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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- Pall Mall Martini Gin, Dry Vermouth, Sweet Vermouth
- Pepe's Flame of Love Martini Stoli(R) Vodka, La Ina(R) Sherry Wine
- Polynesian Cocktail Vodka, Cherry Brandy, Lime Juice
- Poop Deck Cocktail Brandy, Blackberry Brandy, Port
- Royal Smile Cocktail Apple Brandy, Gin, Lemon Juice
- Rusty Nail Blended Scotch Whisky, Drambuie(R) Liqueur
- Shiny Nail Cointreau(R) Orange Liqueur, Cinzano(R) Orancio
- Tartan Swizzle Lime Juice, Caster Sugar, Scotch
- Whiskey Cocktail Blended Whiskey, Sugar Syrup, Aromatic Bitters
- XYZ Light Rum, Cointreau(R) Orange Liqueur, Lemon Juice
- Absolutely Fruity Banana Liqueur, Watermelon Liqueur, Absolut(R) Vodka
- Jagerginger Jägermeister(R), Ginger Ale, Angostura(R) Bitters
- Sol Y Sombra Brandy, Anisette Liqueur
- Tomate Ricard(R) Pastis, Grenadine, Water
- Andalusia Light Rum, Dry Sherry, Brandy
- Blackjack #1 Scotch, Kahlúa(R) Coffee Liqueur, Triple Sec Liqueur
- Boswellian Booster Dry Vermouth, Brandy, Orange Bitters
- Choco Buca Vodka, Sambuca, Crème de Cacao Blanc Liqueur
- Chocolate Chimp Vodka, Banana Liqueur, Godiva(R) Chocolate Liqueur
- Dark Eyes Vodka, Blackberry Brandy, Lime Juice
- Dizzy Dame Brandy, Coffee Liqueur, Cherry Brandy
- Elephant Shake Vanilla Ice Cream, Milk, Amarula(R) Cream Liqueur
- Everglades Special Light Rum, Crème de Cacao Blanc Liqueur, Kahlúa(R) Coffee Liqueur
- Fat Cat Baileys(R) Original Irish Cream, Amaretto Liqueur, Banana Liqueur
- French 76 Ketel 1(R) Citrus Vodka, Lemon Juice, Cointreau(R) Orange Liqueur
- French Pirate Orange Curaçao Liqueur, Dark Rum, Champagne
- French Port Tawny Port, Hennessy(R) Cognac
- Galliano Toddy Scotch, Galliano(R) Herbal Liqueur, Grenadine
- Godchild Vodka, Amaretto Liqueur, Heavy Cream
- Golf Cocktail Gin, Dry Vermouth, Aromatic Bitters
- Grapefruit Cocktail Gin, Grapefruit Juice, Maraschino Cherry Liqueur
- Happy Youth Cherry Brandy, Granulated Sugar, Orange Juice
- Jewel Cocktail Sweet Vermouth, Green Chartreuse Liqueur, Gin
- Leo the Lion Dry Vermouth, Brandy, Crème de Menthe Blanche Liqueur
- Machu Picchu Pisco, Mint Liqueur, Orange Juice
- Mandarine Bourbon Mandarine Napoléon(R) Liqueur, Bourbon
- Martunia Gin, Dry Vermouth, Sweet Vermouth
- Mayan O'Brien Irish Whiskey, Kahlúa(R) Coffee Liqueur, Coffee
- Midori Cocktail Midori(R) Melon Liqueur, Champagne
- Migration Gin, Dark Rum, Grapefruit Juice
- Mountain Cocktail Blended Whiskey, Dry Vermouth, Sweet Vermouth
- Perfect Brandy Manhattan Dry Vermouth, Sweet Vermouth, Brandy
- Phoebe Snow Dubonnet(R) Rouge, Brandy, Pernod(R)
- Port And Starboard Grenadine, Crème de Menthe Verte Liqueur
- Rainbow Sour Pineau Des Charentes Red, Marie Brizard(R) Apry Apricot Liqueur, Lemon Juice
- Rum Ramsay White Rum, Bourbon, Lime Juice
- Slippery Eggs Eggnog, Baileys(R) Original Irish Cream, Butterscotch Schnapps
- Spanish chocolate Milk, Chocolate, Cinnamon
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.
