Two-Ingredient cocktails
Two-Ingredient cocktails
Easy
Gin
Tequila
Vodka

Quick, foolproof cocktails using exactly TWO ingredients (ice & garnishes don't count)! Paloma, Bubblegum Gin & Tonic, French Connection, Zoomer's Screwdriver, Black Velvet and my original Drunken Hedgehog. Perfect for beginners or when you're short on supplies.

Ingredients

Paloma

  • 2 oz. / 60 ml Tequila
  • Top with Grapefruit soda
  • Garnish with Grapefruit wedge
  • Stir, Highball glass with ice
  • Bubblegum Gin & Tonic
  • 2 oz. / 60 ml Bubblegum-flavored Gin (strawberry, banana, lemon, juniper)
  • Top with Tonic water (roughly twice as much)
  • Garnish with Lime wedge
  • Stir, Highball glass with ice

French Connection

  • 1½ oz. / 45 ml Cognac (or Brandy)
  • 1 oz. / 30 ml Amaretto
  • Garnish with Orange peel
  • Stir, Old Fashioned glass with ice

Zoomer Screwdriver

  • 1½–2 oz. / 45–60 ml Vanilla Vodka
  • Top with Orange juice (roughly twice as much)
  • Garnish with Orange wedge
  • Stir, Highball glass with ice

Black Velvet

  • Half pint Stout / Dark beer (e.g. Guinness or Murphy's)
  • Half pint Champagne / Sparkling wine (e.g. Champagne, Prosecco, Cava)
  • Layer carefully in Pint glass (stout first, then sparkling on top)

Drunken Hedgehog

  • 2 oz. / 60 ml Irish Whiskey (preferably Calvados cask aged)
  • ⅓ oz. / ~10–15 ml Homemade Apple syrup
  • Garnish with Dried apple ring
  • Shake, chilled Nick & Nora glass