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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- Jeremy Perkins Bushmills(R) Irish Whiskey, Irish Mist(R) Herbal Liqueur, Sweet Vermouth
- KCB Gin, Apricot Brandy, Kirschwasser
- Key Punch Dark Rum, Sugar Syrup, Lime Juice
- Little Beer Licor 43(R) Liqueur, Cream
- Miami Beach Cocktail Dry Vermouth, Scotch, Grapefruit Juice
- Monte Carlo Imperial Gin, Crème de Menthe Blanche Liqueur, Lemon Juice
- Pineapple Cocktail #2 Pineapple, Vodka, Honey
- R.A.F. Cocktail Laird's(R) Applejack Brandy, Apricot Brandy, Lemon Juice
- Southern Comfort Sour Southern Comfort(R), Sour Mix
- Southwest Cooler Cranberry Juice, Pineapple Juice, Prickly Pear Liqueur
- Union Jack Cocktail Gin, Sloe Gin, Grenadine
- Pear Margarita Canned Bartlett Pear, Tequila Blanco, Rose's(R) Triple Sec
- Christmas Cheer Eggnog, Peppermint Schnapps
- Dixie Cocktail Dry Vermouth, Gin, Anise
- Gumbys' Ruby Red White Rum, Ruby Grapefruit Juice, Pineapple Juice
- Kalamazoo Vodka, Sprite(R), Pineapple Juice
- Mint Martini Gin, Crème de Menthe Blanche Liqueur
- Moulin Rouge Sloe Gin, Sweet Vermouth, Angostura(R) Bitters
- 1800 Agave Nectar Squeeze 1800(R) Blanco Tequila, Agavero(R) Tequila Liqueur, Lime
- After Dinner Cocktail Apricot Brandy, Triple Sec Liqueur, Lime Juice
- Applejack Collins Laird's(R) Applejack Brandy, Lemon Juice, Caster Sugar
- Bakunin Stoli(R) Ohranj Vodka, Grand Marnier(R) Orange Liqueur, Orange Juice
- Ballet Russe Cocktail Vodka, Crème de Cassis Liqueur, Lime Juice
- Biffy Cocktail Gin, Swedish Punsch, Lemon Juice
- Black Rose Grenadine, Peychaud's(R) Bitters, Bourbon
- Blood Orange Blast Smirnoff(R) Vodka, Cointreau(R) Orange Liqueur, Blood Orange Juice
- Bloody Mariana Vodka, V8(R) Vegetable Juice, Lime Juice
- Boston Sour Blended Whiskey, Lemon Juice, Confectioners' Sugar
- Brandied Madeira Brandy, Dry Vermouth, Madeira
- Bunueloni Punt e Mes(R) Vermouth, White Vermouth, Gin
- Campari Cocktail Campari(R) Bitter, Vodka, Angostura(R) Bitters
- Canada Cocktail Canadian Whisky, Cointreau(R) Orange Liqueur, Angostura(R) Bitters
- Cessna Gin, Dubonnet(R) Blanc, Maraschino Cherry Liqueur
- Dalton Jim Beam(R) Bourbon Whiskey, Drambuie(R) Liqueur
- Dirty Irish Whiskey Baileys(R) Original Irish Cream, Jameson(R) Irish Whiskey
- Dune Buggy Vodka, Cherry Brandy, Lime Juice
- French 95 Bourbon, Simple Syrup, Lemon Juice
- Grand Slam Swedish Punsch, Dry Vermouth, Sweet Vermouth
- Grappa Strega Grappa Brandy, Liquore Strega(R), Lemon Juice
- Guiseppi 'tini Grey Goose(R) Vodka, Cointreau(R) Orange Liqueur, Angostura(R) Bitters
- Hard Case Cognac, Crème de Cassis Liqueur, Lemon Juice
- Jager Tonic Jägermeister(R), Tonic Water
- Jockey Club Gin, Amaretto Liqueur, Triple Sec Liqueur
- Josephine Cognac, Irish Mist(R) Herbal Liqueur
- Kerry-Jo Champagne, Cherry Brandy
- Key West Song Captain Morgan(R) Silver Rum, Coconut Cream, Orange Juice
- Magique Dry Vermouth, Gin, Crème de Cassis Liqueur
- Midnight Cowboy Bourbon, Dark Rum, Heavy Cream
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.
