Cocktails for a real constraint

Three-ingredient cocktails

Real recipes with three or fewer ingredients, not counting garnish.

Cocktails you can make without a shaker

Built, stirred and muddled drinks — no shaking required.

Cocktails needing no specialist equipment

Nothing beyond what most kitchens already have.

Low-alcohol cocktails

Full-flavoured drinks with a lighter ABV than most.

Alcohol-free party drinks

Zero-proof cocktails built for a crowd, not an afterthought.

Store-cupboard cocktails

No fresh citrus, fruit or herbs needed — just what's already in the cupboard.

What to do with leftover citrus

Cocktails that put a spare lime, lemon or orange to good use.

One-bottle cocktails

Everything you can make from a single bottle of spirit, grouped by what you've got.

Fixing a drink that's too sweet, sour, or watery

The three most common balance problems, what actually causes each, and real examples.

Batching and make-ahead cocktails

Real recipes that genuinely hold up to being pre-mixed, and how batching actually works.

Building a home bar, in the order that actually pays off

Which bottle to buy first, second and third — worked out from what each one unlocks that the last one didn't.

What to use instead

Every substitution on the site, indexed by the ingredient you have not got — and what each swap actually changes in the glass.