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.
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What a second bottle opens up.
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- Cruiser Cocktail Coconut Rum, Orange Juice, Pineapple Juice
- Dragonfly Gin, Ginger Ale
- Hell Hole Scotch, Peach Schnapps, Dry Vermouth
- Highland Fling Cocktail Scotch, Sweet Vermouth, Orange Bitters
- Hot Benefactor Jamaican Dark Rum, Red Wine, Water
- Julius Special Jamaican Dark Rum, Cointreau(R) Orange Liqueur, Lime Juice
- K.G.B. Cocktail Gin, Kümmel Liqueur, Apricot Brandy
- Man Of The Moment Scotch, Grand Marnier(R) Orange Liqueur, Lemon Juice
- Network Special Coffee Brandy, Light Rum, 151 Proof Rum
- New Orleans Buck Light Rum, Orange Juice, Lemon Juice
- Polar Bear Crème de Cacao Brun Liqueur, Peppermint Schnapps
- Sapphire Ricky Bombay Sapphire(R) Gin, Lime Juice, Simple Syrup
- Sloe Gin Cocktail Sloe Gin, Dry Vermouth, Orange Bitters
- The Velvet Kilt Scotch, Butterscotch Schnapps
- Union Appletini Phillips Union(R) Whiskey, Cranberry Juice, Sour Apple Liqueur
- Virgin Mary Tomato Juice, Lemon Juice, Worcestershire Sauce
- Waborita Tequila, Cointreau(R) Orange Liqueur, Lime Juice
- Betty Paige Vermouth, Gin, Cherry Liqueur
- Black Metal Whiskey, Dark Rum, Coffee Liqueur
- Boomerang Martini Gin, Dry Vermouth, Angostura(R) Bitters
- Martini #3 Gin, Dry Vermouth
- Pretty Martini Vodka, Grand Marnier(R) Orange Liqueur, Amaretto Liqueur
- Shellshock Beer, Clamato(R) Juice, Salt
- A1 Cocktail Gin, Grand Marnier(R) Orange Liqueur, Lemon Juice
- Apricot-Mango Martini Mango, Tanqueray(R) Gin, Apricot Brandy
- Banana Cookie Baileys(R) Original Irish Cream, Mendis(R) Clear Coconut Brandy, Crème de Cacao Brun Liqueur
- Bermuda Cocktail Gin, Peach Brandy, Grenadine
- Berta's Special Tequila, Honey, Orange Bitters
- Blackjack #2 Brandy, Kirschwasser, Coffee
- Bon Bini Rum, Curaçao Liqueur, Pineapple Juice
- Bourbon Collins Bourbon, Lemon Juice, Sugar Syrup
- Buttafuoco Tequila Blanco, Galliano(R) Herbal Liqueur, Cherry Liqueur
- Charleston Cocktail Mandarine Napoléon(R) Liqueur, Cherry Brandy, Lemonade
- Chelsea Cocktail Dry Vermouth, Bourbon, Blackberry Brandy
- Colonial Cocktail Gin, Grapefruit Juice, Maraschino Cherry Liqueur
- Crushed Orange Absolut(R) Mandrin Vodka, Rose's(R) Sweetened Lime Juice, Cointreau(R) Orange Liqueur
- Delmonico Gin, Brandy, Sweet Vermouth
- El Floridita Light Rum, Lime Juice, Sweet Vermouth
- Embassy Royal Bourbon, Drambuie(R) Liqueur, Sweet Vermouth
- Fallen Angel Gin, Crème de Menthe Blanche Liqueur, Lemon Juice
- Fox And Hounds Bourbon, Pernod(R), Lemon Juice
- Frozen Aquavit Aquavit, Kirschwasser, Lime Juice
- Frozen Matador Tequila, Pineapple Juice, Lime Juice
- Gardenia Gin, Pineapple Juice, Cream
- Green Dragon Cocktail Champagne, Midori(R) Melon Liqueur
- Hole-In-One Scotch, Vermouth, Lemon Juice
- Hot Rum Chocolate Dark Rum, Hot Chocolate, Whipped Cream
- Jamaican Crow Light Rum, Soda Water, Grenadine
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.
