KingBKits. Pick a tier, buy the bottles, run the night.

KingBKits

About

Party planning is the part people skip.

KingBKits started from a simple frustration: tasting nights and game nights are fun to host and miserable to plan. What do you actually buy? How much? What do you say to a table of six people who don't know a Speyside from a Highland pour?

What we do

Every kit answers those questions with real, named products, a clickable Start Here page that runs the night, and cards to hand out. The spirits kits sort every pick into Newbie, Casual and Aficionado budgets, so shopping takes minutes instead of research.

Everything is an instant-download PDF, plus an editable Canva invitation and a ready-to-copy Google Form for RSVPs. Nothing physical ships, and nothing about the setup requires you to already know what you're doing.

What we don't do

  • Recommend a bottle we haven't actually priced and checked against the tier it's in.
  • Pad a kit with filler pages to make the page count look bigger.
  • Pretend a printable PDF is something it isn't: nothing here ships, and nothing here is a substitute for reading the label on what you pour.
  • Run a subscription or upsell inside the PDF itself.

How we build it

Every pairing has a stated reason, not a vibe. Coconut candy against bourbon works because coconut carries the same lactone compounds American oak donates to the barrel. Caramel and whisky share a browning reaction. That kind of reasoning shows up in every kit's primer, not just the flavor wheel, so a Newbie-tier guest can repeat the logic back by the second pairing.

Bottle and budget recommendations get checked against real, current pricing before a kit ships, not pulled from a generic “top shelf vs. bottom shelf” assumption.

How we make money

Mostly from the kits: each one is sold once, on Etsy, as an instant digital download. No subscription and no ads inside the PDF.

The site also links to glassware, bar tools, games and supplies on Amazon. As an Amazon Associate, KingBKits earns from qualifying purchases, at no extra cost to you. Those links only cover gear, never the bottles: the bottles in every kit are chosen because they earned the spot, and Amazon doesn't sell them anyway.

William Blacklock, smiling, carrying folding camp chairs

Who's behind it

Hi, I'm William.

I'm a designer and creative technologist in Austin, and the guy who always ends up hosting. KingBKits is every party I've over-planned, turned into a PDF so you don't have to.

The planning habit runs deep: I earned my Eagle Scout at 13, did a 12-day Philmont trek in New Mexico, and now camp with my three kids. My design and brand work lives at wblacklock.com.

  • Eagle Scout at 13
  • Philmont alum
  • Dad of three
  • Austin, TX

Same guy, different hobby

When the party moves outside: Trailstead Guide

Looking out of an open tent at a pine forest
Trailstead Guide: plan your first camping trip in minutes

Trailstead Guide is a free camping planner built on the same idea as these kits: most people don't need more reading, they need a plan they can run.

Answer six questions about who's coming and what kind of trip you want, and it hands you the whole weekend: an hour-by-hour timeline, a gear list, a meal plan, a shopping list scaled to your group, kid activities and safety notes. Pick from four ready-made trips, from a backyard test night to an easy basecamp weekend.

Free, and no account required. Read less, plan once, sleep outside.

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