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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- Lemonade Lemon Juice, Caster Sugar, Water
- Liquid Rocher Crème de Cacao Brun Liqueur, Frangelico(R) Hazelnut Liqueur, Vanilla Liqueur
- Maiden's Prayer Gin, Triple Sec Liqueur, Lemon Juice
- Merry Widow Fizz Sloe Gin, Orange Juice, Lemon Juice
- Peppermint Stick Peppermint Schnapps, Crème de Cacao Blanc Liqueur, Light Cream
- Prince Edward Martini Gin, Drambuie(R) Liqueur
- Queens Gin, Dry Vermouth, Sweet Vermouth
- Rum Sour Light Rum, Lemon Juice, Caster Sugar
- Snake in the grass Cointreau(R) Orange Liqueur, Gin, Vermouth
- Squire Racine Dark Rum, Southern Comfort(R), Malted Milk
- The Captain's Martini Gin, Vermouth, Crème de Menthe Blanche Liqueur
- Typhoon Champagne, Gin, Anisette Liqueur
- A.B.C. Amaretto Liqueur, Baileys(R) Original Irish Cream, Cognac
- Honey Bee Cocktail Jamaican Dark Rum, Honey, Lemon Juice
- Jump Shot White Rum, Orange Curaçao Liqueur, Pineapple Juice
- Mama's Martini Stoli(R) Vanil Vodka, Apricot Brandy, Angostura(R) Bitters
- Adam and Eve Forbidden Fruit(R) Liqueur, Gin, Brandy
- Alexander Cognac, Crème de Cacao Brun Liqueur, Sweet Cream
- American Glory Champagne, Orange Juice, Lemonade
- Apple Brandy Highball Apple Brandy, Carbonated Water
- Bitter Beach White Rum, Campari(R) Bitter, Pineapple Juice
- Blue Tahoe Blue Curaçao Liqueur, Tequila, Lime Juice
- Blue Tap Tequila Blanco, Blue Curaçao Liqueur, Pineapple Juice
- Bob Dandy Dubonnet(R) Rouge, Brandy
- Breakfast Rum Light Rum, Lemon Juice, Maple Syrup
- Bresnan Sweet Vermouth, Dry Vermouth, Crème de Cassis Liqueur
- Champagne Ambon Champagne, Pisang Ambon(R) Liqueur
- Chapala Tequila, Triple Sec Liqueur, Grenadine
- Chapel Hill Bourbon, Triple Sec Liqueur, Lemon Juice
- Courvoisier Strawberry Lemonade Courvoisier(R) Cognac, DeKuyper(R) Pucker(R) Strawberry Liqueur, DeKuyper(R) Triple Sec Liqueur
- Cream Sherry Flip Cream Sherry, Egg, Caster Sugar
- Emerald Isle Gin, Crème de Menthe Verte Liqueur, Aromatic Bitters
- Gin Sour Gin, Lemon Juice, Caster Sugar
- Greek Buck Brandy, Ouzo, Lemon Juice
- Green Devil Gin, Crème de Menthe Verte Liqueur, Lime Juice
- Harvard Cooler Carbonated Water, Apple Brandy, Confectioners' Sugar
- Knickerbocker Cocktail Dry Vermouth, Sweet Vermouth, Gin
- La Vida Loca Absolut(R) Peppar Vodka, Pineapple Juice, Chili Peppers
- Love Me Tender Beefeater(R) London Dry Gin, Dry Sherry, Aperol(R) Aperitivo
- Mandrin Cherry Smash Lemon, Cherry Brandy, Absolut(R) Mandrin Vodka
- Mexican Chocolate Tequila Reposado, Kahlúa(R) Coffee Liqueur, Cocoa
- My Dear Aunt Ruby Bourbon, Cranberry Juice, Raspberry Puree
- Purple Heather Scotch, Crème de Cassis Liqueur, Soda Water
- Rebel Yell Bourbon, Triple Sec Liqueur, Lemon Juice
- Sexy Lemon Slam Vodka, Triple Sec Liqueur, Lemon Juice
- Thanksgiving Cocktail #2 Dry Vermouth, Gin, Apricot Brandy
- The Dangerous Dave Tequila, Coconut Cream, Pineapple Juice
- The Green Mile Melon Liqueur, Malibu(R) Coconut Rum, Cointreau(R) Orange Liqueur
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.
