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.
Start here
The ones worth knowing before the rest.
Add one more bottle
What a second bottle opens up.
All 2429 recipes
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- Billy Taylor Gin, Lime Juice, Carbonated Water
- Bitter Bikini Campari(R) Bitter, Triple Sec Liqueur, Dry Vermouth
- Blue Denim Bourbon, Blue Curaçao Liqueur, Dry Vermouth
- Bourbon Sour Bourbon, Lemon Juice, Caster Sugar
- Brandy Alexander #3 Brandy, Crème de Cacao Blanc Liqueur, Heavy Cream
- Brandy Benedictine Cream Brandy, Bénédictine(R) Herbal Liqueur, Cream
- Brandy Blazer Granulated Sugar, Brandy, Orange
- Brandy Old Fashion (Pressed) Old-Fashioned Cocktail Mix, E&J(R) Brandy, 7Up(R)
- Cabaret Martini Gin, Dubonnet(R) Rouge, Angostura(R) Bitters
- Cat's Eye Bombay Sapphire(R) Gin, Green Chartreuse Liqueur, Dry Vermouth
- Charger Dark Rum, Cherry Brandy, Lemon Juice
- Cherry Rum Light Rum, Cherry Liqueur, Light Cream
- Clara Beer, 7Up(R)
- Coffin Nail Amaretto Liqueur, Drambuie(R) Liqueur, Scotch
- Cognac and Soda Cognac, Soda Water
- Douglas Martini Stoli(R) Vodka, Dry Vermouth
- Gloom Chaser Curaçao Liqueur, Grand Marnier(R) Orange Liqueur, Grenadine
- Haleakala Martini Absolut(R) Vodka, Chambord(R) Black Raspberry Liqueur, Pineapple Juice
- Hi Ho Cocktail Gin, White Port, Orange Bitters
- Hocus Pocus Gin, Cointreau(R) Orange Liqueur, Lemon Juice
- Lady Madonna Dubonnet(R) Rouge, Dry Vermouth
- Maracuja Martini Smirnoff(R) Maracuja Vodka, Marie Brizard(R) Apple Liqueur, Lime Juice
- Marlene Dietrich Canadian Whisky, Orange Curaçao Liqueur, Angostura(R) Bitters
- Maurice Cocktail Gin, Dry Vermouth, Sweet Vermouth
- Peach Sangaree Peach Brandy, Soda Water, Port
- Perroquet Pernod(R), Mint Syrup, Water
- Pineapple Buganda Pineapples, Brown Sugar, Light Cream
- Pomegranate Martini Citrus Vodka, Lemon Juice, Pomegranate Juice
- Savannah Gin, Crème de Cacao Blanc Liqueur, Orange Juice
- Sonny Gets Kissed Light Rum, Apricot Brandy, Lime Juice
- Tampico Cointreau(R) Orange Liqueur, Campari(R) Bitter, Lemon Juice
- Tattooed Love Goddess Absolut(R) Vodka, Dr. McGillicuddy's(R) Vanilla Liqueur, Godiva(R) Chocolate Liqueur
- The C. Rice Dreamsicle Vanille Royale(R) Cream Liqueur, Absolut(R) Vanilia Vodka, Coca-Cola(R) Cherry
- The Marv Alberts Baileys(R) Original Irish Cream, Southern Comfort(R), Butterscotch Schnapps
- T N T Cocktail Cognac, Cointreau(R) Orange Liqueur, Aromatic Bitters
- White Lily Cocktail Light Rum, Gin, Triple Sec Liqueur
- Cayman Sunset Light Rum, Piña Colada Mix, Pineapple Juice
- New Orleans Salty Dog Grapefruit Juice, Vodka
- Slacker's Slammer Vodka, Root Beer Schnapps, Root Beer
- Three-Miler Cocktail Light Rum, Brandy, Lemon Juice
- Y2K shot Kahlúa(R) Coffee Liqueur, Yukon Jack(R) Liqueur
- Banana Bird Bourbon, Crème de Banane Liqueur, Triple Sec Liqueur
- Beadlestone Cocktail Dry Vermouth, Scotch
- Bulls Eye Beer, Tomato Juice
- Chambord Martini Chambord(R) Black Raspberry Liqueur, Gin
- Chinatown Lychee Wine, Gin, Kirschwasser
- Chippy Casadores(R) Bianco Tequila, Raynal(R) French Brandy, Lime Juice
- Deep Dark Secret Dark Rum, Aged Rum, Kahlúa(R) Coffee 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.
