Build-Your-Own Bar
Each guest is assigned a layer — base spirit, citrus, mixer, garnish, or ice/glassware — and the bar is whatever shows up. People invent cocktails from the collective haul. Vote for the best build of the night.
What it's for
Turn the bar into a collaborative constraint — the best cocktail emerges from whatever the room collectively decided to bring.
The guest's job
Bring your assigned layer: base spirit, citrus, mixer, garnish, or ice/glassware — and nothing else.
The vote
Best build of the night, judged on taste and ingenuity with the available materials.
The reveal
The host names the ingredients and reads who brought what before any glass is poured.
Food & drink spine
Light grazing food the host sets out; the bar is the centerpiece, not the kitchen.
Conversation fuel
"What would this cocktail be called if it were on a menu at a place you’d never admit to loving?"
How it flops — steer around it
Three people assigned "base spirit" because the invite was vague. Lock the slots before anyone shops.