Three-Ingredient Cocktails
2429 recipes. Short recipes, nothing to measure twice, no special bottles.
Nearly every cocktail worth knowing has three ingredients or fewer. A Negroni, a Daiquiri, a Margarita, an Old Fashioned and a Gimlet are all three or less, and the four-ingredient drinks usually turn out to be one of those with something added.
Short recipes are also where technique shows. With three ingredients there is nothing to hide behind, so the ratio, the ice and the dilution are the entire difference between a good version and a bad one.
This is the right list to build a home bar from. Pick three drinks here that share a bottle and you have a bar that makes all of them.
Start here
The ones worth knowing before the rest.
Add one more bottle
What a second bottle opens up.
All 2429 recipes
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- Passion Margarita Alizé(R) Gold Passion Liqueur, Tequila, Cointreau(R) Orange Liqueur
- Ski Shooter SKYY(R) Vodka, Disaronno(R) Amaretto Liqueur, Mr & Mrs T's(R) Sweet & Sour Mix
- Spicy Martini Gin, Vermouth, Tabasco(R) Sauce
- Stone Fence Whiskey, Apple Cider, Aromatic Bitters
- Adam Dark Rum, Lemon Juice, Grenadine
- Almond Chocolate Coffee Amaretto Liqueur, Crème de Cacao Brun Liqueur, Coffee
- Aperol Sour Aperol(R) Aperitivo, Lemon Juice, Sugar Syrup
- Apple River Brandy, Crème de Cacao Brun Liqueur, Vanilla Ice Cream
- Apricot Lady Light Rum, Apricot Brandy, Triple Sec Liqueur
- Baby Guinness Kahlúa(R) Coffee Liqueur, Baileys(R) Original Irish Cream
- Bannister Gin, Laird's(R) Applejack Brandy, Pernod(R)
- Belmont Gin, Whipping Cream, Raspberry Syrup
- Bermuda Rose Apricot Brandy, Gin, Grenadine
- Bittersweet Jack Jack Daniel's(R) Tennessee Whiskey, Apricot Liqueur, Orange Curaçao Liqueur
- Black Flag Dark Rum, Water, Honey
- Blanche Triple Sec Liqueur, Anisette Liqueur, Lemon Juice
- Bumbo Dark Rum, Lemon Juice, Grenadine
- Burgundy Bishop Light Rum, Lemon Juice, Confectioners' Sugar
- Campesina Tequila, Granulated Sugar, Lime
- Caribbean Hot Chocolate Crème de Cacao Brun Liqueur, Dark Rum, Hot Chocolate
- Charro Negro Lemon Juice, Herradura(R) Tequila, Coca-Cola(R)
- Cloister Gin, Chartreuse(R) Yellow Liqueur, Grapefruit Juice
- Crimson Cocktail Gin, Ruby Port, Lime Juice
- Cruise Control Apricot Brandy, Cointreau(R) Orange Liqueur, Light Rum
- Delmonico Cocktail Gin, Brandy, Sweet Vermouth
- Devil's Torch Vodka, French Vermouth, Grenadine
- Entwistle's Error Dark Rum, Lemon Juice, Tonic Water
- French Night Green Chartreuse Liqueur, Cointreau(R) Orange Liqueur, Otard(R) Cognac
- Gauguin Light Rum, Passion Fruit Syrup, Lemon Juice
- Gin and Bitters Aromatic Bitters, Gin
- Grand Passion Gin, Angostura(R) Bitters, Passion Fruit Juice
- Grumpy Old Man Old Grand-Dad(R) Bourbon Whiskey, Lime Juice, Ginger Ale
- Hokkaido Cocktail Gin, Triple Sec Liqueur, Sake
- International Jack Jack Daniel's(R) Tennessee Whiskey, Dry Sack(R) Sherry, Angostura(R) Bitters
- La Bomba Negra Mount Gay(R) Eclipse Rum, Lime, Brown Sugar
- Laguna Brandy, Vodka, Martini & Rossi(R) Bianco Vermouth
- Lemouroudji Ginger, Water, Lemon
- Lone Tree Cooler Carbonated Water, Gin, Dry Vermouth
- Lover's Nocturne Absolut(R) Vodka, Drambuie(R) Liqueur, Aromatic Bitters
- Maggie May Raspberry Liqueur, Dry Vermouth, Lambrusco
- Mariposa White Rum, Brandy, Lemon Juice
- Maxim Gin, Dry Vermouth, Crème de Cacao Blanc Liqueur
- Mint Julep #2 Mint Leaves, Caster Sugar, Bourbon
- Napoleon Gin, Curaçao Liqueur, Dubonnet(R) Rouge
- Orange Bomb Mandarine Napoléon(R) Liqueur, Truffles(R) Chocolate Liqueur, Baileys(R) Original Irish Cream
- Oriental Cocktail Blended Whiskey, Sweet Vermouth, Triple Sec Liqueur
- Papa Doble White Rum, Rose's(R) Lime Juice, Grapefruit Juice
- Twin Peaks Blended Whiskey, Dubonnet(R) Rouge, Cointreau(R) Orange Liqueur
Worth reading
- The First Five Bottles for a Home Bar Buy for coverage, not for variety. Five bottles chosen this way make more drinks than ten chosen one favourite at a time.
- The Sour Formula: One Ratio, Twenty Drinks Two parts spirit, one part citrus, one part sweet. Learn the shape and the Daiquiri, the Margarita, the Gimlet and the Whiskey Sour come free.
