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.
Start here
The ones worth knowing before the rest.
Add one more bottle
What a second bottle opens up.
All 2429 recipes
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- Black Berry Chocolate Black Haus(R) Blackberry Schnapps, Baileys(R) Original Irish Cream, Hot Chocolate
- Black Devil Dry Vermouth, Light Rum
- Blue Angel Brandy, Blue Curaçao Liqueur, Vanilla Liqueur
- Bocci Ball Amaretto Liqueur, Orange Juice, Soda Water
- Burn's Night Special Sweet Vermouth, Scotch, Bénédictine(R) Herbal Liqueur
- Cafe Joy Coconut Rum, Frangelico(R) Hazelnut Liqueur, Baileys(R) Original Irish Cream
- Cafe Romano White Sambuca, Coffee Liqueur, Half & Half
- Carrol Cocktail Sweet Vermouth, Brandy
- Coffee Stick Kahlúa(R) Coffee Liqueur, Sambuca, Heavy Cream
- Coronation Cocktail Dry Vermouth, Gin, Dubonnet(R) Rouge
- Cosmos Light Rum, Lime Juice, Caster Sugar
- Deanne Vodka, Sweet Vermouth, Cointreau(R) Orange Liqueur
- Eastwind Rosso Vermouth, Dry Vermouth, Vodka
- Egg Sour Brandy, Dry Orange Curaçao Liqueur, Lemon Juice
- Ginger-bang Champagne Champagne, Simple Syrup, Ginger
- High Road Scotch, Drambuie(R) Liqueur, Dry Sherry
- Horse's Neck with a Twist Scotch, Ginger Ale
- HPW Cocktail Gin, Dry Vermouth, Sweet Vermouth
- Jamaican Collins Dark Rum, Soda Water, Pineapple Juice
- June Sparkle Champagne, Strawberry Liqueur, Pineapple Juice
- Kentucky Hot Chocolate Bourbon, Crème de Cacao Brun Liqueur, Hot Chocolate
- Piccadilly Cocktail Gin, Dry Vermouth, Anise
- Pistachio Cream Pistachio Liqueur, Brandy, Vanilla Ice Cream
- Prado Tequila Blanco, Maraschino Cherry Liqueur, Grenadine
- Ridley Tequila Reposado, Gin, Galliano(R) Herbal Liqueur
- Shimano Gin, Watermelon Schnapps, Pomegranate Juice
- Sloe Gin Flip Sloe Gin, Light Cream, Confectioners' Sugar
- Snake Bite Black (UK) Lager, Cider, Blackcurrant Syrup
- Southern Belle Brandy, Crème de Cacao Blanc Liqueur, Bénédictine(R) Herbal Liqueur
- The Nomad Lemonade, Vodka, Fresca(R) Citrus Soda
- 57 T-Bird with Hawaiian License Plates Vodka, Amaretto Liqueur, Grand Marnier(R) Orange Liqueur
- Lil' Lady Four Roses(R) Bourbon Whiskey, Malibu(R) Coconut Rum, Lemonade
- Around The World Dark Rum, Cognac, Orange Juice
- Colonial Rummer Myers's(R) Original Dark Rum, Apricot Brandy, Peach Brandy
- Cosmo Vodka, Triple Sec Liqueur, Cranberry Juice
- High Moon Raspberry Liqueur, Apricot Brandy, Cognac
- Kathy's Concoction Malibu(R) Coconut Rum, Baileys(R) Original Irish Cream, Kahlúa(R) Coffee Liqueur
- Presidente White Rum, Rosso Vermouth, Dry Vermouth
- Red nail Vodka, Campari(R) Bitter
- Scotch Daisy Scotch, Lemon Juice, Caster Sugar
- Sidecar Cocktail Brandy, Triple Sec Liqueur, Lemon Juice
- Allegheny Dry Vermouth, Bourbon, Blackberry Brandy
- Allies Cocktail Dry Vermouth, Gin, Kümmel Liqueur
- Amigo White Rum, Crème de Banane Liqueur, Apricot Brandy
- Andrea's Colada Collision Light Rum, Coconut Cream, Pineapple Juice
- Anejo Highball Aged Rum, Orange Curaçao Liqueur, Ginger Beer
- A Night In Old Mandalay Light Rum, Aged Rum, Orange Juice
- Annabelle Special Bénédictine(R) Herbal Liqueur, Dry Vermouth, 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.
