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Home Rec Ideas
Okay—you might argue that the ultimate home bar question is “shaken or stirred?”, but before you can start mixing it up behind the bar you actually have to have one.
If you’ve decided that a permanent home bar is the best fit for your space and lifestyle, your next step is determining how that bar will be structured, from its location in your home to how many shelves you’ll need for storage. Begin with a list, which provides some of the questions you’ll need to answer.
After you’ve worked through your home bar considerations, you should have a good sense of the structural elements you want your bar to contain. You may even have an idea of some of the design features as well. And while you certainly don’t need to know yet what kind of bar stools you will need, it does help to know at this stage what sort of theme you’d like your home bar to have. Knowing your theme will keep you on track with the many design choices you’ll make along the way.
Assessing your abilities
Your next step is to take an honest look at your home improvement skills. Building a permanent home bar is not a task for a beginner carpenter. Depending on your bar design and wish list, you may need to bring in a plumber and possibly an electrician to handle certain parts of the project.
If you realize that you’re excited at the thought of sipping cocktails at your new bar, but sobered by the image of you installing foot rails on said bar, start shopping.
What ever you choose to do, contractor or yourself, use a great theme and try not to wonder off from that theme! Keep it clean and simple and work from there! Have fun!
Create An At-Home Bar
There’s nothing like quite as fun as having a bar in your very own home. Especially if it’s located in a basement, den, or other separate room, the bar can be a great getaway for you. And it can be more than just a collection of wine bottles or boxes of liquor. With a little bit of experience in carpentry or the help of some professionals, you can have an elaborate and elegant bar that is sure to be the envy of all your friends and neighbors. And, of course, it will also be a fun and interesting place to host parties or entertain friends.
The best way to create this enviable bar is by installing a wooden countertop with wooden shelves. Preferably, the wood should be a dark wood that is polished to a high sheen. And the shelves the liquor bottles and drink options should be accented by glass panels and lighting. This will create a classic and elegant bar look. Finish off the look with some simple metal bar stools. Make sure the bar stools are as comfortable as possible. The idea behind the bar is that it’s comfortable and inviting, and the best way to create that atmosphere is with luxury seating.
Home Brew Beer
Is your home the one that people usually seem to be going to? What are the requests for beverages you normally get? So you get your beer and wine glasses
out because these are the responses you get almost every single time. They both are wonderful drinks that are really satisfying. Why then wouldn’t you want to learn to produce your own home brew beer?
Consider the different benefits of having and serving your own brewed beer. First off let’s have a look at the money savings you can have. If you stock a lot of different beers in the house you will be spending quite a bit of money. On the other hand, the price to purchase the various ingredients you will require is certainly much less than buying commercially produced beers. Even better, you will save even more money by using many of the very same ingredients in various beer recipes
Next we need to look at the numerous distinct varieties that you will be in a position to make. You can drink ales, lagers, cherry wheat beer, cider and many, many other options. The reality is that you will be able to make a good number of beers and then pick and choose the recipes and flavors you like best.
This next part is what you will enjoy the best: This is enjoying the expressions on your friend’s faces once you pour your home brew beer. Your home brewed beer is going to be much better and different compared to anything they have previously tasted. All your friends are going to be stunned that you have your special supply of delicious home brew beer.
And, lastly, creating home brew beer is a entertaining and rewarding activity. You will soon master how to make a lot of different beers and will soon be researching the online beer sites for new and even more demanding recipes.
Dart Rules
The sport of darts is usually contested between two players who take turns in throwing up to three darts. Starting from 
a set score, usually 501 or 301, a player wins by reducing his score to zero. The last dart in the leg must hit either a double or the inner portion of the bullseye, which is the double of the outer bull, and must reduce the score to exactly 0. Successfully doing so is known as “doubling out” or “checking out” . A throw that would reduce a player’s score to less than zero does not count, his turn ends, and his score is reset to what it was before that turn. (Sometimes in friendly games a player is allowed a dog’s chance by “splitting the eleven” if he has a remaining score of 1: this requires placing a final dart between the legs of the number 11 in the normally non-scoring part of the board.) Since the double areas are small, doubling out is usually the most difficult and tense part of a leg. Longer matches are often divided into sets, each comprising some number of legs.
The holy grail of 501 darts is considered the nine-dart finish – there are two main ways of achieving this:
- Two 180 maximums followed by a 141 checkout (T20-T19-D12)
- Three 167s (T20-T19-Bull) – this is considered a ‘Pure’ nine-darter by some players.
Although playing straight down from 501 is standard in darts, other variations exist, notably “doubling in”, where players must hit a double to begin scoring, with all darts thrown before said double contributing nothing to their score.
Other games that are commonly played differ in their scoring methods. These include “Round the Clock”, “Jumpers”, “Killer” and the more complicated “Cricket” and “Tactics”.
In “Round the Clock”, players must hit each numbered section in turn, finishing with a bull to win. Far from being a beginner’s game, Round The Clock is a good training game since it involves targeting all areas of the board, a skill which is essential when finishing a classic leg.
In Killer, a number of players “own” a number on the dartboard (often selected by throwing a dart with their non-playing arm) and compete to build up “lives” (by hitting that number) until a threshold is reached (usually 4 or 6) before attempting to “kill” other players by removing the lives they have built up (by hitting those other players’ number) until a single player is left.
Social Butterfly Home Bar Set Up
Feel like a bottle-twirling Tom Cruise? Simply want your house to be “the place where everyone knows your name”? Well, all you need is a Home Bar and this is how you do it.
You co
uld go out and buy a ready-made one and get someone to install it for you but where would be the fun in that? The entertainment is in constructing it yourself and drinking of course.
Choose your location
The most important thing is to select a perfect location for your Home Bar and this part is up to you. If you’re trying to make it a retreat from the rest of the family then maybe the garage or a spare room is a good call. But if you want an all-encompassing extravaganza of booze then the basement or a large family room could be for you. You’ll also need space so plan for at least enough room to put your bar and bar tables and stools. It doesn’t really have to be a corner but you’ll find that it saves space as well as construction time.
Select a theme for your Home Bar
Are you going to have it looking like a sports bar with neon signs and sports memorabilia? An Nascar theme, perhaps, with Nascar memorabilea and steering wheels? Or what about a retro look? What’s imperative is that it fits with the overall décor of the room. If you decide to set up your bar in the study or living room, make sure it doesn’t shout for attention. In this case you might have to go with more sober styles. Maybe preferring customizing with neon lighting, with a dart board a beer pong table and even a pool table. If you have the room and imagination then you can build a place “where they know your name.”
Beer Pong Names and Rules
Beer pong rules and regulations differ greatly in various geographic locations, so we have compiled a comprehensive list of beer pong rules that you can choose from.
The most important part of a beer pong game, isn’t which rules you choose, rather that each player agrees to the beer pong rules before play begins.
Game Regulations
Rollbacks
With rollbacks, teams that make both cups on their turn will get the balls back, bypassing the opposing teams turn.
Re-racks
At the beginning of a turn the throwing team can choose to “re-rack” the cups into an accepted formation. Here is a chart of accepted formations:
Re-racks can be limited to 1 or 2 per game, or re-racks can occur at each agreed upon formation.
Rebuttals
Rebuttals are one of the most controversial aspects of the sport, as they come in many different forms. With rebuttals, if a team loses (their last cup has been hit) they have a chance to send the game into overtime. Each player can shoot the ball at the remaining cups until they miss. If the team that ended the game during regulation play did so in a fashion that would give them “roll-backs”, then there are no rebuttals.
During the rebuttal, if the shooting team makes the remaining cups the game is then sent into overtime. Overtime can be played with another round of rebuttals, or can be sudden death, and the first to finish the cups off is the winner
Game Rules
These rules can be handpicked for all game play, but each of the beer pong rules should be agreed upon before the start of any beer pong game.
Bounce Rule
Beer pong game play can allow for bouncing, or bouncing with defense. When bouncing with defense is added, the offensive team can bounce the balls into the cup and if made, two cups have to be removed from the table. However, the opposing team can swat the balls away after the bounce has occurred.
Babe Ruth Rule
If a player calls a cup and sinks it, they get the ball right back and can shoot again. If the player misses the cup (even if they make a different cup) the shot is over and is counted as a miss.
Beer Pong Distractions Rule
Distractions or “psych-outs” can occur, but one of the main rules is that there is no covering of the cups. This means that you can do whatever you would like except place hands or clothing over the cups so that the opposing players cannot see where they are shooting. Further, you cannot interfere with the ball in any way until it has touched either the table or a cup.
Bitches Blow Rule
When a ball enters a cup and is spinning around the edges, a defending player can blow into the cup and many times the ball will pop out. This rule states that only women can blow a ball out of the cup.
Fingering Rule
Same as “Bitches Blow” rule, however this involves Men using a finger to knock a ball out of a cup before the ball hits the liquid.
Flagship Rule
This rule states that the first cup in the beer pong rack has to be filled up to the brim with the beverage in play.
Land Mines Rule
Each team secretly picks half of their cups to fill all the way to the top with the game’s beverage and must drink the full amount when hit. Boom!
Sniper Rule
Team A makes their first shot of the round. Team B picks up the cup and starts to drink the cup. Team A’s second shot goes right into the unfinished beer in the hands of Team B. This means that the game is over. The cup is only safe when it is returned to the table totally empty.
Naked Run
If a team is shutout completely, they have to run a full lap completely naked around the outside of the house or 3 full laps around the inside of the room.
Spill Rule
If a cup is spilled during game play it counts and should be removed from the table. The team with the spilt beer should drink the same amount of beverage as they spilled. Exception: Bowling Rule.
Bowling Rule
Offensive teams may not throw balls at opposing cups with the intention of knocking the cups over, thereby causing the spill rule.
Air Ball Rule
If a player misses all cups completely (unless only one cup left) then they must remove a cup from their side.
NBA Jam Rule
If you hit three consecutive cups, you are now “on-fire”. When on-fire you can continue shooting until you make your shot
Beer Pong of The Stars!
Beer Pong is a game that is played by anyone and do I have a story for all of you! I was digging 
around and found this and thought that you beer pong fans might have liked to hear this. I thought cool!
After a solid first week (not huge, not horrible), Jimmy and Serena Williams played a quick game of beer pong. Thanks to some highly dubious underhanded lean-in throws, Serena took him down. Now that publicly challenging female tennis players to games is considered socially acceptable, let me formally challenge Ana Ivanovic to three quick rounds of a friendly game of beer pong. I’ll bring the table.
Designing a Recreation Room
Having a recreation room in your home is a sure way to have friends and family wanting to attend parties or gatherings at your place. Building a recreation room is not all that difficult either. First you will want to address the most important thing; recreation! For this you might consider a billiards tables, ping-pong tables, dartboards, poker tables, or whatever tabletop activity tickles your fancy. If you’re looking for a more unique tabletop activity, consider a professional style beer pong table. Next you will want to address the second most important aspect; food and drink. Having a bar counter and a bar set is a great way to serve food and drink to guests.
When decorating the room, add pictures or posters that reflect your personal style, and select a theme for the room. This will create a more inviting atmosphere for guests.
A Fun Game of Darts
The game of darts is great fun and also a well recognized sport. It is very popular all around the world specially the United States. In the past it was actually considered as a pub game till 18th century and then it became a recognized sport all around the world at homes and dorms and pretty much every man cave!
For playing the dart game it’s better to get some simple tips on throwing the darts. First of all you need to practice on the throwing style that is comfortable for you. Warm up properly and keep practicing with the style most comfortable for you and do not keep changing it. Darts is basically a serious kind of game which has its set of rules and regulations. Play safe and have fun with it. Just remember if there is a wall a dart board can be hung!
Best Bets For Bar Stools
Putting short stools at a high bar doesn’t make sense. If a person has to strain to reach a bar they will be uncomfortable and more likely to have an accident. And, if a bar stool is too high a person’s legs will be unlikely to reach the ground, creating a seating situation that is awkward at best. When determining which counter height bar stools would be best you should keep these instructions in mind:
1.) Measure tables and counters by the length of the floor to the top of the table or bar. About 10-12 inches should be between a table top and a stool’s seat.
2.) Measure the table’s overhang; this includes the distance from the tabletop to the lowest part of the table’s sides, excluding the table’s legs. The wider the overhang, the lower the bar stool should be.
