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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- Blue Lagoon Vodka, Blue Curaçao Liqueur, Lemonade
- Grape Flip Milk, Grape Juice, Egg Yolk
- Za Za Gin, Dubonnet(R) Rouge, Angostura(R) Bitters
- Alexander's Sister Gin, Crème de Menthe Verte Liqueur, Heavy Cream
- Creamsicle Dream Malibu(R) Coconut Rum, Vanilla Frozen Yoghurt, Orange Juice
- Limbo Light Rum, Banana Liqueur, Orange Juice
- Red Rudolph Orange Curaçao Liqueur, Cinnamon Liqueur, Vodka
- After Five Kahlúa(R) Coffee Liqueur, Peppermint Schnapps, Baileys(R) Original Irish Cream
- Aperol '86 Aperol(R) Aperitivo, Cointreau(R) Orange Liqueur, Dry Vermouth
- Apple Toddy Roasted Apple, Caster Sugar, Laird's(R) Applejack Brandy
- Arise My Love Champagne, Crème de Menthe Verte Liqueur
- Blackhawk Vodka, Crème de Mûre Liqueur, Lime Juice
- Boardwalk Vodka, Dry Vermouth, Maraschino Cherry Liqueur
- Caruso Gin, Dry Vermouth, Crème de Menthe Verte Liqueur
- Changuirongo Tequila Blanco, Ginger Ale
- Chris Crush Blue Curaçao Liqueur, Martini & Rossi(R) Bianco Vermouth, Gin
- Crazy Finn Finlandia(R) Vodka, Dry Sherry, Cointreau(R) Orange Liqueur
- Daily Double C Rum, Italian Vermouth
- Doctor Dawson Tequila, Lemon Juice, Caster Sugar
- Gangplank Vodka, Raspberry Liqueur, Campari(R) Bitter
- Maeek Johnnie Walker(R) Red Label, Campari(R) Bitter, Orange Juice
- Montezuma Tequila, Madeira, Egg Yolk
- Orange Tiger Tequila, Grand Marnier(R) Orange Liqueur, Orange Juice
- Peppertini Stoli(R) Pertsovka Vodka, Dry Vermouth
- Petticoat Lane Gin, Sweet Vermouth, Campari(R) Bitter
- Quebec Cocktail Canadian Whisky, Dry Vermouth, Amer Picon(R) Bitter Orange Liqueur
- Sand-Grown-Un Dark Rum, Sweet Vermouth, Cherry Brandy
- Snicker Frangelico(R) Hazelnut Liqueur, Baileys(R) Original Irish Cream, Crème de Cacao Brun Liqueur
- Southern Gin Cocktail Gin, Triple Sec Liqueur, Orange Bitters
- Speaker of the House Canadian Whisky, Ginger Wine, Cherry Brandy
- Whiskey Fizz Blended Whiskey, Lemon Juice, Simple Syrup
- Lasky Cocktail Gin, Grape Juice, Swedish Punsch
- Port Side Cognac, LBV Port, Blackberry Brandy
- Tempter Cocktail Apricot Brandy, Port
- Batida Mango Cachaça, Mango, Granulated Sugar
- Batiste Myers's(R) Original Dark Rum, Cointreau(R) Orange Liqueur
- Bloody Beer Beer, Clamato(R) Juice, Tabasco(R) Sauce
- Canal Street Daisy Scotch, Orange Juice, Lemon Juice
- Cape Cod Vodka, Cranberry Juice
- Captain's Coffee Captain Morgan(R) Original Spiced Rum, Kahlúa(R) Coffee Liqueur, Herbal Bitters
- Charles's Nightcap Armagnac, Pear Liqueur
- Eclipse Sloe Gin, Gin, Grenadine
- Florida Gin, Kirschwasser, Triple Sec Liqueur
- Geraldine Canadian Whisky, Chartreuse(R) Yellow Liqueur, Dubonnet(R) Rouge
- Green with Envy Coconut Rum, Blue Curaçao Liqueur, Pineapple Juice
- High Jamaican Wind Jamaican Dark Rum, Kahlúa(R) Coffee Liqueur, Cream
- Howell Says So Dark Rum, Triple Sec Liqueur, Amaretto Liqueur
- Joy-To-The-World Aged Rum, Bourbon, Crème de Cacao Brun Liqueur
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.
