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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- Latin Lover Tequila, Sagatiba(R) Pura Cachaça, Pineapple Juice
- Little White Lie White Rum, Lychee Wine, Lime Juice
- Mountie Canadian Whisky, Campari(R) Bitter
- Pit Cocktail Gin, Apple Brandy, Apricot Brandy
- Poor Tim Blended Whiskey, Dry Vermouth, Chambord(R) Black Raspberry Liqueur
- Rainbow Julep Mint Leaves, Marie Brizard(R) Apry Apricot Liqueur, Bourbon
- Rum Julep Dark Rum, Simple Syrup, Mint Leaves
- Scofflaw Canadian Whisky, Dry Vermouth, Orange Bitters
- Sgroppino Lemon Gelato, Vodka, Limoncello Liqueur
- Tennesee Mud Coffee, Jack Daniel's(R) Tennessee Whiskey, Amaretto Liqueur
- Tropical Surprise Cruzan(R) Mango Rum, Cranberry Juice, Key Lime Juice
- Vodka Dry Dry Sherry, Vodka
- L'aird Of Summer Isle Scotch, Pernod(R), Pineapple Juice
- April's Summertime Punch Cherry Vodka, Lime Vodka, Orange Juice
- Cherry Crush Cherries, Lemon Juice, Maraschino Cherry Liqueur
- Hot Shot Coffee, Galliano(R) Herbal Liqueur
- Jenny's Summer Delight Vodka, Cranberry Juice, Sour Mix
- Mar's Mind Eraser Kahlúa(R) Coffee Liqueur, Stoli(R) Vanil Vodka, Soda Water
- Pavlova Supreme Vodka, Crème de Cassis Liqueur
- Purple Dream Chambord(R) Black Raspberry Liqueur, Crème de Cacao Blanc Liqueur, Cream
- Appalachia Green Ginger Wine, Scotch, Orange Juice
- Artillery Sweet Vermouth, Gin, Aromatic Bitters
- Banana Cow Light Rum, Crème de Banane Liqueur, Cream
- Bitter Bison Vodka, Zubrowka(R) Vodka, Cinzano(R) Rosso Vermouth
- Bourbon Fix Granulated Sugar, Lemon Juice, Water
- Bumpo Aged Rum, Lime Juice, Caster Sugar
- Cossack Cocktail Vodka, Cognac, Lime Juice
- Dublin Doubler Irish Whiskey, Irish Cream Liqueur
- Fifty-fifty Cocktail Dry Vermouth, Gin
- Frozen Peach Daiquiri Light Rum, Curaçao Liqueur, Lime Juice
- Ginananas Gin, Passion Fruit Juice, Pineapple Juice
- Gin Cocktail Gin, Aromatic Bitters
- Gin Swizzle Lime Juice, Caster Sugar, Gin
- Gogl-Mogl Egg, Whiskey, Honey
- Gorky Park Vodka, Cherry Brandy, Lemon Juice
- Gorky Park Cooler Stoli(R) Strasberi Vodka, Spiced Rum, Coconut Rum
- Grapevine Gin, Sweet Sherry, Dry Sherry
- Is Paris Burning Cognac, Chambord(R) Black Raspberry Liqueur
- Jack Rose Laird's(R) Applejack Brandy, Lemon Juice, Grenadine
- Jamaica Granito Triple Sec Liqueur, Brandy, Lemon Sherbet
- Jet Black Gin, Sweet Vermouth, Black Sambuca
- J. R.'s Revenge Bourbon, Southern Comfort(R), Aromatic Bitters
- MargaFeni Kazkar Feni(R) Cashew Apple Liqueur, Sauza(R) Tequila, Triple Sec Liqueur
- Metropolitan Caster Sugar, Brandy, Sweet Vermouth
- Midnight Mint Baileys(R) Original Irish Cream, Crème de Menthe Blanche Liqueur, Cream
- Monte-Sano Myers's(R) Original Dark Rum, Mount Gay(R) Eclipse Rum, Aromatic Bitters
- Mountain Creek (Fjell Bekk) Aquavit, Lime Syrup, Vodka
- Neato Bandito Tequila Reposado, Blueberry Liqueur, Lime 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.
