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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- Gunfire Black Tea, Bundaberg(R) Rum
- Heart Throb Kahlúa(R) Coffee Liqueur, Whipping Cream, Dark Rum
- Holiday Brandy Alexander Brandy, Crème de Cacao Brun Liqueur, Eggnog
- Hot Jamaican Jamaican Dark Rum, Water, Lime Juice
- Jackie O's Rose White Rum, Lime Juice, Cointreau(R) Orange Liqueur
- Jack's Apple Laird's(R) Applejack Brandy, Apple Cider, Honey
- Jade Light Rum, Crème de Menthe Verte Liqueur, Triple Sec Liqueur
- Kentucky Colonel Cocktail Bourbon, Bénédictine(R) Herbal Liqueur
- Kingston Spiced Rum, Gin, Lime Juice
- Mocha Blanca Martini Stoli(R) Kafya Vodka, White Chocolate Liqueur
- Ohio Rosso Vermouth, Canadian Whisky, Triple Sec Liqueur
- Riley's Sparrow Dark Rum, Southern Comfort(R), Aromatic Bitters
- Rose Cocktail (English) Dry Vermouth, Gin, Apricot Brandy
- Sand-Martin Cocktail Sweet Vermouth, Gin, Green Chartreuse Liqueur
- Scotch Cobbler Scotch, Brandy, Curaçao Liqueur
- Stirrup Cup Cherry Brandy, Brandy, Lemon Juice
- Swiss Family Cocktail Blended Whiskey, Dry Vermouth, Anise
- Whiskey Rickey Blended Whiskey, Lime Juice, Carbonated Water
- White Lizard Tequila Blanco, Grapefruit Juice, Rose's(R) Lime Juice
- Yellow Parrot Chartreuse(R) Yellow Liqueur, Apricot Brandy, Anisette Liqueur
- Bull Shot Vodka, Orange Juice, Tabasco(R) Sauce
- Blue Incan Blue Curaçao Liqueur, Cranberry Juice, Soda Water
- Fuzzy Screw Vodka, Peach Schnapps, Orange Juice
- Godmother Vodka, Amaretto Liqueur
- Kir Royale Crème de Cassis Liqueur, Champagne
- Witch Hunt Scotch, Dry Vermouth, Liquore Strega(R)
- Absolut Evergreen Absolut(R) Citron Vodka, Pisang Ambon(R) Liqueur, Bitter Lemon Soda
- Alfonso Special Grand Marnier(R) Orange Liqueur, London Dry Gin, Dry Vermouth
- Apple Blow Fizz Apple Brandy, Lemon Juice, Confectioners' Sugar
- B2 C2 Brandy, Bénédictine(R) Herbal Liqueur, Cointreau(R) Orange Liqueur
- Banana Cream Pi Malibu(R) Coconut Rum, Banana Liqueur, Pineapple Juice
- Big Blue Sky Blue Curaçao Liqueur, Light Rum, Coconut Cream
- Bolo Cocktail Dark Rum, Lemon Juice, Orange Juice
- Brigitte Bardot Bourbon, Brandy, Sugar Syrup
- Cocoa Chanel Cognac, White Chocolate Liqueur, Amaretto Liqueur
- Diabolique Dubonnet(R) Rouge, Gin, Orgeat Syrup
- Dirty Bloody Martini Inferno(R) Vodka, Dry Vermouth, Clamato(R) Juice
- Jamaica Glow Gin, Jamaican Rum, Claret Wine
- Johnnie Cocktail Sloe Gin, Triple Sec Liqueur, Anisette Liqueur
- Keep it Up Champagne, Cognac, Orange Juice
- Oaxaca Jim Gin, Orange Juice, Grapefruit Juice
- Paddy Cocktail Irish Whiskey, Sweet Vermouth, Aromatic Bitters
- Paez Gin, Dry Vermouth, Aromatic Bitters
- Peggy Cocktail Gin, Dry Vermouth, Anise
- Pegu Gin, Cointreau(R) Orange Liqueur, Lime Juice
- Pineapple Hunk Vodka, Lime Juice, Pineapple Juice
- Red Gin Gin, Cherry Heering(R) Liqueur
- Red Tide Tequila, Orange Juice, Pomegranate 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.
