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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- Clover Club Gin, Raspberry Syrup, Lemon Juice
- Cowgirl's Prayer Tequila, Lime Juice, Lemonade
- Culross Light Rum, Apricot Brandy, Lillet(R) Blanc
- Farmer Giles Gin, Dry Vermouth, Sweet Vermouth
- Holiday Cocktail Cointreau(R) Orange Liqueur, Vodka, Cranberry Juice
- Italian Surfer Pineapple Juice, Amaretto Liqueur, Malibu(R) Coconut Rum
- Manhattan Bella Knob Creek(R) Bourbon Whiskey, Dubonnet(R) Rouge, Sweet Vermouth
- Martina Mandarina Absolut(R) Mandrin Vodka, Tangerine Cranberry Juice, Grand Marnier(R) Orange Liqueur
- Monkey Tree Tequila Reposado, RumTree(R) Liqueur, Crème de Banane Liqueur
- Nantucket Cocktail Brandy, Cranberry Juice, Grapefruit Juice
- On the Square Apricot Brandy, Gin, Calvados
- Prince Rupert Blended Whiskey, Anisette Liqueur
- Remsen Cooler Gin, Carbonated Water, Confectioners' Sugar
- Rum Swizzle Rum, Carbonated Water, Lime Juice
- Tequila Collins Lemon Juice, Confectioners' Sugar, Tequila
- Well Greased Dwarf Crème de Cacao Brun Liqueur, Sambuca, Baileys(R) Original Irish Cream
- Brown Fox Bourbon, Bénédictine(R) Herbal Liqueur
- Dry Martini Gin, Dry Vermouth
- Blue Dragon Absolut(R) Mandrin Vodka, Blue Curaçao Liqueur
- French 125 Sour Mix, Brandy, Champagne
- Horse Feathers Blended Whiskey, Aromatic Bitters, Ginger Ale
- Lily Martini Absolut(R) Kurant Vodka, Absolut(R) Raspberri Vodka, Absolut(R) Vodka
- Agincourt Cocktail Sweet Vermouth, Dry Vermouth, Amaretto Liqueur
- Apple Fairy Absinthe, Apple Vodka, Sparkling Apple Juice
- Beal's Cocktail Dry Vermouth, Sweet Vermouth, Scotch
- Beergarita Jose Cuervo(R) Especial Gold Tequila, Triple Sec Liqueur, Lime Juice
- Black Witch Apricot Brandy, Dark Rum, Aged Rum
- Brandy Fix Brandy, Lemon Juice, Confectioners' Sugar
- Champagne Polonaise Champagne, Blackberry Brandy, Old Krupnik(R) Honey Liqueur
- Desert Breeze Ketel One(R) Vodka, Ocean Spray(R) Cranberry Juice, POM(R) Pomegranate Juice
- Diamond Head Gin, Apricot Brandy, Lemon Juice
- Dusty Bill Canadian Whisky, Laird's(R) Applejack Brandy, Brandy
- Fairbanks Gin, Dry Vermouth, Apricot Brandy
- Fort Lauderdale Light Rum, Sweet Vermouth, Orange Juice
- Ginger in Fashion Ginger, Blanton's(R) Single Barrel Bourbon, Caster Sugar
- Hazelnut Martini Ketel One(R) Vodka, Frangelico(R) Hazelnut Liqueur
- Honolulu Cooler Lime Juice, Southern Comfort(R), Pineapple Juice
- Hot Whiskey Irish Whiskey, Granulated Sugar, Water
- Jackhammer #3 Jack Daniel's(R) Tennessee Whiskey, Disaronno(R) Amaretto Liqueur, Lime Juice
- Jersey Devil Cranberry Juice, Apple Cider, Laird's(R) Applejack Brandy
- Jupiter Cocktail Orange Juice, Crème de Violette Liqueur, Vermouth
- Kiss the Boys Goodbye Brandy, Sloe Gin, Lemon
- Laughing at the Waves Vodka, Dry Vermouth, Campari(R) Bitter
- Nutty Buddy Martini Grey Goose(R) Vanilla Vodka, Crème de Cacao Brun Liqueur, Baileys(R) Original Irish Cream
- Parkeroo Dry Sherry, Tequila
- Red Cloud Gin, Apricot Liqueur, Lemon Juice
- Red Orange Vodka, Cinzano(R) Orancio
- Russian Cocktail Vodka, Gin, Crème de Cacao Blanc 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.
