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.
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What a second bottle opens up.
All 2429 recipes
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- Trilby Cocktail Sweet Vermouth, Bourbon, Orange Bitters
- Vixen Frangelico(R) Hazelnut Liqueur, Grenadine, Kahlúa(R) Coffee Liqueur
- Yale Cocktail Dry Vermouth, Gin, Blue Curaçao Liqueur
- T-52 Kahlúa(R) Coffee Liqueur, Tequila Rose(R) Cream Liqueur, Grand Marnier(R) Orange Liqueur
- Blue Champagne Vodka, Lemon Juice, Triple Sec Liqueur
- Brainstorm Scotch, Bénédictine(R) Herbal Liqueur, Sweet Vermouth
- Burnt Martini London Dry Gin, Scotch
- Cape Codder Vodka, Cranberry Juice
- Cassis Screwdriver Vodka, Orange Juice, Crème de Cassis Liqueur
- Martini (Sweet) Gin, Sweet Vermouth
- Seaboard Blended Whiskey, Gin, Lemon Juice
- Tequonic Tequila, Lemon Juice, Tonic Water
- Abracadabra White Rum, Mandarin Juice, Grapefruit Juice
- Apricot Cocktail Gin, Apricot Liqueur, Lemon Juice
- Brantini Brandy, Dry Vermouth, Gin
- Broken Heart Martini Absolut(R) Kurant Vodka, Godiva(R) Chocolate Liqueur, Hershey's(R) Cocoa
- Captain's Colada Captain Morgan(R) Original Spiced Rum, Pineapple Juice, Coconut Cream
- Caribou Martini Stoli(R) Kafya Vodka, Champagne
- Chocolate Squirrel Amaretto Liqueur, Frangelico(R) Hazelnut Liqueur, Crème de Cacao Brun Liqueur
- Cock-A-Bendy Scotch, Rosso Vermouth, Campari(R) Bitter
- Danish Martini Aquavit, Dry Vermouth
- Depth Bomb Apple Brandy, Brandy, Lemon Juice
- Diplomat Dry Vermouth, Sweet Vermouth, Maraschino Cherry Liqueur
- Doctor Cocktail Swedish Punsch, Lime Juice, Jamaican Dark Rum
- Dubonnet Cocktail Dubonnet(R) Rouge, Gin, Aromatic Bitters
- Flamingo Cocktail Apricot Brandy, Gin, Lime Juice
- French Rose Cocktail Gin, Dry Vermouth, Cherry Brandy
- Gin And It Gin, Sweet Vermouth
- Honolulu Lulu Gin, Bénédictine(R) Herbal Liqueur, Maraschino Cherry Liqueur
- Major Tom Vodka, Cointreau(R) Orange Liqueur, Kirschwasser
- Midnight Caip Sagatiba(R) Pura Cachaça, Lime, Granulated Sugar
- Nude Ell Cocktail Bombay Sapphire(R) Gin, Cognac, Dubonnet(R) Rouge
- Op Smash Lemon, Simple Syrup, Maraschino Cherry Liqueur
- Pineapple Rum Cassis Light Rum, Pineapple Juice, Crème de Cassis Liqueur
- Pink Squirrel Crème de Noyaux Liqueur, Crème de Cacao Blanc Liqueur, Light Cream
- Piper At Arms Scotch, Dry Vermouth
- Reform Cocktail Dry Sherry, Dry Vermouth, Orange Bitters
- Rum Daisy Dark Rum, Lemon Juice, Caster Sugar
- Rye Club Cocktail Old Potrero(R) Rye Whiskey, Orange Curaçao Liqueur, Orange Bitters
- Shanghai Cocktail Jamaican Light Rum, Anisette Liqueur, Grenadine
- Sloppy Joe's Cocktail No. 2 Brandy, Triple Sec Liqueur, Port
- Smiler Cocktail Dry Vermouth, Sweet Vermouth, Gin
- Spymaster Vodka, Crème de Banane Liqueur, Lemon Juice
- Steamboat Vodka, Kahlúa(R) Coffee Liqueur, Whipped Cream
- The Dorothy Silver Rum, Orange Juice, Pineapple Juice
- The Drink Without a Name Vodka, Cointreau(R) Orange Liqueur, Chartreuse(R) Yellow Liqueur
- Tree Frog Lime Vodka, Maui(R) Blue Hawaiian Schnapps, Grapefruit Juice
- Whip Cocktail Sweet Vermouth, Dry Vermouth, Brandy
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.
