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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- Arcadia Gin, Galliano(R) Herbal Liqueur, Crème de Banane Liqueur
- Beauty Spot Cocktail Sweet Vermouth, Dry Vermouth, Gin
- Bitter End Dry Vermouth, Angostura(R) Bitters
- Black Hawk Blended Whiskey, Sloe Gin
- Black Martini #1 Gin, Black Sambuca
- Bourbon Swizzle Lime Juice, Caster Sugar, Bourbon
- Brandied Port Brandy, Tawny Port, Lemon Juice
- Canadian Rum Punch Lemon Juice, Granulated Sugar, Rum
- Cinnamon Bun Spiced Rum, Apple Cider, Brown Sugar
- Cosmoquila Casa Noble(R) Silver Tequila, Cointreau(R) Orange Liqueur, Lime Juice
- Dancing Leprechaun Irish Whiskey, Drambuie(R) Liqueur, Lemon Juice
- Deep Sea Cocktail Dry Vermouth, Gin, Anisette Liqueur
- DeRosier Aged Rum, Bourbon, Crème de Cacao Brun Liqueur
- Devil Cocktail Tawny Port, Dry Vermouth, Lemon Juice
- Elephant Lips Dark Rum, Crème de Banane Liqueur, Lemon Juice
- Evil Spell Sortilege(R) Canadian Whisky Liqueur, Apple Juice, Cinnamon
- Fiesta White Rum, Calvados, Noilly Prat(R) Extra Dry Vermouth
- Frozen Orange Dream Grand Marnier(R) Orange Liqueur, Vanilla Ice Cream
- G-Boy Baileys(R) Original Irish Cream, Frangelico(R) Hazelnut Liqueur, Grand Marnier(R) Orange Liqueur
- Greenham's Grotto Gin, Brandy, Orgeat Syrup
- Green Room Dry Vermouth, Brandy, Orange Curaçao Liqueur
- Hot Scotch Nightcap Scotch, Drambuie(R) Liqueur, Crème de Cacao Brun Liqueur
- June Bug Midori(R) Melon Liqueur, Malibu(R) Coconut Rum, Pineapple Juice
- Kaytee Cocktail Dry Vermouth, Dry Sherry, Pernod(R)
- Kentucky Orange Blossom Bourbon, Triple Sec Liqueur, Orange Juice
- Kurant Collins Absolut(R) Kurant Vodka, Lemon Juice, Confectioners' Sugar
- Louisville Slugger Bourbon, Blackberry Brandy, Dry Vermouth
- Montmartre Cocktail London Dry Gin, Sweet Vermouth, Triple Sec Liqueur
- Night and Day Champagne, Cognac, Grand Marnier(R) Orange Liqueur
- Perfect Martini Gin, Dry Vermouth, Rosso Vermouth
- Pina Rita Jose Cuervo(R) Tequila, Triple Sec Liqueur, Pineapple Juice
- Poppy Cocktail Gin, Crème de Cacao Blanc Liqueur
- Regatta Champagne, Galliano(R) Herbal Liqueur, Triple Sec Liqueur
- Screamin Hudson Canadian Whisky, Drambuie(R) Liqueur, Lemon Juice
- Soul Kiss Cocktail Dry Vermouth, Bourbon, Dubonnet(R) Rouge
- Whiskey Smash Lemon, Mint Leaves, Simple Syrup
- Think Pink Rum, Passoa(R) Liqueur, Sprite(R)
- D.P.R. Vodka, Triple Sec Liqueur, Cranberry Juice
- Mr. P Vodka, Cherry Juice, Mountain Dew(R)
- 57 Chevy Vodka, Southern Comfort(R), Grand Marnier(R) Orange Liqueur
- B-53 Kahlúa(R) Coffee Liqueur, Sambuca, Grand Marnier(R) Orange Liqueur
- Cuban Martini Light Rum, Dry Vermouth
- Fino Martini Gin, Fino Sherry
- Sea Breeze Vodka, Cranberry Juice, Grapefruit Juice
- Vodka Martini Vodka, Dry Vermouth
- Alexander (Original) Gin, Crème de Cacao Brun Liqueur, Cream
- Almond Hot Chocolate Puerto Rican Dark Rum, Orgeat Syrup, Hot Chocolate
- Amer Picon Cocktail Grenadine, Amer Picon(R) Bitter Orange Liqueur, Lime Juice
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.
