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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- Berrytini Blackcurrant Vodka, Raspberry Liqueur
- Byrrh Special Byrrh(R) Grand Quinquina, Gin
- Citronella Cooler Lemon Vodka, Lemonade, Cranberry Juice
- Drive Away Dark Rum, Amaretto Liqueur, Orange Juice
- Huntsman Cocktail Vodka, Jamaican Dark Rum, Lime Juice
- Lynna's Gingerbread Man Absolut(R) Vanilia Vodka, Jamaican Ginger Beer
- Martini #2 Gin, Dry Vermouth
- M&M Frangelico(R) Hazelnut Liqueur, Crème de Cacao Brun Liqueur
- Orange Scented Hot Chocolate Milk, Dark Chocolate, Orange Peel
- Soviet Vodka, Amontillado Sherry, Dry Vermouth
- After Supper Cocktail Triple Sec Liqueur, Apricot Brandy, Lemon Juice
- Artists' Special Scotch, Sweet Sherry, Grenadine
- Blood Orange Martini Orange Vodka, Campari(R) Bitter, Orange Juice
- Bloody Mary #3 Pepper Vodka, V8(R) Vegetable Juice
- Booster Brandy, White Curaçao Liqueur, Egg
- Brazil Cocktail Dry Sherry, Dry Vermouth, Anise
- Bulldog Cocktail Cherry Liqueur, Gin, Lime Juice
- Chocolate Monk Frangelico(R) Hazelnut Liqueur, Kahlúa(R) Coffee Liqueur, Baileys(R) Original Irish Cream
- Chocolatier Cake Crème de Cacao Brun Liqueur, Brandy, Heavy Cream
- Cinnamon Toast Spiced Rum, Apple Cider
- Classic Cocktail Brandy, Curaçao Liqueur, Maraschino Cherry Liqueur
- Cuban Cocktail Light Rum, Lime Juice, Confectioners' Sugar
- Flor de Mayo Pampero(R) Anniversario Rum, Qi White Tea(R) Liqueur, Lime Juice
- Gadzooks Dry Vermouth, Apricot Brandy, Gin
- Gasper Gin, Apricot Brandy
- Gaugin Light Rum, Lemon Juice, Lime Juice
- Good Old Days Champagne, Old Krupnik(R) Honey Liqueur
- Javahopper Coffee Brandy, Crème de Menthe Blanche Liqueur, Cream
- Jock Collins Scotch, Lemon Juice, Caster Sugar
- Jolly Good Zen Zen(R) Green Tea Liqueur, Hendrick(R) Gin, Marmalade
- Nineteenth Hole Gin, Dry Vermouth, Sweet Vermouth
- Olympic Brandy, Triple Sec Liqueur, Orange Juice
- Patton Martini Gin, Dry Vermouth, Olive Juice
- Rattlesnake Cocktail Blended Whiskey, Lemon Juice, Anise
- Stars Fell on Alabama Orange Juice, Malibu(R) Coconut Rum, Peach Schnapps
- Tropical Spiced Tea Captain Morgan(R) Original Spiced Rum, Iced Tea, Lemon Juice
- Vendome Dubonnet(R) Rouge, Gin, Dry Vermouth
- Xanthia Cocktail Cherry Brandy, Gin, Chartreuse(R) Yellow Liqueur
- Apple Berry Smoothie Mixed Berries, Apple
- Earthquake Cocktail Gin, Bourbon, Deva(R) Absinthe
- Gotland Summer Night Gin, Cointreau(R) Orange Liqueur, Orange Juice
- Liquid Love Vodka, Amaretto Liqueur, Pineapple Juice
- Rum Milk Punch Light Rum, Milk, Confectioners' Sugar
- Swedish Fish Black Haus(R) Blackberry Schnapps, Triple Sec Liqueur, Cranberry Juice
- Will Herring Spiced Rum, Lemonade
- YIP! Jose Cuervo(R) Tequila, Soda Water
- Angel Face Gin, Apricot Brandy, Calvados
- Angry Irishman Baileys(R) Original Irish Cream, Irish Whiskey
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.
