Cocktail ingredients

You don’t need every ingredient from behind a bar to get started with making great drinks at home. You can get started with a few essential cocktail ingredients for your home bar, and then add to it over time to create a more comprehensive cocktail larder.

When you start making cocktails, we advise getting maximum deliciousness for minimum effort. You can even make iconic recipes with just a handful of simple ingredients such as Sugar, Ice, Citrus (Lemons and limes), Mint, Coffee, Water (soda or sparkling water), Eggs.

You don’t even need a whole shelf of spirits and liqueurs to get started either. Just a few you enjoy, such as Vodka, Gin, Whisky, Rum, Tequila, Dry Vermouth, Sweet Vermouth, Aperitivo, Bitters.

We’ll guide you through making some of the best modern and classic cocktails from around the world, all from the comfort of home. You can even make many of them with just one bottle!