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.
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- Bourbon Cobbler Caster Sugar, Soda Water, Blended Bourbon Whiskey
- Brandied Apricot Frappe Cognac, Apricot Liqueur, Amaretto Liqueur
- Brazillian Sunrise Ypioca(R) Ouro Cachaça, Mango Juice, Young Coconut Juice
- Bushranger #2 Light Rum, Dubonnet(R) Blanc, Aromatic Bitters
- Butterscotch Dream Butterscotch Schnapps, Crème de Cacao Brun Liqueur, Amaretto Liqueur
- Chartreuse and Tonic Green Chartreuse Liqueur, Tonic Water
- Dry Hole White Rum, Apricot Brandy, Cointreau(R) Orange Liqueur
- Fat Face Gin, Apricot Liqueur, Grenadine
- Flame of Love Tio Pepe(R) Dry Sherry, Vodka
- Froth Blower Cocktail Gin, Grenadine, Egg Whites
- Georgia's Pomegranate, Wyborowa(R) Exquisit Vodka, Sugar Syrup
- Honeymoon Cocktail Apple Brandy, Bénédictine(R) Herbal Liqueur, Triple Sec Liqueur
- Hot and Dirty Martini Pepper Vodka, Dry Vermouth, Olive Juice
- Jeff Tracy Dry Vermouth, Sweet Vermouth, Gin
- Merry Widow Cocktail Cherry Brandy, Maraschino Cherry Liqueur
- Mounds Malibu(R) Coconut Rum, Crème de Cacao Brun Liqueur, Cream
- Mulata Aged Rum, Crème de Cacao Brun Liqueur, Lime Juice
- Naughty Gnome Captain Morgan(R) Private Stock Rum, Vernors(R) Ginger Ale, Angostura(R) Bitters
- Night Cap White Rum, Confectioners' Sugar, Milk
- Ortensia Sweet Vermouth, Aperol(R) Aperitivo, Scotch
- Paddy's Caffeine Tia Maria(R) Coffee Liqueur, Guinness(R) Stout
- Sevilla Cocktail #2 Light Rum, Tawny Port, Caster Sugar
- Shamrock Irish Whiskey, Dry Vermouth, Crème de Menthe Verte Liqueur
- Shamrock #2 Jameson(R) Irish Whiskey, Kahlúa(R) Coffee Liqueur, Baileys(R) Original Irish Cream
- St. Patrick's Day Crème de Menthe Verte Liqueur, Green Chartreuse Liqueur, Irish Whiskey
- Terri's Tropical Passion Passoa(R) Liqueur, Malibu(R) Coconut Rum, Apricot Brandy
- Texas Cool-Aid Vodka, Midori(R) Melon Liqueur, Crème de Noyaux Liqueur
- The Bronx Ain't So Sweet Gin, Dry Vermouth, Orange Juice
- The Pink Diamond Tanqueray(R) Rangpur Gin, Vodka, Pama(R) Pomegranate Liqueur
- Gypsy Cocktail Sweet Vermouth, Gin
- Jonesey Dark Rum, Crème de Cacao Brun Liqueur
- The Ray-Ray Tanqueray(R) Gin, Dr. Brown's(R) Cel-Ray Soda
- Tree Shaker RumTree(R) Liqueur, Pear Liqueur, Mandarin Juice
- Allied Requirements Dry Vermouth, Gin, Pernod(R)
- All White Frappe Peppermint Schnapps, Crème de Cacao Blanc Liqueur, Anisette Liqueur
- Aunt Agatha Dark Rum, Orange Juice, Aromatic Bitters
- Bee-Stung Lips Light Rum, Cream, Honey
- Belles Of St. Mary's Gin, Triple Sec Liqueur, Apricot Brandy
- Black Pagoda Brandy, Sweet Vermouth, Dry Vermouth
- Blue Fox Trot Light Rum, Lemon Juice, Blue Curaçao Liqueur
- Blue Jacket Gin, Blue Curaçao Liqueur, Orange Bitters
- Bourbon Black Hawk #2 Bourbon, Sloe Gin, Lemon Juice
- Brown Bear Stoli(R) Pertsovka Vodka, Coffee Liqueur
- Cactus Bite Tequila, Lemon Juice, Triple Sec Liqueur
- Caledonia Brandy, Crème de Cacao Brun Liqueur, Egg
- Cardinal Aged Rum, Maraschino Cherry Liqueur, Triple Sec Liqueur
- Charging Rhino Vodka, Campari(R) Bitter, Dry Vermouth
- Chocolate Covered Martini Vodka, Godiva(R) Chocolate Liqueur, Vanilla Schnapps
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.
