Stirred Art
App of the Day
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How to read the cards
Each card gives the measures, how the drink is made and how many bottles it takes. Lemons, limes, sugar, honey, soda water, tonic and ginger beer aren't counted as bottles.
Sour and bright
Spirit, citrus and something sweet, shaken. Most of these follow the same ratio.
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1 bottle
Gold Rush
2 oz bourbon, ¾ oz lemon juice, ¾ oz honey syrup. Shaken, served in a rocks glass.
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2 bottles
Margarita
2 oz tequila, ¾ oz triple sec, ½ oz lime juice. Shaken, served in a margarita glass.
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Bitter
Campari does the work in all four. Three of them are built in the glass, so you need no shaker.
Strong and stirred
Mostly spirit, served cold. A menu would call these spirit-forward.
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3 bottles
Manhattan
2 oz rye, 1 oz sweet vermouth, 2 dashes Angostura bitters. Stirred, served in a coupe.
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2 bottles
Old Fashioned
2 oz rye, ¼ oz simple syrup, 2 dashes Angostura bitters. Built in a rocks glass.
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3 bottles
Rob Roy
2 oz blended Scotch, 1 oz sweet vermouth, 2 dashes Angostura bitters. Stirred, served in a coupe.
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3 bottles
Hanky Panky
1½ oz gin, 1½ oz sweet vermouth, ¼ oz Fernet Branca. Stirred, served in a coupe.
Long and easy
One spirit and one mixer, over ice.
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1 bottle
Dark and Stormy
2 oz dark rum, 3 oz ginger beer, ½ oz lime juice. Stirred, served in a highball.
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Lighter
Sherry, vermouth and sparkling wine in place of a full measure of spirit.
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3 bottles
Adonis
1½ oz oloroso sherry, 1½ oz sweet vermouth, 2 dashes orange bitters. Stirred, served in a coupe.
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2 bottles
Champagne Cocktail
1 sugar cube, 2 dashes Angostura bitters, 4 oz Champagne. Built in a flute.
After dinner
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2 bottles
Espresso Martini
1¾ oz vodka, 1 oz coffee liqueur, 1 oz espresso. Shaken, served in a martini glass.
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The other thirty
The rest are on the recipes page, among them the Bobby Burns, the Jack Rose, the Tuxedo and the White Negroni. To see which of them your shelf can already make, read what one bottle makes.
Updated 11 November 2026.
Questions
What are the easiest three-ingredient cocktails?
The ones built in the glass: a Negroni (gin, sweet vermouth, Campari), an Americano (Campari, sweet vermouth, soda water) and a Moscow Mule (vodka, lime juice, ginger beer). Nothing to shake and nothing to strain.
What three-ingredient cocktails need only one bottle?
A Daiquiri (white rum, lime juice, simple syrup), a Gimlet (gin, lime juice, simple syrup), a Bee's Knees (gin, lemon juice, honey syrup), a Gold Rush (bourbon, lemon juice, honey syrup) and a Moscow Mule (vodka, lime juice, ginger beer).
Are there cocktails with only two ingredients?
Yes. 16 of the recipes on this site have two, among them the Martini, the Gin & Tonic, the Whisky Highball, the Rusty Nail and the Kir Royal.
Do ice and garnish count as ingredients?
They aren't counted here. Bitters are, so an Old Fashioned of rye, simple syrup and Angostura bitters counts as three.
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