If like me, you don’t get to the pub much, here’s a gadget you might want to take a look at. The danger of serving drinks at home is that you can end up pouring large measures without realising. Ask the Butler to do it for you! The Bar Butler is great for serving the right measure. It dispenses exactly one and a half shots with a simple upward push, so you can serve proper professionally measured beverages with the help of your very own butler. Ok, he won’t see your guests in and take their coats, but with a Bar Butler you can make sure everyone has a drink when you have friends over.

Don’t hide your sprits away at the back of a dusty cupboard. You’ll forget how long they’ve been there and will end up throwing them away (well, maybe not!) I’ve displayed our bottles of Vodka, Gin and Jack Daniels (kept in purely for dinner parties of course!) in this home bar gadget, so now we can help ourselves to our favourite tipple whenever we like and see when a bottle needs replacing. The Bar Butler has 4 spring-loaded receptacles to hold bottles of various sizes up to 1 litre, a leak proof dispenser and a resolving stand for easy drink selection. It’s really easy to use, so I’m hoping to become a whiz at mixing drinks (I’m thinking Tom Cruise in Cocktail!)

The only drawback I’ve found with this gadget is you have to provide the alcohol!