Three-Ingredient Cocktails

Looking for a way to mix up your happy hour? Make your own craft cocktails at home! These recipes each only require three ingredients, so they’re easy to make. Perfect for impressing guests or just enjoying on the porch with friends.

GIN BUCK

Ingredients

1.5 oz. J. Carver Gin
juice of ½ lemon or lime
ginger ale

Directions

Garnish with a slice of lemon or lime. Serves 1.

Fill a Collins glass with ice. Add the gin and lemon or lime juice. Top with ginger ale and stir gently to mix.

Recipe courtesy of Liquor.com

GOLD RUSH

Ingredients

3 Tbsp honey
2 Tbsp boiling water
½ cup (4 oz.) Knob Creek Single Barrel Bourbon
1½ lemons, juiced (about 2 oz. or 4 Tbsp)

Directions

1. To serve, shake vigorously with ice in a cocktail shaker and strain over crushed ice in a rocks glass. Serves 2.

2. Pour honey into a small mixing bowl and add boiling water. Whisk until the mixture becomes a thin syrup. Whisk in the bourbon and lemon juice. If you’re making this ahead of time, the mixture can be refrigerated until ready to serve.

Recipe courtesy of the kitchn

HARD STRAWBERRY LEMONADE

Ingredients

3 medium strawberries
1.5 oz. Aviv 613 Vodka
limeade

Directions

Hull strawberries and muddle them in the bottom of a cocktail glass. Add vodka. Top with limeade, stir gently and serve. Serves 1.