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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- Southern Bride Gin, Grapefruit Juice, Maraschino Cherry Liqueur
- Tango Cocktail Sweet Vermouth, Dry Vermouth, Gin
- The Better Fuzzy Navel Peach Schnapps, Peach Juice, Ginger Ale
- Ti-Punch White Rum, Sugar Syrup
- Torridora Cocktail Light Rum, 151 Proof Rum, Coffee Brandy
- Vermouth Cassis Dry Vermouth, Crème de Cassis Liqueur, Carbonated Water
- After Dark Kahlúa(R) Coffee Liqueur, Baileys(R) Original Irish Cream, Licor 43(R) Liqueur
- Candy Cane Shot Peppermint Schnapps, Rumple Minze(R) Peppermint Schnapps, Cream
- East Indian Dry Sherry, Dry Vermouth, White Vermouth
- Guillotine Shot Bénédictine(R) Herbal Liqueur, Lemon Juice, Gin
- Half & Half Harp(R) Lager, Guinness(R) Stout
- Oyama Gin, Sake, Triple Sec Liqueur
- Pomopolitan Vodka, Cointreau(R) Orange Liqueur, Lime Juice
- The Other Half Triple Sec Liqueur, Amaretto Liqueur, Bacardi(R) 151 Rum
- Arch de Triumph Calvados, Lemon Juice, Granulated Sugar
- Astoria Gin, Dry Vermouth, Orange Bitters
- Bleeker Lillet(R) Blanc, Triple Sec Liqueur, Vodka
- Campari Orange Campari(R) Bitter, Orange Juice
- Cherry Kiss Gin, Maraschino Cherry Liqueur, Pineapple Juice
- Claridge Cocktail Dry Vermouth, Gin, Apricot Brandy
- Coffee Keokee Brandy, Kahlúa(R) Coffee Liqueur, Coffee
- Destefano Rum, Heering(R) Cherry Liqueur, Ruby Red Grapefruit Juice
- Dodge Special Gin, Cointreau(R) Orange Liqueur, Grape Juice
- Durango Tequila, Grapefruit Juice, Orgeat Syrup
- Empire Glory Rye Whiskey, Ginger Wine, Lemon Juice
- Fantasio Cocktail Brandy, Dry Vermouth, Crème de Menthe Blanche Liqueur
- Fifth Avenue Crème de Cacao Brun Liqueur, Apricot Brandy, Light Cream
- Fox River Cocktail Blended Whiskey, Crème de Cacao Brun Liqueur, Aromatic Bitters
- Friday White Rum, Mango Syrup, Mango
- Hearty Susan Blended Whiskey, Cherry Brandy
- Hotel Sandra Tequila, Cointreau(R) Orange Liqueur, Orange Juice
- Hot Mon Scotch, Sweet Vermouth, Bénédictine(R) Herbal Liqueur
- Kahlua and Cream Kahlúa(R) Coffee Liqueur, Cream
- Kangaroo Vodka, Vermouth
- Katinka Vodka, Apricot Brandy, Lime Juice
- Mikado Brandy, Triple Sec Liqueur, Crème de Noyaux Liqueur
- Millionare's Coffee Baileys(R) Original Irish Cream, Kahlúa(R) Coffee Liqueur, Frangelico(R) Hazelnut Liqueur
- Moulin Rouge Cocktail Sloe Gin, Sweet Vermouth, Aromatic Bitters
- Poinsettia Grand Marnier(R) Orange Liqueur, Cranberry Juice, Champagne
- Poor Man's Bloody Beer, Tomato Juice, Tabasco(R) Sauce
- Roger Swims a Mile Drambuie(R) Liqueur, Blended Whiskey, Dry Vermouth
- Rum Collins Light Rum, Lime Juice, Confectioners' Sugar
- Rum Fix Light Rum, Lemon Juice, Confectioners' Sugar
- Screaming Viking Vodka, Dry Vermouth, Lime Juice
- Seven and Seven Seagram's(R) 7 Crown Whisky, 7Up(R)
- Sorrento Cafe Limoncello Liqueur, Grand Marnier(R) Orange Liqueur, Coffee
- Special Tequini Tequila Reposado, Cointreau(R) Orange Liqueur
- Spring Feeling Cocktail Gin, Green Chartreuse Liqueur, Lemon Juice
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.
