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.
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The ones worth knowing before the rest.
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What a second bottle opens up.
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- Vodka Salty Dog Grapefruit Juice, Vodka, Salt
- Crocodile Midori(R) Melon Liqueur, Bacardi(R) Limón Rum, Sprite(R)
- London Cocktail Gin, Orange Bitters, Simple Syrup
- Mandarine Summertime Mandarine Napoléon(R) Liqueur, London Dry Gin, Orange Juice
- Maritime Martini Gin, Dry Vermouth
- Muddy Water Amaretto Liqueur, Orange Juice, Lemon Juice
- Ninotchka Cocktail Vodka, Crème de Cacao Blanc Liqueur, Lemon Juice
- Northern Exposure Gin, Triple Sec Liqueur, Apricot Brandy
- 1800 Mint Lemonade 1800(R) Reposado Tequila, Lemon Juice, Simple Syrup
- Ambrosia Laird's(R) Applejack Brandy, Brandy, Triple Sec Liqueur
- Apres Ski Vodka, Pernod(R), Crème de Menthe Verte Liqueur
- Astral Trip Plum Brandy, Maraschino Cherry Liqueur, Pear Schnapps
- Black Monday Dark Rum, Opal Nera(R) Black Sambuca, Cherry Brandy
- Black Velvet Stout, Champagne
- Bourbon Triple Sour Bourbon, Triple Sec Liqueur, Lemon Juice
- Brown cow Kahlúa(R) Coffee Liqueur, Milk
- Brown Derby Dark Rum, Lime Juice, Maple Syrup
- Canada Dream Apricot Brandy, Amaretto Liqueur, Orange Juice
- Cappucino Cocktail Coffee Brandy, Vodka, Light Cream
- Coconut Monkey White Rum, Apricot Brandy, Coconut Cream
- Crimson Sunset Gin, Lemon Juice, Grenadine
- Dave Matthews Amaretto Liqueur, Captain Morgan(R) Parrot Bay Coconut Rum, Pineapple Juice
- Debutante's Dream Bourbon, Brandy, Orange Juice
- Delicious Martini Stoli(R) Kafya Vodka, Grand Marnier(R) Orange Liqueur
- Derby Special Light Rum, Cointreau(R) Orange Liqueur, Orange Juice
- Dinah Cocktail Blended Whiskey, Confectioners' Sugar, Lemon Juice
- Dixie Dew Bourbon, Crème de Menthe Blanche Liqueur, Triple Sec Liqueur
- Fallen Leaves Rosso Vermouth, Dry Vermouth, Calvados
- Farthingale Sweet Vermouth, Dry Vermouth, Gin
- Fire Fly Vodka, Grapefruit Juice, Grenadine
- Frozen Brandy And Rum Brandy, Light Rum, Lemon Juice
- Gagliardo Peach Vodka, Lemon Juice, Galliano(R) Herbal Liqueur
- Gin-Cassis Fizz Gin, Lemon Juice, Caster Sugar
- Harvey Cowpuncher Vodka, Galliano(R) Herbal Liqueur, Milk
- Joy Jumper Vodka, Kümmel Liqueur, Lime Juice
- Kilted Yak Scotch, Pernod(R), Pineapple Juice
- La Floridita Cocktail White Rum, Rosso Vermouth, Crème de Cacao Blanc Liqueur
- Malmaison White Rum, Cream Sherry, Lemon Juice
- Manhattan Sweet Canadian Whisky, Sweet Vermouth, Angostura(R) Bitters
- Marilyn Monroe Champagne, Apple Brandy, Grenadine
- Nelson's Nightcap LBV Port, Marsala Wine, Dry Sherry
- Octopus's Garden Gin, Dry Vermouth
- Petite Fleur Grapefruit Juice, Bacardi(R) Superior Rum, Cointreau(R) Orange Liqueur
- Pineapple Fizz Light Rum, Soda Water, Pineapple Juice
- Rose of the Ritz Champagne, Cognac, Raspberry Liqueur
- Rum Dubonnet Dubonnet(R) Rouge, Light Rum, Lemon Juice
- Rum Scaffa White Rum, Bénédictine(R) Herbal Liqueur, Angostura(R) Bitters
- Sherry Cobbler Amontillado Sherry, Palo Cortado, Granulated Sugar
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.
