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.
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The ones worth knowing before the rest.
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What a second bottle opens up.
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- Chocolate Punch Cognac, Ruby Port, Crème de Cacao Brun Liqueur
- Creamsicle Vanilla Liqueur, Orange Juice, Milk
- Dance With A Dream Cocktail Brandy, Triple Sec Liqueur, Anisette Liqueur
- Dry Brandy Manhattan Brandy, Dry Vermouth
- Even Pair Gin, Dry Vermouth, Pear Liqueur
- French Revolution Brandy, Raspberry Liqueur, Champagne
- Frisco Sour Blended Whiskey, Bénédictine(R) Herbal Liqueur, Lemon Juice
- Frozen Martini Gin, Dry Vermouth
- Gin Fix Granulated Sugar, Lemon Juice, Water
- Gin Rickey Gin, Lime Juice, Carbonated Water
- Good Morning Jamaica Dark Rum, Kahlúa(R) Coffee Liqueur, Lime Juice
- Guavaberry Royale Guavaberry(R) Liqueur, Champagne
- Hoots Mon Scotch, Lillet(R) Blanc, Sweet Vermouth
- Hot Chocolate Mint Peppermint Schnapps, Hot Chocolate, Whipped Cream
- H.P.W. Cocktail Dry Vermouth, Sweet Vermouth, Gin
- International Bar Fly Brandy, Triple Sec Liqueur, Fernet Branca(R)
- James The Second Comes First Scotch, Tawny Port, Dry Vermouth
- Jersey Lightning Sweet Vermouth, Apple Brandy, Lime Juice
- Kiwi Sparkle Champagne, Kiwi Liqueur, Kiwi Juice
- Leaning Tower Gin, Dry Vermouth, Orange Bitters
- Lillet Noyaux Gin, Lillet(R) Blanc, Crème de Noyaux Liqueur
- Night Light White Rum, Orange Curaçao Liqueur, Egg
- One Exciting Night Plymouth(R) Gin, Dry Vermouth, Rosso Vermouth
- Picon Whiskey Bourbon, Amer Picon(R) Bitter Orange Liqueur, Sugar Syrup
- Plank Walker Johnnie Walker(R) Red Label, Rosso Vermouth, Chartreuse(R) Yellow Liqueur
- Rasmopolitan Martini Cointreau(R) Orange Liqueur, Absolut(R) Raspberri Vodka, Lime Juice
- Robson Cocktail Jamaican Rum, Grenadine, Lemon Juice
- Smile Cocktail Gin, Grenadine, Lemon Juice
- Sphinx Cocktail Sweet Vermouth, Dry Vermouth, Gin
- Tiger Woods Vodka, Lemon Juice, Cranberry Juice
- Urbinos Pineau Des Charentes White, Cognac, Raspberry Liqueur
- Italian Margarita Amaretto Liqueur, Sour Mix, Jose Cuervo(R) Tequila
- Bay Breeze Stoli(R) Vodka, Cranberry Juice, Pineapple Juice
- Canadian Diamond Champagne, Grenadine
- Fernet Branca Cocktail Gin, Fernet Branca(R), Sweet Vermouth
- Green Mist Scotch, Crème de Menthe Verte Liqueur, Lemon Juice
- Abbey Cocktail Gin, Orange Bitters, Orange Juice
- Blowhole Apple Brandy, Soda Water, Lemon Juice
- Blue Bird Gin, Triple Sec Liqueur, Aromatic Bitters
- Brandy Crusta Brandy, Luxardo(R) Maraschino Liqueur, Curaçao Liqueur
- Brandy Ice Brandy, Crème de Cacao Blanc Liqueur, Vanilla Ice Cream
- Caipirissima Lime, Granulated Sugar, White Rum
- Campari Soda Campari(R) Bitter, Soda Water
- Canadian Cocktail Canadian Whisky, Triple Sec Liqueur, Aromatic Bitters
- Cancun Ceasar Mott's(R) Clamato Juice, Tequila, Hot Pepper Sauce
- Celebration #2 Cognac, Cointreau(R) Orange Liqueur, Lemon Juice
- Chocolate Banana Banshee Crème de Cacao Blanc Liqueur, Banana Liqueur, Cream
- Cinnamon Road Wild Turkey(R) Bourbon, Apfelkorn, Goldschläger(R) Cinnamon Schnapps
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.
