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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- Licorice Twist Blackcurrant Syrup, Pernod(R), Lemonade
- Miami Cocktail White Rum, Crème de Menthe Verte Liqueur, Lemon Juice
- Neckbrace Light Rum, Triple Sec Liqueur, Orange Juice
- Pousse Rapier Champagne, Crème d'Armagnac Liqueur
- Scotch Mist Scotch
- Shark's Bite Southern Comfort(R), Cranberry Juice, Lime Juice
- Thanksgiving Pumpkin Pie Martini Stoli(R) Gold Vodka, Kajmir(R) Vanilla Liqueur, Orange Juice
- Turf Cocktail Dry Vermouth, Gin, Anise
- Absolut Summertime Absolut(R) Citron Vodka, Sour Mix, Sprite(R)
- Blue Train Gin, Cointreau(R) Orange Liqueur, Lemon Juice
- Raspberry Kamakazie Chambord(R) Black Raspberry Liqueur, Vodka, Triple Sec Liqueur
- Rum Martini Light Rum, Dry Vermouth
- Black and Fall Cognac, Calvados, Cointreau(R) Orange Liqueur
- Brandy Scaffa Brandy, Maraschino Cherry Liqueur, Angostura(R) Bitters
- Button Hook Cocktail Brandy, Apricot Brandy, Anise
- Canadian Cocoa Canadian Whisky, Dark Rum, Crème de Cacao Brun Liqueur
- Chambord and Champagne Champagne, Chambord(R) Black Raspberry Liqueur
- Colony Club Martini Gin, Pernod(R), Orange Bitters
- Creole Lady Bourbon, Madeira, Grenadine
- Dream Cocktail Brandy, Triple Sec Liqueur, Anisette Liqueur
- Dusty Rose Cherry Liqueur, Crème de Cacao Blanc Liqueur, Heavy Cream
- End of the Road Frangelico(R) Hazelnut Liqueur, Pisang Ambon(R) Liqueur, Whipping Cream
- Fraise de Champagne Champagne, Marie Brizard(R) Crème de Fraise Des Bois Liqueur, Cognac
- French Sunrise Tequila Blanco, Chambord(R) Black Raspberry Liqueur, Triple Sec Liqueur
- Frobisher Gin, Angostura(R) Bitters, Champagne
- German Chocolate Cake Malibu(R) Coconut Rum, Crème de Cacao Blanc Liqueur, Frangelico(R) Hazelnut Liqueur
- Irish Coffee (Simple) Irish Whiskey, Coffee, Granulated Sugar
- Jack Withers Gin, Dry Vermouth, Sweet Vermouth
- Jamaican Apricot Dark Rum, Apricot Brandy, Pineapple Juice
- Jocose Julep Bourbon, Crème de Menthe Verte Liqueur, Lime Juice
- Lime Vodka Collins Lime Vodka, Lemon Juice, Granulated Sugar
- Maragato Special White Rum, Dry Vermouth, Rosso Vermouth
- Monkey Wrench Light Rum, Grapefruit Juice, Aromatic Bitters
- Orancio Royal Cinzano(R) Orancio, Brut French Champagne
- Surfer on Acid Jägermeister(R), Malibu(R) Coconut Rum, Pineapple Juice
- The Leap Frog Bacardi(R) Orange Rum, Triple Sec Liqueur, Sour Mix
- The Mummy Vodka, Triple Sec Liqueur, Lemon Juice
- Toby's Special Jameson(R) Irish Whiskey, Kahlúa(R) Coffee Liqueur, Coffee
- Volcano Raspberry Liqueur, Blue Curaçao Liqueur, Champagne
- Zico Sagatiba(R) Pura Cachaça, White Rum, Papaya Juice
- Jasmine Gin, Cointreau(R) Orange Liqueur, Campari(R) Bitter
- Kamora Coffee Nut Kamora(R) Coffee Liqueur, Coffee, Whipped Cream
- Puerto Rico Breeze Rum, Crème de Noyaux Liqueur, Pineapple Juice
- Slow Gin and Tonic Gin, Sloe Gin, Lemon Juice
- Algonquin Blended Whiskey, Dry Vermouth, Pineapple Juice
- Apothecary Punt e Mes(R) Vermouth, Fernet Branca(R), Crème de Menthe Verte Liqueur
- Beautiful Hennessy(R) Cognac, Grand Marnier(R) Orange Liqueur
- Big brothers Whisky, Ginger Ale
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.
