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.
All 2429 recipes
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- Rendezvous Gin, Cherry Liqueur, Campari(R) Bitter
- Romance Cocktail Brandy, Curaçao Liqueur, Amer Picon(R) Bitter Orange Liqueur
- Shriner Cocktail Sloe Gin, Brandy, Sugar Syrup
- Space Gin, Hazelnut Liqueur, Lemon Juice
- Stanley Cocktail Light Rum, Gin, Lemon Juice
- The Army John Southern Comfort(R), Orange Juice, Triple Sec Liqueur
- The C G Di Amore(R) Amaretto Liqueur, DeKuyper(R) Buttershots(R) Liqueur, Milk
- Triplet Cocktail Dry Vermouth, Gin, Peach Brandy
- Whisky Mac Scotch, Green Ginger Wine
- Yellow Strawberry Light Rum, Crème de Banane Liqueur, Strawberries
- Bill Leaves Town Blended Whiskey, Sweet Vermouth, Grenadine
- Champagne Cocktail Champagne, Cognac, Angostura(R) Bitters
- Coffee Sour Coffee Brandy, Lemon Juice, Confectioners' Sugar
- Debonaire Cocktail Scotch, Canton(R) Ginger Liqueur
- Frozen Margarita #1 Tequila, Triple Sec Liqueur, Lime Juice
- Piece of Mind Vodka, Kümmel Liqueur
- Snowshot Absolut(R) Citron Vodka, Lemon Sherbet, Lemon Juice
- Absinthe Drip Absinthe, Granulated Sugar
- Admiral Rye Whiskey, Dry Vermouth, Lemon Juice
- Bacardi Special Bacardi(R) Superior Rum, Gin, Lime Juice
- Bloody Biker Vodka, V8(R) Spicy Hot Juice, Lea & Perrins(R) Worcestershire Sauce
- Boxcar Gin, Triple Sec Liqueur, Lemon Juice
- Brandy Buck Brandy, Ginger Ale, Lemon Juice
- Breakfast Eggnog Apricot Brandy, Triple Sec Liqueur, Milk
- Bridesmaid Cooler Gin, Lemon Juice, Sugar Syrup
- Buenos Noches Tequila Blanco, Banana Liqueur, Lemon Juice
- Canario Pisco, Mandarin Juice, Pineapple Syrup
- Cape Brenton Slide Irish Cream Liqueur, Drambuie(R) Liqueur
- Champagne Charlie Charles Heidsieck(R) Champagne, Apricot Brandy
- Chocolate Almond Amaretto Liqueur, Crème de Cacao Brun Liqueur, Irish Cream Liqueur
- Chocolate Covered Raspberry Chambord(R) Black Raspberry Liqueur, Crème de Cacao Brun Liqueur
- Chum Sloe Gin, Sweet Vermouth
- Cool Cucumber Bénédictine(R) Herbal Liqueur, Lemon Juice, Champagne
- Copper Cocktail Light Rum, Campari(R) Bitter, Green Chartreuse Liqueur
- Crow's Nest Gin, Sweet Sherry
- Cutty Collins Cutty Sark(R) Scotch Whisky, Lemon Juice, Granulated Sugar
- Dark 'n Stormy Gosling's(R) Black Seal Rum, Ginger Beer
- D'Artagnan Armagnac, Grand Marnier(R) Orange Liqueur, Orange Juice
- Dolores Spanish Brandy, Cherry Liqueur, Crème de Cacao Brun Liqueur
- Elephant Gun Whiskey, Pineapple Juice, Lemon Juice
- Fare Thee Well Gin, Dry Vermouth, Sweet Vermouth
- Guttersnipe Finlandia(R) Lime Vodka, Cointreau(R) Orange Liqueur, Kerns(R) Guava Juice
- Haymaker Maker's Mark(R) Bourbon Whiskey, Triple Sec Liqueur, Dry Vermouth
- Highball Whiskey, Ginger Ale
- Hot Butter Scotch Toddy Famous Grouse(R) Scotch Whisky, Unsalted Butter, Brown Sugar
- Hot Rum Toddy Rum, Granulated Sugar, Water
- Kenai Campfire Baileys(R) Original Irish Cream, Butterscotch Schnapps, Canadian Whisky
- Kentucky Classic Kentucky Bourbon Whiskey, Ale-8-One(R) Soda
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.
