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Sure, you could eschew the ice bucket in favor of hauling out a cooler chock full of ice and setting it next to the bar. You could also ditch your home bar and simply set out bottles on a folding table. There is a time and place for cutting corners for the sake of convenience. However, if you want to create an atmosphere of elegance or class at your gathering or cocktail party, you know well that these old college tricks and tailgating techniques just won't cut it.

For Sanitation's Sake
If you don't have a full service bar with an ice chest at the ready, ice buckets with tongs are essential for serving your guests. The alternative to ice buckets is using your hands, which is fine if they're clean. But chances are (and no offense to your guests) your guests aren't going to take the time to wash their hands thoroughly before each reach into an ice bin or ice bucket.

Eye Candy
If you are setting up a satellite bar or two at your party, make sure you have enough ice buckets for each station. Whether your guests are mixing their own cocktails, or you've hired bartenders to dish out the drinks, taking ice cubes from ice buckets with tongs is a satisfying aspect of making a drink. For the sake of presentation, it adds an element of delicate detail. A scotch enthusiast who likes it on the rocks will derive much more satisfaction from the visual appeal of large cubes being dropped into a glass from an ice bucket with tongs, than from watching a bartender scoop ice from a bin directly with the glass.

Keep Your Cool
Of course it is possible to maintain the element of enticing presentation by placing ice in a bowl and using tongs to transfer the cubes, but ice buckets have a distinct advantage over this. Ice buckets are engineered specifically to keep ice frozen for as long as possible. Insulated walls and a secure lid will keep the chill in the ice bucket, where it belongs. After all, your guests want ice in their drinks, not a splash of icy water.

Cool Design
In addition to the sanitary and chilling functions of ice buckets, ice buckets offer an array of designs to match your home bar. Styles range from rustic wood coverings to rich leather lined ice buckets, and everything in between. Whatever the decor in you home bar, you are sure to find an ice bucket that will complement it nicely and add to the overall ambiance. It's the subtle touches like these that separate the functional bars from the outstanding ones.