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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- Corniche Russian Vodka, Strawberry Juice, Caster Sugar
- Dandy Cocktail Rye Whiskey, Dubonnet(R) Rouge, Cointreau(R) Orange Liqueur
- Ferris Wheel Sambuca, Brandy
- Gege Bacardi(R) Superior Rum, Crème de Banane Liqueur, Lemon Juice
- Green Mirage Vodka, Galliano(R) Herbal Liqueur, Dry Vermouth
- Habaneros Rum, Lime Juice, Grenadine
- Hard Eight Barbancourt(R) Dark Rum, Lime Juice, Peychaud's(R) Bitters
- Hula Hoop Gin, Orange Juice, Pineapple Juice
- Island Martini Aged Rum, Dry Vermouth, Sweet Vermouth
- Judgette Cocktail Dry Vermouth, Peach Brandy, Gin
- Maktak Special Dark Rum, Cream Sherry, Lime Juice
- Nut Case Light Rum, Amaretto Liqueur, Frangelico(R) Hazelnut Liqueur
- Papaya Milk Splash Papaya, Milk, Granulated Sugar
- Patrician Gin, Sweet Vermouth, Punt e Mes(R) Vermouth
- Piggot's Preference Dry Vermouth, Southern Comfort(R), Light Rum
- Plenty O'Toole Irish Whiskey, Baileys(R) Original Irish Cream, Frangelico(R) Hazelnut Liqueur
- September Morning Light Rum, Cherry Brandy, Lime Juice
- Son Of Adam Light Rum, Apricot Brandy, Lemon Juice
- Sore Throat Gin, Cointreau(R) Orange Liqueur, Rosso Vermouth
- Tatanka Zubrowka(R) Vodka, Apple Juice
- Tempo Setter Canadian Whisky, Triple Sec Liqueur, Rosso Vermouth
- The Power of Milk Granulated Sugar, Vodka, Milk
- Thriller Scotch, Green Ginger Wine, Orange Juice
- Tobago White Rum, Gin, Lime Juice
- Van Gogh Crème de Cassis Liqueur, Absinthe, Blackberry Brandy
- Veteran Dark Rum, Cherry Brandy
- Victory Collins Vodka, Lemon Juice, Grape Juice
- Whiskey Hot Toddy Bourbon, Lemon Juice, Sugar Syrup
- Whiskey Swizzle Blended Whiskey, Aromatic Bitters, Lime Juice
- Creme De Gin Cocktail Gin, Crème de Menthe Blanche Liqueur, Lemon Juice
- Alaska Gin, Chartreuse(R) Yellow Liqueur, Orange Bitters
- Alize Martini Alizé(R) Gold Passion Liqueur, Vodka
- Bav Advocaat Liqueur, Baileys(R) Original Irish Cream, Vodka
- Cold Deck Cocktail Crème de Menthe Blanche Liqueur, Sweet Vermouth, Brandy
- Stinger Cognac, Crème de Menthe Blanche Liqueur
- Affair Strawberry Schnapps, Orange Juice, Cranberry Juice
- Applecake Licor 43(R) Liqueur, Apfelkorn, Milk
- Balanchine's Belle Dubonnet(R) Rouge, Dry Vermouth
- Bamboo Cocktail Dry Sherry, Dry Vermouth, Orange Bitters
- Bardstown Rittenhouse(R) 100 Proof Rye Whiskey, Laird's(R) Applejack Brandy, Cointreau(R) Orange Liqueur
- Blushing Barmaid Amaretto Liqueur, Campari(R) Bitter, Sparkling Lemon Soda
- Brandy Cassis Brandy, Lemon Juice, Crème de Cassis Liqueur
- Brandy Sangaree Brandy, Confectioners' Sugar, Water
- Cabaret Gin, Dry Vermouth, Bénédictine(R) Herbal Liqueur
- California Lemonade Blended Whiskey, Lemon Juice, Lime Juice
- Chinese Cocktail Jamaican Dark Rum, Triple Sec Liqueur, Maraschino Cherry Liqueur
- Crater Face Madeira, Bourbon, Crème de Banane Liqueur
- Curielle Champagne, Grand Marnier(R) Orange 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.
