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.
All 2429 recipes
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- G4 Amaretto Liqueur, Irish Cream Liqueur
- German Beauty Vodka, Mixed Berry Juice, Lemon Juice
- Gin and Juice Gin, Grapefruit Juice, Orange Juice
- Grand Occasion Light Rum, Grand Marnier(R) Orange Liqueur, Crème de Cacao Blanc Liqueur
- Harlem Cocktail Gin, Pineapple Juice, Maraschino Cherry Liqueur
- Hashi Bashi Gin, Campari(R) Bitter, Schweppes(R) Russchian Water
- Havana Cocktail Light Rum, Pineapple Juice, Lemon Juice
- Ink Street Rye Whiskey, Lemon Juice, Orange Juice
- Island Breeze Light Rum, Pineapple Juice, Cranberry Juice
- Joburg Light Rum, Dubonnet(R) Blanc, Orange Bitters
- Joliet Jake Gin, Apple Brandy, Sweet Vermouth
- King James II Scotch, Tawny Port, Dry Vermouth
- Lemon Squash Lemon Juice, Sugar Syrup, Soda Water
- Lucky Double Lemon, Triple Sec Liqueur, Absolut(R) Mandrin Vodka
- Moll Flanders Cocktail Gin, Sloe Gin, Dry Vermouth
- National Cocktail Rum, Apricot Brandy, Pineapple Juice
- Ovaltini Stoli(R) Vanil Vodka, Crème de Cacao Blanc Liqueur, Ovaltine(R) Cocoa
- Root Beer Fizz Gin, Lemon Juice, Caster Sugar
- Spanish Guitar Sweet Sherry, Dry Vermouth, Cherry Vodka
- Stanley Steamer Tia Maria(R) Coffee Liqueur, Carolans(R) Irish Cream, Rémy Martin(R) Cognac
- Strike's On Oude Genever, Lemon Juice, Pineapple Syrup
- The Party Girl Cranberry Juice, Chambord(R) Black Raspberry Liqueur, Absolut(R) Kurant Vodka
- Toasted Almond Amaretto Liqueur, Kahlúa(R) Coffee Liqueur, Light Cream
- Lockness Monster Vodka, Pickle Juice
- Pear Martini Stoli(R) Vodka, Pear Liqueur
- Tea Toddy Earl Grey Tea, Granulated Sugar, Baileys(R) Original Irish Cream
- B & B Stinger B&B(R) Liqueur, Crème de Menthe Blanche Liqueur
- Bluebeard #2 Vodka, Blueberry Brandy
- St-Oh Man Wyborowa(R) Vodka, St-Germain(R) Elderflower Liqueur, Lime
- Antibes Gin, Bénédictine(R) Herbal Liqueur, Grapefruit Juice
- Asbury Park Brandy, Apple Brandy, Sweet Vermouth
- AWOL Amaretto Liqueur, Scotch, Orange Curaçao Liqueur
- Balmoral Scotch, Sweet Vermouth, Dry Vermouth
- Black Stripe Cold Dark Rum, Molasses, Honey
- Canadian and Campari Canadian Whisky, Campari(R) Bitter, Dry Vermouth
- Columbia Cocktail Brandy, Sweet Vermouth, Lemon Juice
- Columbus Cocktail Aged Rum, Apricot Brandy, Lime Juice
- Corkscrew Light Rum, Peach Schnapps, Dry Vermouth
- D.O.M. Cocktail Gin, Orange Juice, Bénédictine(R) Herbal Liqueur
- Dusty Dog Vodka, Crème de Cassis Liqueur, Lemon Juice
- Fans Cocktail Scotch, Cointreau(R) Orange Liqueur, Grapefruit Juice
- Flapjack Shooter Sweet Sherry, Bourbon, Whipping Cream
- German Band Steinhaeger(R) Gin, Blackberry Liqueur, Underberg(R) Bitters
- Girl Scout Peppermint Schnapps, Crème de Cacao Brun Liqueur, Baileys(R) Original Irish Cream
- Heat of the Heart Finlandia(R) Vodka, Crème de Cassis Liqueur, Dry Vermouth
- Joel Stoli(R) Strasberi Vodka, Marie Brizard(R) Crème de Fraise Des Bois Liqueur, Strawberry Puree
- Journalist Cocktail Sweet Vermouth, Dry Vermouth, Gin
- Lamb Brothers Dark Rum, Crème de Cassis Liqueur, Pineapple 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.
