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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- Whiskey Flip Blended Whiskey, Light Cream, Confectioners' Sugar
- Zorbatini Stoli(R) Vodka, Ouzo
- Apple Martini Absolut(R) Vodka, DeKuyper(R) Pucker(R) Sour Apple Liqueur, Apple Juice
- Boulevardier Blended Bourbon Whiskey, Campari(R) Bitter, Cinzano(R) Rosso Vermouth
- Cabernet Cobbler Cabernet Sauvignon Wine, Lemon Juice, Caster Sugar
- Polo Cocktail Gin, Lemon Juice, Orange Juice
- Black Baltimore Brandy, Black Sambuca, Egg Whites
- Blinker Cocktail Rye Whiskey, Grapefruit Juice, Grenadine
- Caruso Blanco Gin, Dry Vermouth, Crème de Menthe Blanche Liqueur
- Clove Cocktail Sweet Vermouth, Sloe Gin, Muscatel Wine
- Colada Collision Light Rum, Coconut Cream, Pineapple Juice
- Cosmalize Alizé(R) Gold Passion Liqueur, Citrus Vodka, Cranberry Juice
- Czar's Cup Stoli(R) Strasberi Vodka, Maraschino Cherry Liqueur, Brut French Champagne
- Delmonico #2 Dry Vermouth, Sweet Vermouth, Brandy
- Father Sherman Brandy, Apricot Brandy, Orange Juice
- Fraises Fizz Gin, Strawberry Liqueur, Lemon Juice
- Friar Tuck Frangelico(R) Hazelnut Liqueur, Crème de Cacao Brun Liqueur, Cream
- Ginger Kiss Chambord(R) Black Raspberry Liqueur, Stone's(R) Ginger Wine, Strawberry
- Havana Club Light Rum, Dry Vermouth
- Havana Special White Rum, Maraschino Cherry Liqueur, Pineapple Juice
- Hot Brandy Flip Brandy, Nutmeg, Egg
- Hoya Gin, Ginger Ale, Orange Juice
- La Cafe Stoli(R) Kafya Vodka, Marie Brizard(R) Royale Chocolate Liqueur, Half & Half
- Maestro Aged Rum, Cream Sherry, Lime Juice
- Niagara Falls Finlandia(R) Vodka, Mandarine Napoléon(R) Liqueur, Lemon Juice
- Old Etonian Gin, Lillet(R) Blanc, Orange Bitters
- Opera Cocktail Dubonnet(R) Rouge, Gin, Maraschino Cherry Liqueur
- Orange Buck Gin, Orange Juice, Lime Juice
- Pall Mall Cocktail Gin, Sweet Vermouth, Dry Vermouth
- Persimon Below Persimmon Juice, 42 Below(R) Vodka, Lemon Juice
- Pink Top Gin, Grand Marnier(R) Orange Liqueur, Lemon Juice
- Prohibition Cocktail Plymouth(R) Gin, Lillet(R) Blanc, Apricot Brandy
- Purple Cactus Tequila Reposado, Sweet Sherry, Passion Fruit Juice
- Rolls-Royce Gin, Sweet Vermouth, Dry Vermouth
- Royal Hot Chocolate Chambord(R) Black Raspberry Liqueur, Crème de Cacao Brun Liqueur, Hot Chocolate
- Separator Kahlúa(R) Coffee Liqueur, Brandy, Milk
- Shark Bite Captain Morgan(R) Original Spiced Rum, Light Rum, Blue Curaçao Liqueur
- Strongarm Blended Whiskey, Cointreau(R) Orange Liqueur, Lemon Juice
- Suffering Bastard Cognac, Gin, Lime Juice
- Topaz Scotch, Butterscotch Schnapps, Galliano(R) Herbal Liqueur
- Upper Cut Irish Whiskey, Espresso, Coffee
- Van Vleet Light Rum, Maple Syrup, Lemon Juice
- Brown Bomber Peanut Liqueur, Crème de Cacao Blanc Liqueur, Light Cream
- Bull's Blood Rum, Orange Curaçao Liqueur, Spanish Brandy
- B.V.D. Gin, Rum, Dry Vermouth
- Caribbean Blue Jello Shots Light Rum, Jell-O(R) Berry Blue, Water
- Hummer Coffee Liqueur, Light Rum, Vanilla Ice Cream
- Kalimotxo Red Wine, Coca-Cola(R)
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.
