susanne 

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Bloody Mary Mix

Setting up a Bloody Mary Bar at home is a great way to let guests feel at home by serving themselves while having a lot of fun creating their own cocktails starting with this Homemade Bloody Mary Mix
Course Cocktail
Cuisine American
Keyword Bloody Mary, Bloody Mary Bar, Bloody Mary Mix
Prep Time 5 minutes
Servings 6 servings
Calories 52 kcal

Ingredients

  • 46 Oz tomato juice 6 cups
  • 2 cloves garlic minced
  • ¼ cup Worcestershire sauce
  • 4 tablespoons lemon juice 2 fluid ounces
  • 1 ½ teaspoons hot sauce
  • 1 teaspoon horseradish
  • 2 teaspoons cracked pepper

Instructions

  1. Add all ingredients in a large pitcher and stir to combine.
Nutrition Facts
Bloody Mary Mix
Amount Per Serving
Calories 52 Calories from Fat 9
% Daily Value*
Fat 1g2%
Saturated Fat 1g6%
Polyunsaturated Fat 1g
Monounsaturated Fat 1g
Sodium 164mg7%
Potassium 615mg18%
Carbohydrates 13g4%
Fiber 1g4%
Sugar 9g10%
Protein 2g4%
Vitamin A 993IU20%
Vitamin C 46mg56%
Calcium 40mg4%
Iron 2mg11%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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