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.
Add one more bottle
What a second bottle opens up.
All 2429 recipes
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- Velvet Kilt Scotch, Butterscotch Schnapps
- Visitor's Treat Gin, Cointreau(R) Orange Liqueur, Crème de Banane Liqueur
- Vodka Sour Vodka, Sugar Syrup, Lemon Juice
- Partida Margarita Lime Juice, Partida(R) Agave Nectar, Water
- Stiletto Amaretto Liqueur, Blended Whiskey, Lemon Juice
- Banana Cantaloupe Smoothie Cantaloupe Juice, Banana
- Caribbean Martini Stoli(R) Vanil Vodka, Malibu(R) Coconut Rum, Pineapple Juice
- Hot M.M.M. Dark Rum, Tia Maria(R) Coffee Liqueur, Milk
- Kiddie Cocktail Lemon-Lime Soda, Grenadine
- Mexican Mountie Tequila, Yukon Jack(R) Liqueur
- Pickled Mountie Whiskey, Grand Marnier(R) Orange Liqueur, Angostura(R) Bitters
- Snyder Dry Vermouth, Gin, Triple Sec Liqueur
- Angel's Tip Crème de Cacao Brun Liqueur, Heavy Cream
- Apple Pie Light Rum, Sweet Vermouth, Laird's(R) Applejack Brandy
- Banana Bliss Brandy, Banana Liqueur
- Banff Cocktail Canadian Whisky, Grand Marnier(R) Orange Liqueur, Kirschwasser
- Beach Haus Black Haus(R) Blackberry Schnapps, Captain Morgan(R) Silver Rum, Pineapple Juice
- Cable Car Captain Morgan(R) Original Spiced Rum, Orange Curaçao Liqueur, Sour Mix
- Champagne Martini Champagne, Cointreau(R) Orange Liqueur
- Copper Rivet Brandy, Triple Sec Liqueur, Dry Vermouth
- Cosmotequila Casa Noble(R) Reposado Tequila, Cointreau(R) Orange Liqueur, Lime Juice
- Czar Vodka, Grand Marnier(R) Orange Liqueur, Sparkling White Wine
- Dawa Granulated Sugar, Vodka, Lime
- Dressed Up Like A Dogs Dinner Brandy, Laird's(R) Applejack Brandy, Sweet Vermouth
- Florida Cocktail Gin, Kirschwasser, Triple Sec Liqueur
- Florida Punch Dark Rum, Cognac, Grapefruit Juice
- Froupe Cocktail Sweet Vermouth, Brandy, Bénédictine(R) Herbal Liqueur
- Frozen Forest Berries Crème de Cassis Liqueur, Bacardi(R) Raspberry Rum, Crème de Fraise Liqueur
- Garlic Martini Tanqueray(R) Gin, Martini & Rossi(R) Extra Dry Vermouth, Garlic-Stuffed Olive Juice
- Gun Barrel Absolut(R) Kurant Vodka, Triple Sec Liqueur, Cranberry Juice
- Happy New Year Brandy, Ruby Port, Orange Juice
- Irish Quaalude Vodka, Frangelico(R) Hazelnut Liqueur, Crème de Cacao Blanc Liqueur
- Jamaica Sunday Jamaican Dark Rum, Honey, Lime Juice
- Jeyplak Cocktail Gin, Sweet Vermouth, Anise
- Leave It To Me Gin, Raspberry Syrup, Lemon Juice
- Malibu Bay Breeze Malibu(R) Coconut Rum, Cranberry Juice, Pineapple Juice
- Moon Quake Shake Coffee Brandy, Dark Rum, Lemon Juice
- Mostly Mal Aged Rum, Dry Vermouth, Triple Sec Liqueur
- Nevins Bourbon, Apricot Brandy, Grapefruit Juice
- Pineau Martini Pineau Des Charentes Red, Gin
- Quentin Dark Rum, Kahlúa(R) Coffee Liqueur, Light Cream
- Raspberry Blush Dark Rum, Dry Vermouth, Lime Juice
- Rock-and-Rye Toddy Rock & Rye(R) Liqueur, Angostura(R) Bitters, Lemon
- Saketini Gin, Sake
- Salt and Pepper Martini Vermouth, Absolut(R) Peppar Vodka
- Silver King Cocktail Gin, Lemon Juice, Confectioners' Sugar
- Strip and Go Naked Beer, Lemonade Concentrate, Vodka
- Tweetie Bird Light Rum, Lime Juice, Galliano(R) Herbal 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.
