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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- Killer Rita Whaler's(R) Killer Coconut Rum, Triple Sec Liqueur, Pineapple Juice
- Maiden's Blush Gin, Triple Sec Liqueur, Cherry Brandy
- Major Bailey Gin, Lemon Juice, Lime Juice
- Merry Widow #2 Vodka, Dubonnet(R) Rouge, Dry Vermouth
- Midori Sour Midori(R) Melon Liqueur, Sour Mix
- Parisian Blond Cocktail Rum, Orange Curaçao Liqueur, Heavy Cream
- Punch a la Washington Hotel Dark Rum, White Rum, Passion Fruit Syrup
- Rose Cocktail (French) Gin, Dry Vermouth, Cherry Liqueur
- Royal Cocktail Gin, Lemon Juice, Confectioners' Sugar
- Ruby In The Rough Gin, Cherry Liqueur, Sweet Vermouth
- Rye Sling Rye Whiskey, Heering(R) Cherry Liqueur, Lemon Juice
- Sangrita Jose Cuervo(R) Tequila, Clamato(R) Juice, Tabasco(R) Sauce
- Savoy Affair Champagne, Peach Brandy, Strawberry Liqueur
- Stork Club Cocktail Gin, Triple Sec Liqueur, Lime Juice
- Tequila Fizz Tequila, Lemon Juice, Grenadine
- Third-Rail Cocktail Light Rum, Brandy, Apple Brandy
- Tropical Dawn Gin, Campari(R) Bitter, Orange Juice
- Cafe De Paris Cocktail Gin, Anise, Light Cream
- Chambord Kiss Baileys(R) Original Irish Cream, Chambord(R) Black Raspberry Liqueur
- Smart Christine Gin, Bénédictine(R) Herbal Liqueur, Orange Juice
- Absolut Redhead Absolut(R) Peppar Vodka, Grenadine, Lime Juice
- Alabama Brandy, White Curaçao Liqueur, Lime Juice
- Apple Brandy Sour Apple Brandy, Confectioners' Sugar, Lemon Juice
- Bacchus Brandy, Apricot Brandy, Lime Juice
- Baked Apple Cinnamon Liqueur, Hornsby's Draft(R) Cider
- Big Dipper Pusser's(R) Rum, Brandy, Lime Juice
- Black Santa Vodka, Kahlúa(R) Coffee Liqueur, Peppermint Schnapps
- Boston Cooler White Rum, Lemon Juice, Confectioners' Sugar
- Bushranger Light Rum, Dubonnet(R) Rouge, Aromatic Bitters
- Cadiz Blackberry Brandy, Sweet Sherry, Triple Sec Liqueur
- Caribbean Champagne White Rum, Crème de Banane Liqueur, Champagne
- Cherrylicious Cherry Wine, Absolut(R) Vanilia Vodka, Kirschwasser
- Chicago Cocktail Brandy, Aromatic Bitters, Triple Sec Liqueur
- Choker Scotch, Pernod(R), Aromatic Bitters
- Du Barry Cocktail Gin, Dry Vermouth, Anise
- El Borak Tequila Reposado, Apple Schnapps, Apple Juice
- Fair and Warmer Cocktail White Rum, Sweet Vermouth, Triple Sec Liqueur
- Frozen Pineapple Daiquiri Light Rum, Pineapple, Lime Juice
- Galway Gray Vodka, Crème de Cacao Blanc Liqueur, Cointreau(R) Orange Liqueur
- Golden Dawn Apple Brandy, Apricot Brandy, Gin
- Golden Oldie Dark Rum, Crème de Banane Liqueur, Pineapple Juice
- Green Beetle Brandy, Gin, Lemon Juice
- Hamlet Vodka, Campari(R) Bitter, Orange Juice
- Hoffman House Martini Gin, Dry Vermouth, Orange Bitters
- Hotflash Sloe Gin, Apricot Brandy, Lemon Juice
- Mcclelland Cocktail Sloe Gin, Triple Sec Liqueur, Orange Bitters
- Monk's Rope Coffee Coffee, Frangelico(R) Hazelnut Liqueur, Crème de Cacao Brun Liqueur
- Nelson's Blood Champagne, Tawny Port
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.
