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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- Major Bradbury Canadian Whisky, Grand Marnier(R) Orange Liqueur, Dry Vermouth
- Orchid Cocktail Gin, Crème de Violette Liqueur, Egg
- Ritchie Ritchie Aged Rum, Crème de Cacao Brun Liqueur, Crème de Cacao Blanc Liqueur
- Skip And Go Naked Gin, Sour Mix, Beer
- Special Rough Cocktail Brandy, Apple Brandy, Anisette Liqueur
- Stanley Senior Light Rum, Grapefruit Juice, Cranberry Liqueur
- Stuffy in a Suit Vodka, Lillet(R) Blanc, Cointreau(R) Orange Liqueur
- Sue Riding High Dark Rum, Crème de Cacao Brun Liqueur, Hot Chocolate
- Thanksgiving Cocktail Wild Turkey(R) Bourbon Whiskey, Laird's(R) Applejack Brandy, Rose's(R) Lime Juice
- Vodka And Tonic Vodka, Tonic Water
- Xeres Cocktail Dry Sherry, Orange Bitters
- 1800 Pomerania 1800(R) Blanco Tequila, Pama(R) Pomegranate Liqueur, Pineapple Juice
- Axelrod's Sweet Concoction Amaretto Liqueur, Peach Schnapps, Dry Vermouth
- Orchid Blackberry Brandy, Crème de Cacao Blanc Liqueur, Cream
- Jolly Rancher Jello Shots DeKuyper(R) Pucker(R) Sour Apple Liqueur, Jell-O(R) Green Apple, Water
- La Stephanique Gin, Triple Sec Liqueur, Sweet Vermouth
- Parma Nova Vodka, Parma Violet Liqueur, Kwai Feh(R) Lychee Liqueur
- Amber Dream London Dry Gin, French Vermouth, Chartreuse(R) Yellow Liqueur
- Apricots And Cream Baileys(R) Original Irish Cream, Apricot Brandy
- Arago Cognac, Crème de Banane Liqueur, Whipping Cream
- Attaboy Gin, Dry Vermouth, Grenadine
- Blue Blazer Whisky, Water
- Chocolate Chip Crème de Cacao Blanc Liqueur, Crème de Cacao Brun Liqueur, Irish Cream Liqueur
- Church Lady Martini Gin, Dry Vermouth, Orange Juice
- Claremont Angostura(R) Bitters, Orange Curaçao Liqueur, Oranges
- Cossack Charge Stoli(R) Vodka, Cognac, Cherry Brandy
- Cubano Lime Juice, Cointreau(R) Orange Liqueur, Jamaican Gold Rum
- Danny's Special Whiskey, Cointreau(R) Orange Liqueur, Grand Marnier(R) Orange Liqueur
- Fjord Aquavit, Brandy, Grenadine
- Guinness Punch Guinness(R) Stout, Sweetened Condensed Milk, Cinnamon
- Hara Kiwi Kiwi Liqueur, Canadian Whisky, Lemon Juice
- Harry's Cocktail Mint Leaves, Sweet Vermouth, Absinthe
- Hop Toad Apricot Liqueur, Light Rum, Lime Juice
- Hot Daring Dylan Tequila, Kahlúa(R) Coffee Liqueur, Mexican Hot Chocolate
- Irish Charlie Irish Cream Liqueur, Crème de Cacao Blanc Liqueur
- Jacqueline Cocktail Triple Sec Liqueur, Dark Rum, Lime Juice
- Jamaican Cocktail Dark Rum, Coffee Liqueur, Lime Juice
- Karsk Coffee, 190 Proof Neutral Grain Spirit
- Killer Bee Jägermeister(R), Bärenjäger(R) Honey Liqueur
- Lawhill Cocktail Blended Whiskey, Dry Vermouth, Anise
- Loch Lomond Scotch, Drambuie(R) Liqueur, Dry Vermouth
- Madison Avenue Cocktail White Rum, Cointreau(R) Orange Liqueur, Lime Juice
- Ojen Cocktail Ojen(R) Anise Liqueur, Peychaud's(R) Bitters, Granulated Sugar
- Orange Blossom Gin, Orange Juice, Caster Sugar
- Red Eye Beer, Vodka, Tomato Juice
- Rosita Tequila, Dry Vermouth, Sweet Vermouth
- Saxon Cocktail Light Rum, Grenadine, Lime Juice
- Ten More Minutes Frozen Blueberries, Frozen Raspberries, Banana
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.
