Seven things you're doing wrong in your home bar

The idea of mastering mixologist-grade cocktails at home can be maddening, appearing both glaringly simple (it's just cold gin and vermouth, for God's sake) and hopelessly convoluted (what the hell's a phosphate?). But before you throw your embittered, bitters-stained hands up in despair, consider that eliminating just a few common mistakes can make up the lion's share of the difference between your home bar and the bar that you hit when you leave home. Here are seven common mistakes, and how to fix 'em.