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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- Czarina Vodka, Apricot Brandy, French Vermouth
- Delta Cocktail Scotch, Southern Comfort(R), Lime Juice
- Dempsey Cocktail Apple Brandy, Gin, Anise
- Dundee Cocktail Gin, Scotch, Drambuie(R) Liqueur
- Eat My Martini Honey Vodka, Amontillado Sherry
- Extremeno Kiwi Syrup, Batida de Coco Liqueur, Marie Brizard(R) Crème de Mûre Liqueur
- Flying Dutchman Gin, Triple Sec Liqueur
- Full Moon Amaretto Liqueur, Grand Marnier(R) Orange Liqueur
- Gin-berry Tanqueray(R) 10 Gin, Crème de Mûre Liqueur, Crème de Framboise Liqueur
- Golden Apple Cider Goldschläger(R) Cinnamon Schnapps, Apple Cider
- Golden Russian Vodka, Galliano(R) Herbal Liqueur, Lime Juice
- Green Frothy Monkey Melon Liqueur, Triple Sec Liqueur, Coconut Rum
- Handball Cooler Vodka, Orange Juice, Soda Water
- Hot Brandy Toddy Brandy, Granulated Sugar, Water
- Joumbaba Tequila, Grapefruit Juice, Tonic Water
- Lolita Tequila, Lime Juice, Honey
- Newbury Cocktail Gin, Sweet Vermouth, Triple Sec Liqueur
- Red Russian Vodka, Heering(R) Cherry Liqueur
- Santiago Cocktail Light Rum, Grenadine, Lime Juice
- Scooter Brandy, Amaretto Liqueur, Light Cream
- Sherman Tank Blended Whiskey, B&B(R) Liqueur, Lemon Juice
- Warm Woolly Sheep Scotch, Drambuie(R) Liqueur, Milk
- Wembly Cocktail Gin, Dry Vermouth, Apricot Brandy
- Whiskey Sling Blended Whiskey, Lemon Juice, Caster Sugar
- Big Red Cocktail Sweet Vermouth, Dry Vermouth, Sloe Gin
- Caroli Gin, Apricot Brandy, Orange Bitters
- Coco Martini Bacardi(R) Coconut Rum, Kahlúa(R) Coffee Liqueur, Crème de Cacao Brun Liqueur
- Evil Spell #2 Canadian Club(R) Whisky, Maple Syrup, Apple Juice
- Mystery Date Gin, Sweet Vermouth, Grenadine
- Orange Delight Orange Vodka, Cointreau(R) Orange Liqueur, Orange Juice
- Perfect Classic Manhattan Knob Creek(R) Bourbon Whiskey, Martini & Rossi(R) Rosso Vermouth, Angostura(R) Bitters
- Perfect Manhattan Blended Whiskey, Sweet Vermouth, Dry Vermouth
- Applejack Rum Rickey Laird's(R) Applejack Brandy, Dark Rum, Soda Water
- Aussie Beach Blond Bacardi(R) Superior Rum, Cointreau(R) Orange Liqueur, Granulated Sugar
- Bahia Breeze Jose Cuervo(R) Especial Gold Tequila, Pineapple Juice, Cranberry Juice
- Barbara Vodka, Crème de Cacao Brun Liqueur, Cream
- Basic Bill Aged Rum, Dubonnet(R) Rouge, Grand Marnier(R) Orange Liqueur
- Black Tequila Mozart(R) Black Chocolate Liqueur, Tequila Blanco, Triple Sec Liqueur
- Block and Fall Cognac, Cointreau(R) Orange Liqueur, Calvados
- Buddha's Hand Hangar One(R) Buddha's Hand Vodka, Chartreuse(R) Yellow Liqueur, Lemon Juice
- Canadian Blackberry Canadian Whisky, Blackberry Brandy, Orange Juice
- Caribbean Kiss Dark Rum, Amaretto Liqueur, Kahlúa(R) Coffee Liqueur
- Cherry Repair Kit Amaretto Liqueur, Crème de Cacao Blanc Liqueur, Half & Half
- Chili Marnier Grand Marnier(R) Orange Liqueur, Lime, Brown Sugar
- Colony Room Cocktail Ricard(R) Pastis, Gin, Noilly Prat(R) Extra Dry Vermouth
- Commando Cocktail Bourbon, Triple Sec Liqueur, Pernod(R)
- Cornell Cocktail Gin, Lemon Juice, Maraschino Cherry Liqueur
- Fontainebleau Special Brandy, Anisette Liqueur, Dry Vermouth
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.
