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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- Yin Martini Sake, Gin
- Apple Dubonnet Apple Brandy, Dubonnet(R) Rouge
- Apple Rum Cooler Apple Brandy, Aged Rum, Ginger Ale
- Aquarius Scotch, Cherry Brandy, Cranberry Juice
- Bingo Hammer(R) Vodka, Mandarine Napoléon(R) Liqueur, Apricot Syrup
- Blackberry Punch Rum, Blackberry Liqueur, Confectioners' Sugar
- Black Cactus Sauza(R) Tequila, Blackberry Brandy, Soda Water
- Blueberry Tea Amaretto Liqueur, Grand Marnier(R) Orange Liqueur, Orange Pekoe Tea
- Blue Monday Vodka, Cointreau(R) Orange Liqueur, Blue Curaçao Liqueur
- Bourbon Black Hawk Bourbon, Sloe Gin
- Bull and Bear Bourbon, Orange Curaçao Liqueur, Lime Juice
- Carl Johan Tanqueray(R) Gin, Pisang Ambon(R) Liqueur, Monin(R) Lime Concentrate
- Celtic Twilight Bushmills(R) Irish Whiskey, Baileys(R) Original Irish Cream, Frangelico(R) Hazelnut Liqueur
- Champagne Tropicale Mango Puree, Champagne, Maraschino Cherry Liqueur
- Cherry Cream Rum Dark Rum, Cherry Brandy, Cream
- Cherry Hill Brandy, Cherry Brandy, Triple Sec Liqueur
- Creamy Orange Brandy, Cream Sherry, Orange Juice
- Deep Blue Absolut(R) Vodka, Bols(R) Blue Curaçao Liqueur, Champagne
- Dirty Mother Brandy, Kahlúa(R) Coffee Liqueur
- Edith Day Cocktail London Dry Gin, Grapefruit Juice, Egg
- Fat Friar Bénédictine(R) Herbal Liqueur, Apple Brandy, Triple Sec Liqueur
- Finlandia Coffee Finlandia(R) Vodka, Lapponia(R) Lakka Liqueur, Coffee
- Futurity Sloe Gin, Sweet Vermouth, Angostura(R) Bitters
- Hilgert Cocktail Dry Vermouth, Gin, Maraschino Cherry Liqueur
- Homestead Cocktail Gin, Sweet Vermouth
- Hoopla Brandy, Cointreau(R) Orange Liqueur, Lillet(R) Blanc
- Jamaican Rum Cocktail Jamaican Dark Rum, Lime Juice, Granulated Sugar
- Judge Jr. Rum, Gin, Grenadine
- Key Lime Pie Licor 43(R) Liqueur, Vodka, Rose's(R) Lime Juice
- New York Cocktail Canadian Whisky, Lime Juice, Sugar Syrup
- Pink Lady Gin, Grenadine, Light Cream
- Prince of Wales Cognac, Bénédictine(R) Herbal Liqueur, Angostura(R) Bitters
- Saoco White Rum, Coconut Milk
- Spencer Cocktail Apricot Brandy, Gin, Orange Juice
- Wild Irish Rose Irish Whiskey, Lemon Juice, Grenadine
- Jack the Ripper Crown Royal(R) Canadian Whisky, Butterscotch Schnapps
- Continental Light Rum, Crème de Menthe Verte Liqueur, Lime Juice
- Kahlua Toreador Brandy, Kahlúa(R) Coffee Liqueur, Egg
- Lassi - A South Indian Drink Plain Yogurt, Water, Ground Roasted Cumin Seed
- MC Martini Zubrowka(R) Vodka, Chambord(R) Black Raspberry Liqueur, Apple Schnapps
- Tequila Surprise Tequila, Tabasco(R) Sauce
- Apollo 1 Apple Brandy, Cointreau(R) Orange Liqueur, Pimm's(R)
- Archbishop Gin, Green Ginger Wine, Bénédictine(R) Herbal Liqueur
- Baltimore Bracer Brandy, Anisette Liqueur, Egg Whites
- Bernardo Gin, Triple Sec Liqueur, Lemon Juice
- Berry Buster Absolut(R) Kurant Vodka, Chambord(R) Black Raspberry Liqueur, Cranberry Juice
- Black Murder Brandy, Dark Rum, Black Sambuca
- Canadian Black Canadian Whisky, Blackberry Brandy, Lemon Juice
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.
