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.
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- T.N.T. Cocktail Blended Whiskey, Anisette Liqueur
- Tod's Cooler Gin, Crème de Cassis Liqueur, Lemon Juice
- Tropical Cocktail Dry Vermouth, Crème de Cacao Blanc Liqueur, Maraschino Cherry Liqueur
- Verboten Gin, Forbidden Fruit(R) Liqueur, Lemon Juice
- Zen Sake-tini Ozeki(R) Sake, Zen(R) Green Tea Liqueur, Hangar One(R) Buddha's Hand Vodka
- Tequila Pink Tequila, Dry Vermouth, Grenadine
- Black Widow Absolut(R) Citron Vodka, Opal Nera(R) Black Sambuca
- JimPop's Margarita Tequila, Lime Juice, Grand Marnier(R) Orange Liqueur
- Little Princess Cocktail Light Rum, Sweet Vermouth
- Martian Martini Midori(R) Melon Liqueur, Gin
- Shore Breeze Light Rum, Pineapple Juice, Cranberry Juice
- The Original Singapore Sling Gin, Bénédictine(R) Herbal Liqueur, Cherry Brandy
- 1800 Pear Margarita 1800(R) Blanco Tequila, Pear Puree, Simple Syrup
- Allen Cocktail Gin, Maraschino Cherry Liqueur, Lemon Juice
- Aperitivo Gin, White Sambuca, Orange Bitters
- Banana Nut Frangelico(R) Hazelnut Liqueur, Banana Liqueur, Pineapple Juice
- Barnum Gin, Apricot Brandy, Angostura(R) Bitters
- Bent Nail Drambuie(R) Liqueur, Kirschwasser, Canadian Whisky
- Blimey Scotch, Lime Juice, Caster Sugar
- Bronx Silver Cocktail Dry Vermouth, Gin, Orange Juice
- Carl Josef Kirschwasser, Heering(R) Cherry Liqueur, Champagne
- Chocolate Banana Martini Ketel One(R) Vodka, Crème de Cacao Blanc Liqueur, 99(R) Banana Schnapps
- Coffee Flip Brandy, Port, Confectioners' Sugar
- Comforting Tiger Brandy, Southern Comfort(R), Sweet Vermouth
- Cumulus Drambuie(R) Liqueur, Tia Maria(R) Coffee Liqueur, Cream
- Delilah Bombay Sapphire(R) Gin, Cointreau(R) Orange Liqueur, Lemon Juice
- Devil's Cocktail Dry Vermouth, Port, Lemon Juice
- Dive Bomb Dark Rum, Cherry Liqueur, Lemon Juice
- Dreaming in Antalya Bacardi(R) Dark Rum, Bacardi(R) Superior Rum, Cointreau(R) Orange Liqueur
- Frozen Southern Comfort Southern Comfort(R), Maraschino Cherry Liqueur, Lime Juice
- Gin Cooler Gin, Carbonated Water, Confectioners' Sugar
- Grass Is Greener Light Rum, Crème de Menthe Verte Liqueur, Lemon Juice
- Green Tea Martini Lemon Vodka, Grand Marnier(R) Orange Liqueur, Green Tea
- Harvard Rosso Vermouth, Brandy, Angostura(R) Bitters
- Jack and Coke Jack Daniel's(R) Tennessee Whiskey, Coca-Cola(R)
- Jumping Bean Tequila, Sambuca, Coffee
- Kahlua Hot Chocolate Kahlúa(R) Coffee Liqueur, Hot Chocolate, Granulated Sugar
- Lovely Wife Vodka, Chambord(R) Black Raspberry Liqueur, Godiva(R) Chocolate Liqueur
- Lying with the Tigress Dry Vermouth, Light Rum, Rose's(R) Lime Juice
- Midnight Kiss Vodka, Champagne, Blue Curaçao Liqueur
- Pasini Express Absolut(R) Ruby Red Vodka, Martini & Rossi(R) Extra Dry Vermouth, Ground Pepper
- Passionate Rita Tequila, Passion Fruit Liqueur, Lime Juice
- Red Ruby Gin, Cherry Brandy, Dry Vermouth
- Rum Rickey Light Rum, Lime Juice, Sugar Syrup
- Smeraldo London Dry Gin, Tropical Fruit Juice, Blue Curaçao Liqueur
- Sneaky Pete Kahlúa(R) Coffee Liqueur, Rye Whiskey, Milk
- Sunshine Cocktail Gin, Sweet Vermouth, Aromatic Bitters
- Trinity Cocktail Dry Vermouth, Sweet Vermouth, Gin
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.
