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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- Bourbon Toddy Bourbon, Water, Aromatic Bitters
- Butterflies Cocktail Laird's(R) Applejack Brandy, Gin, Lemon Juice
- Charlie Chaplin Apricot Brandy, Sloe Gin, Lemon Juice
- Chocolate Stick Crème de Cacao Blanc Liqueur, Sambuca, Cream
- Confirmed Bachelor Gin, Grenadine, Rose's(R) Lime Juice
- Cutty Rickey Cutty Sark(R) Scotch Whisky, Lime Juice, Soda Water
- Cuyahoga Cocktail Sweet Vermouth, Dry Vermouth, Gin
- Cynar Cocktail Vermouth, Cynar(R) Liqueur
- Death in the afternoon Pernod(R), Champagne
- Douglas Fairbanks Gin, Marie Brizard(R) Apricot Brandy, Lime Juice
- Easy Action Dry Vermouth, Apricot Brandy, Scotch
- Egg Crusher Light Rum, Coffee Liqueur, Eggnog
- Emerald Isle Cocktail Gin, Crème de Menthe Verte Liqueur, Aromatic Bitters
- Emerald Vodka Martini Vodka, Dry Vermouth, Green Chartreuse Liqueur
- Failure Baileys(R) Original Irish Cream, Cognac, Mandarine Napoléon(R) Liqueur
- Fare Thee Well Martini Gin, Dry Vermouth, Sweet Vermouth
- Gentle Bull Tequila Blanco, Kahlúa(R) Coffee Liqueur, Cream
- Grape Juice Rickey Grape Juice, Lime Juice, Soda Water
- Greenback Gin, Crème de Menthe Verte Liqueur, Lemon Juice
- Iron Butterfly Vodka, Kahlúa(R) Coffee Liqueur, Irish Cream Liqueur
- Jamaican Foam Kahlúa(R) Coffee Liqueur, Dark Rum, Egg
- Joulouville Gin, Apple Brandy, Sweet Vermouth
- Leap Year Gin, Sweet Vermouth, Grand Marnier(R) Orange Liqueur
- Little Devil London Dry Gin, Rum, Triple Sec Liqueur
- Louisiana Lullaby Dark Rum, Dubonnet(R) Rouge, Grand Marnier(R) Orange Liqueur
- Midori Colada White Rum, Midori(R) Melon Liqueur, Coconut Cream
- New York Peppermint Patty Cock... SKYY(R) Vodka, Peppermint Schnapps, Crème de Cacao Blanc Liqueur
- Oatmeal Cookie Goldschläger(R) Cinnamon Schnapps, Butterscotch Schnapps, Baileys(R) Original Irish Cream
- Palmer Cocktail Blended Whiskey, Lemon Juice, Aromatic Bitters
- Peach Treat Peach Brandy, Orange Juice, Champagne
- Prairie Chicken Gin, Egg
- Ranger Cocktail White Rum, Gin, Lemon Juice
- Renaissance Cocktail Gin, Dry Sherry, Light Cream
- The Usual Ketel One(R) Vodka, Vya(R) Sweet Vermouth
- Tiger's Milk Dark Rum, Brandy, Milk
- Tropical Rainstorm Dark Rum, Cherry Brandy, Lemon Juice
- Upside-Down Martini French Vermouth, Gin
- What The Hell Dry Vermouth, Gin, Apricot Brandy
- White Spider Vodka, Crème de Menthe Blanche Liqueur
- Wonder Bra Gin, Cointreau(R) Orange Liqueur, Pineapple Juice
- Peach Tart Peach Schnapps, Lime Juice
- Alaskan Pipeline Yukon Jack(R) Liqueur, Amaretto Liqueur
- Angel's Delight Gin, Triple Sec Liqueur, Cream
- Ideal Cocktail Dry Vermouth, Gin, Maraschino Cherry Liqueur
- Neon Cocktail Absolut(R) Citron Vodka, Blue Curaçao Liqueur, Lime Juice
- Rasta's Revenge Gin, Dark Rum, Ruby Port
- Scotch Cooler Scotch, Crème de Menthe Blanche Liqueur, Carbonated Water
- Sud-Ouest Pineau Des Charentes, Gin, Orange 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.
