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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- Ann Sheridan Cocktail Bacardi(R) Superior Rum, Orange Curaçao Liqueur, Lime Juice
- Baby Beer Licor 43(R) Liqueur, Half & Half
- Bachelor's Bait Gin, Orange Bitters, Grenadine
- Black Magic Vodka, Coffee Liqueur
- Brandy Cocktail Brandy, Sugar Syrup, Aromatic Bitters
- Buckeye Martini Gin, Dry Vermouth
- Bullshot Vodka, Beef Bouillon, Salt
- Champagne Hula Whaler's(R) Pineapple Paradise Rum, Pineapple Juice, Grand Marnier(R) Orange Liqueur
- Chocolate Mint Martini Vodka, Crème de Cacao Blanc Liqueur, Crème de Menthe Verte Liqueur
- Club Cocktail Brandy, Maraschino Cherry Liqueur, Pineapple Juice
- Coffee Lover's Martini Stoli(R) Kafya Vodka, Dry Vermouth, Frangelico(R) Hazelnut Liqueur
- Cool Yule Martini Vodka, Dry Vermouth, Peppermint Schnapps
- Dirty Virgin Tanqueray(R) Gin, Crème de Cacao Brun Liqueur
- El Presidente Edwardo Aged Rum, White Curaçao Liqueur, Dry Vermouth
- Emerald Cocktail #3 Gin, Crème de Menthe Verte Liqueur, Aromatic Bitters
- Emerald Martini Gin, Dry Vermouth, Green Chartreuse Liqueur
- Flapper Rum, French Vermouth, Angostura(R) Bitters
- Friskt Normansson Vodka, Grapefruit Juice, Crème de Cassis Liqueur
- Gipsy Vodka, Bénédictine(R) Herbal Liqueur, Angostura(R) Bitters
- Grapeshot Tequila Blanco, White Curaçao Liqueur, Grape Juice
- Green Fantasy Vodka, Dry Vermouth, Melon Liqueur
- Green Kryptonite Vodka, Melon Liqueur, Lime
- Immaculata Light Rum, Amaretto Liqueur, Lime Juice
- Java Cooler Gin, Aromatic Bitters, Lime Juice
- King Olaf Swedish Punsch, Soda Water, Grenadine
- King's Peg Brandy, Champagne
- Kir Dry White Wine, Crème de Cassis Liqueur
- Mary's Delight Sweet Vermouth, Brandy, Orange Bitters
- Morning Glory Cocktail Vodka, Crème de Cacao Brun Liqueur, Light Cream
- Peach Brandy Julep Mint Leaves, Marie Brizard(R) Peach Liqueur, Peach
- Poker Face Tequila, Cointreau(R) Orange Liqueur, Pineapple Juice
- Pomegranate Polecat White Rum, Amaretto Liqueur, Sweet Sherry
- Pompey Royale Champagne, Pomegranate Juice, Passion Fruit Juice
- Seelbach Cocktail Champagne, Bourbon, Triple Sec Liqueur
- Sloe Vermouth Dry Vermouth, Sloe Gin, Lemon Juice
- South Side London Dry Gin, Lemon Juice, Simple Syrup
- Straight Law Cocktail Dry Sherry, Gin
- Thanksgiving Special Apricot Brandy, Dry Vermouth, Gin
- TNT Cocktail Cognac, Cointreau(R) Orange Liqueur, Aromatic Bitters
- Wakey Wakey Sambuca, Espresso, Cream
- Woodward Cocktail Dry Vermouth, Scotch, Grapefruit Juice
- Alliance Aquavit, Gin, Dry Vermouth
- Bull Shot #3 Vodka, Beef Bouillon, Worcestershire Sauce
- Huntington Special Gin, Grenadine, Lemon Juice
- Moose Martini Blackcurrant Vodka, Chambord(R) Black Raspberry Liqueur
- Southern Comfort Manhattan Southern Comfort(R), Sweet Vermouth, Aromatic Bitters
- Baby Doll Brandy, Grand Marnier(R) Orange Liqueur, Lemon Juice
- Batida Morango Cachaça, Strawberries, Granulated Sugar
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.
