Seven bottles from the catalog that add up to R$ 295.30 at the lowest price found and make caipirinha, Negroni, Cuba Libre and more
You can set up a home bar that makes the classics for under R$ 300. The kit below has seven bottles, one for each drink base: cachaça, gin, rum, vodka, bitter, vermouth and whisky. With them you can make the caipirinha, gin and tonic, Negroni, Cuba Libre, Moscow Mule and highball, the drinks in our guide 7 easy drinks to make at home.
Only labels from the Bebidário catalog with a price in our shelf survey were included, giving preference to those the producer itself recommends for the drink in question. For the tally, we used the lowest price found for each bottle on 09/24/2026. Mixers, fruit, ice and accessories are left out of the sum.
Velho Barreiro Tradicional, R$ 15.90; Gordon's London Dry, R$ 59.90; Bacardí Carta Blanca, R$ 39.90; Smirnoff No. 21, R$ 32.90; Campari, R$ 48.90; Cinzano Rosso, R$ 47.90; Passport Scotch, R$ 49.90. Total: R$ 295.30, with R$ 4.70 to spare.
Note: the lowest prices come from different stores. Paying the highest price in the table for each bottle, the same list would come to R$ 412.95.
It is the base of the caipirinha. Per the recipe of the IBA, the International Bartenders Association: 60 ml of cachaça, 1 Tahiti lime in pieces and 4 teaspoons of sugar, muddled in a rocks glass, with crushed ice. IRB, the maker, recommends Velho Barreiro neat, in fruit cocktails or in a lime caipirinha; the pyramid shows sugarcane, brown sugar and pear on top, honey and cinnamon on the palate.
The most expensive bottle in the kit does double duty: it goes into the gin and tonic and the Negroni. Difford's Guide uses 50 ml of gin to 120 ml of tonic, in a chilled tall glass full of ice, with a lime wedge. Diageo proposes Gordon's precisely with tonic water.
White rum, as the IBA's Cuba Libre calls for: 50 ml of rum, 120 ml of cola and 10 ml of fresh lime juice, in a tall glass with ice. Bacardí also recommends Carta Blanca for the mojito and daiquiri. In the catalog pyramid, almond, orange blossom and lime open, with vanilla and brown sugar on the palate.
The IBA's official Moscow Mule recipe names Smirnoff itself: 45 ml of vodka, 120 ml of ginger beer and 10 ml of lime juice. Diageo also recommends No. 21 for the caipiroska and vodka tonic, which makes use of the tonic bought for the gin and tonic.
Without it there is no Negroni: equal parts gin, Campari and red vermouth, 30 ml of each per the IBA, stirred in a rocks glass with ice and half an orange slice. The producer also suggests the Campari Soda, with just soda water.
It completes the Negroni and, with Campari and soda, makes the Americano, which Cinzano itself cites among the house recipes, alongside vermouth neat or with a little soda. The pyramid shows vanilla, cherry, toffee and clove on top and wormwood on the finish. Those who prefer Martini Rosso, in 750 ml, which the house recommends for the Americano, pay from R$ 49.90, and the tally rises to R$ 297.30, still within the limit.
For the highball, Difford's Guide calls for 60 ml of whisky in a chilled tall glass full of ice, topped with soda water or ginger ale and an orange or lemon slice. Pernod Ricard recommends Passport neat, on the rocks or with soda. The pyramid shows pear, dark chocolate and orange peel on top and a palate of dark caramel, raspberry and smoke.
With the seven bottles you can make the caipirinha, gin and tonic, Negroni, Americano, Campari Soda, Cuba Libre, mojito, daiquiri, Moscow Mule, caipiroska, vodka tonic and whisky highball. The measures and step-by-step for six of them are in the guide 7 easy drinks to make at home.
The Spritz was left out because it calls for two more bottles. Aperol costs from R$ 54.90 to R$ 76.50 and Salton Prosecco from R$ 37.90 to R$ 49.50 (Sept/2026): another R$ 92.80 at the lowest price. The producer teaches the 3-2-1 rule: 90 ml of prosecco, 60 ml of Aperol and 30 ml of soda water, in a large glass with ice and an orange slice.
The mixers (tonic water, cola, ginger beer and soda water), limes, oranges, sugar and ice go on the shopping list, but not in the sum. For accessories, the basics are a tall glass, a rocks glass, a jigger to get the milliliters right, a long bar spoon for stirring and a muddler for the caipirinha.
These are shelf prices surveyed on 09/24/2026 at Divvino, Zona Sul, Bistek, Savegnago and Giassi, for the bottles and volumes indicated on each card; they change over time and from store to store.
Drink responsibly.
Sources: International Bartenders Association (IBA), official recipes for the Caipirinha, Negroni, Cuba Libre and Moscow Mule; Difford's Guide, Gin & Tonic and Highball recipes; Campari Group, 3-2-1 rule for the Aperol Spritz; technical sheets and pyramids from the Bebidário catalog, based on IRB, Diageo, Bacardí, Campari Group, Cinzano and Pernod Ricard; recipes consulted on 09/24/2026; shelf prices surveyed on 09/24/2026 at Divvino, Zona Sul, Bistek, Savegnago and Giassi.
