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.
Add one more bottle
What a second bottle opens up.
All 2429 recipes
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- Silk Stockings Tequila, Crème de Cacao Brun Liqueur, Grenadine
- Stranger-In-Town Light Rum, Sweet Vermouth, Calvados
- The King Of Denmark Sambuca, Grenadine
- Tower Topped Canadian Whisky, Grand Marnier(R) Orange Liqueur, Light Cream
- True Trixie Campari(R) Bitter, Dry Vermouth, Cointreau(R) Orange Liqueur
- Ultimate Blue Frozen Margarita Tequila, Blue Curaçao Liqueur, Lime Juice
- Vernon's Grog Dark Rum, Water, Demerara Sugar
- Wilfred's Weather Dry Vermouth, Gin, Ricard(R) Pastis
- Gala Margarita Tequila, Gran Gala(R) Orange Liqueur, Rose's(R) Lime Juice
- Apricot Crowfoot Apricot Brandy, Gin, Lemon Juice
- Blastula Triple Sec Liqueur, Scotch, Cream
- Blue Colada Blue Curaçao Liqueur, Light Rum, Coconut Cream
- B & P Tawny Port, Brandy
- Cherie Cherry Liqueur, Light Rum, Triple Sec Liqueur
- Cranberry Caipirinha Aquavit, Granulated Sugar, Water
- Drambuie Cider Drambuie(R) Liqueur, Apple Cider
- Naked Pretzel Vodka, Melon Liqueur, Crème de Cassis Liqueur
- Rakomelo Greek Raki, Honey, Cinnamon Stick
- Bahia Pineapple Juice, Coconut Cream, White Rum
- Barbican Scotch, Drambuie(R) Liqueur, Passion Fruit Juice
- Blushing Bride Peach Schnapps, Champagne, Grenadine
- Bullshot #4 Vodka, Beef Bouillon, Lemon Juice
- Champagne Cooler Brandy, Triple Sec Liqueur, Champagne
- Chocolate Honeybee Godiva(R) Chocolate Liqueur, Bärenjäger(R) Honey Liqueur
- Cream Samba Brandy, Coconut Liqueur, Ice Cream
- Doublemint Mint Schnapps, Coffee, Whipped Cream
- East India Cocktail #1 Brandy, Jamaican Rum, Triple Sec Liqueur
- El Presidente Cocktail #2 Dark Rum, Sweet Vermouth, Grenadine
- Festival Cocktail Apricot Brandy, Crème de Cacao Brun Liqueur, Heavy Cream
- Fireworks Champagne, Gin, Tangerine Schnapps
- Frankenjack Cocktail Gin, Dry Vermouth, Apricot Brandy
- Frost Bite Absolut(R) Vodka, Icewine
- Fruit Rum Frappe Light Rum, Crème de Banane Liqueur, Crème de Cassis Liqueur
- Gin Cup Gin, Sugar Syrup, Lemon Juice
- Gummy Bear Absolut(R) Vodka, Raspberry Schnapps, Cranberry Juice
- Habana Libre Dark Rum, White Rum, Grenadine
- Holland Martini Jenever, Vermouth
- Hot Brick Toddy Whiskey, Water, Cinnamon
- Hurlyburly Absolut(R) Citron Vodka, Cointreau(R) Orange Liqueur, Sour Mix
- La Carre Vodka, Dry Vermouth, Kümmel Liqueur
- Lady Evelyn Dry Vermouth, Gin, Cointreau(R) Orange Liqueur
- L'Aunisien Champagne, Campari(R) Bitter, Pineau Des Charentes White
- Missile Rider Vodka, Chartreuse(R) Yellow Liqueur, Pernod(R)
- Rebel Rouser Rebel Yell(R) Bourbon, Crème de Banane Liqueur, Campari(R) Bitter
- Royale St-Germain(R) Elderflower Liqueur, Hangar One(R) Kaffir Lime Vodka, Lime Juice
- Sailing By Crème de Myrtille Liqueur, White Rum, LBV Port
- Scotch Sour Scotch, Lime Juice, Confectioners' Sugar
- Sherry Cocktail Fino Sherry, Maraschino Cherry Liqueur, Absinthe
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.
