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.
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- Melzinho Honey, Cachaça
- Nirvana Gin, Cherry Liqueur, Pernod(R)
- Oakland Cocktail Vodka, Dry Vermouth, Orange Juice
- Papaya Sling Gin, Lime Juice, Papaya Juice
- Purple Haze Vodka, Chambord(R) Black Raspberry Liqueur, 7Up(R)
- Wolf's Lair Brandy, Peach Schnapps, Bärenjäger(R) Honey Liqueur
- Ball-Peen Hammer Rock & Rye(R) Liqueur, Vodka, Lemon Juice
- Beige Blindfold Brandy, Gin, Triple Sec Liqueur
- Belgian Brownie Jenever, Cognac, Chocolate Liqueur
- Frozen Strawberry-Rhubarb Daiq... 151 Proof Rum, Lime Juice, Strawberry Rhubarb Juice
- Green Bay Gin, Green Chartreuse Liqueur, Chartreuse(R) Yellow Liqueur
- Happy Honey Cocktail Brandy, Grapefruit Juice, Honey
- I.B.U. Cognac, Orange Juice, Apricot Brandy
- Midori Pearl Diver Malibu(R) Coconut Rum, Midori(R) Melon Liqueur, Pineapple Juice
- Radler Beer, 7Up(R)
- Superfly Gin, Lime Juice, Ginger Ale
- Tovarich Cocktail Vodka, Kümmel Liqueur, Lime Juice
- Tropical Lust Sloe Gin, Absolut(R) Vodka, Pineapple Juice
- Windjammer Disaronno(R) Amaretto Liqueur, Pineapple Juice, Orange Juice
- Alabama Fizz Lemon Juice, Confectioners' Sugar, Gin
- Bermuda Bloom Apricot Brandy, Gin, Triple Sec Liqueur
- Black Feather Brandy, Dry Vermouth, Cointreau(R) Orange Liqueur
- Bombay Cocktail Dry Vermouth, Sweet Vermouth, Brandy
- Brandy Daisy Brandy, Lemon Juice, Caster Sugar
- Brandy Rickey Brandy, Lime Juice, Soda Water
- Canadian Apple Canadian Whisky, Apple Brandy, Lemon Juice
- Canadian Ceasar Vodka, Clam Juice, Tomato Juice
- Chocolate Bomb Kahlúa(R) Coffee Liqueur, Malibu(R) Coconut Rum, Chocolate Milk
- Chrysanthemum Cocktail Dry Vermouth, Bénédictine(R) Herbal Liqueur, Pernod(R)
- Chuhai Shochu, Soda Water, Lemon Juice
- Compadre Tequila, Maraschino Cherry Liqueur, Grenadine
- Crimean Cocktail Dry White Wine, Cointreau(R) Orange Liqueur, Soda Water
- Davis Cocktail Light Rum, Dry Vermouth, Lime Juice
- Dunlop Light Rum, Sherry, Angostura(R) Bitters
- El Presidente Cocktail #1 Light Rum, Grenadine, Pineapple Juice
- Embassy Cocktail Brandy, Cointreau(R) Orange Liqueur, Appleton Estate(R) Dark Jamaican Rum
- Fernet with Coke Fernet Branca(R), Coca-Cola(R)
- Fifty-Fifty Gin, Dry Vermouth
- Fizzy Fuzzy Navel Peach Schnapps, Orange Juice, Champagne
- Fox Trot Light Rum, Lemon Juice, Curaçao Liqueur
- Genie Martini Gordon's(R) Gin, Martini & Rossi(R) Bianco Vermouth
- Gent Of The Jury Gin, Dry Vermouth
- Gold Miner Bacardi(R) Superior Rum, Cognac, Cointreau(R) Orange Liqueur
- Green Dragon Kümmel Liqueur, Crème de Menthe Verte Liqueur, Gin
- Jim Beam and Ginger Jim Beam(R) Bourbon Whiskey, Ginger Ale
- Joan Miro Dubonnet(R) Rouge, Grand Marnier(R) Orange Liqueur, Scotch
- Kyoto Beefeater(R) London Dry Gin, Lemon Juice, Monin(R) Passion Fruit Syrup
- Lemon Highlander Limoncello Liqueur, Scotch, Drambuie(R) 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.
