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[QUOTE="KellySyracuse, post: 3070306, member: 1644"]
Hopefully there won't be many nooner's this season like the past 20 some years, however you may find yourself setting up your tailgate at 8am for an early game. Here is what you need for a successful bloody mary bar:

If you're going to make your own mix do it the night before. Don't plan to make homemade bloody mary's on game day unless you only have a few people in your group. I've done this for a small crowd of 15 and spent the whole time mixing up drinks for everyone.

You need a good mix, I buy Zing Zang because it is a great base to work from without being over the top, Price Chopper and Wegman's have it for about $4.99 a bottle.

You need a good bottle of vodka, a cocktail shaker, a separate cooler of ice, a bowl of fresh cut limes, cups and straws for the final presentation.

For your bar:
olives, pickled beans, pickled jalapeno's, horseradish, celery salt, tabasco and any other hot sauce you want to bring. You also need either V8 or tomato juice, fresh cut lemons and limes are essential.  Any other thing you may like such as grilled shrimp, celery stalks, bacon strips, these items are for the show.

Stack your shaker with ice and throw in a shot of vodka, add the hot sauce/horseradish/pickle juice according to your guest's preference and use half Zing Zang, half tomato juice/V8 and a squeeze of a lemon and lime wedge. Shake and pour into the cup, add your extra's skewered (bacon/shrimp/olive/pickled bean/jalapeno) on a toothpick or cocktail sword with a shake of celery salt on top and throw in a celery stalk and a wedge of lime
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