The tiers
- Bare EssentialsThere is drink in the house. Technically.
- Decent CupboardEnough to handle an unexpected guest.
- Respectable Home BarPeople start asking what you can make.
- Home BartenderYou own a jigger and you use it.
- Drinks NerdThere is a bottle in there you have explained to someone at a party.
How the Bar Score works
It rewards what a shelf can actually do: how many cocktails you can make, how many different styles and base spirits those cover, and how much of your shelf is doing real work. Price is never counted, and neither is the number of bottles — thirty bottles that make two drinks score below eight that make ten.