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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- Drew's Peartini Pear Vodka, Absolut(R) Vodka, Tuaca(R) Liqueur
- Dubliner Irish Whiskey, Irish Mist(R) Herbal Liqueur, Light Whipped Cream
- Executive Sunrise Tequila Reposado, Orange Juice, Crème de Cassis Liqueur
- Golden Slipper Apricot Brandy, Chartreuse(R) Yellow Liqueur
- Horse's Neck Cognac, Ginger Ale, Angostura(R) Bitters
- Hunter Cocktail Rye Whiskey, Cherry Brandy
- In and Out Martini Dry Vermouth, Gin
- Jewel Of The Nile Gin, Green Chartreuse Liqueur, Chartreuse(R) Yellow Liqueur
- Kentucky Mint Crème de Cacao Blanc Liqueur, Crème de Menthe Blanche Liqueur, Blended Whiskey
- Landed Gentry Dark Rum, Tia Maria(R) Coffee Liqueur, Heavy Cream
- Linstead Cocktail Blended Whiskey, Pineapple Juice, Granulated Sugar
- London Fog Gin, Pernod(R)
- Louisville Cooler Bourbon, Orange Juice, Lime Juice
- Monastery Cocktail Coffee, Bénédictine(R) Herbal Liqueur, Heavy Cream
- Rye & Ginger Rye Whiskey, Ginger Ale
- Shady Lady Melon Liqueur, Tequila, Grapefruit Juice
- Socrates Canadian Whisky, Apricot Brandy, Cointreau(R) Orange Liqueur
- The Green One Vodka, Crème de Banane Liqueur, Blue Curaçao Liqueur
- Two-by-Four Upper Ten(R) Scotch, Southern Comfort(R), Angostura(R) Bitters
- Apple Sharlotka Zubrowka(R) Vodka, Apple Juice
- B&B Brandy, Bénédictine(R) Herbal Liqueur
- Cadalac Margarita Sauza(R) Tequila, Grand Marnier(R) Orange Liqueur, Sour Mix
- Fuzzy Martini Absolut(R) Vodka, Peach Schnapps
- Mel's Summersault Vodka, Crème de Cassis Liqueur, Midori(R) Melon Liqueur
- Rob Roy Scotch, Sweet Vermouth, Angostura(R) Bitters
- Amaretto Freeze Amaretto Liqueur, Vanilla Ice Cream
- Banana Russian Stoli(R) Vanil Vodka, Crème de Banane Liqueur, Half & Half
- Baron Cocktail Dry Vermouth, Sweet Vermouth, Triple Sec Liqueur
- Blinder Scotch, Grapefruit Juice, Grenadine
- Bonny Prince Scotch, Dry Vermouth, Drambuie(R) Liqueur
- Bordij Bordeaux Wine, Cognac, Crème de Cassis Liqueur
- Bourbonella Bourbon, Dry Vermouth, Orange Curaçao Liqueur
- Brooklynite Jamaican Dark Rum, Honey, Lime Juice
- Brown Cocktail Light Rum, Gin, Dry Vermouth
- Bull's Eye Brandy, Hard Cider, Ginger Ale
- Cafe Mazatlan Dark Rum, Kahlúa(R) Coffee Liqueur, Coffee
- Cara Sposa Dry Orange Curaçao Liqueur, Kahlúa(R) Coffee Liqueur, Whipping Cream
- Caribbean Splash Coconut Rum, Peach Schnapps, Banana
- Colibri Orange Juice, White Rum, Dark Rum
- Cuff and Buttons Southern Comfort(R), Sweet Vermouth, Lime Juice
- Doralto Tequila, Lemon Juice, Caster Sugar
- Fjellfinn Lakka Liqueur, Vodka
- Gale At Sea Vodka, Dry Vermouth, Galliano(R) Herbal Liqueur
- Hello Nurse Vodka, Amaretto Liqueur, Cream
- Huntress Cocktail Bourbon, Cherry Liqueur, Triple Sec Liqueur
- Joyce of Hillhouse Sweet Vermouth, Scotch, Aromatic Bitters
- Kentucky Kernel Bourbon, Apricot Brandy, Grapefruit Juice
- Madeira M'Dear Madeira, Brandy, Dry Vermouth
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.
