Three To One

A gin that contains no sweetening agents; usually around 40% ABV. Try Monkey 47.

A liqueur made with fresh and dry apricots, with the addition of Cognac and other fruit brandies.

The second most common juice used in cocktails. This citrus juice is about 6% acid; 4% from citric and 2% from malic, with small amounts of succinic acid (this is what gives it a little bloody taste). Lime juice should be used the day it is squeezed, some like it freshly squeezed and others like it a few hours old.

Small, round, green citrus fruits. Commonly used in many cocktails for its rind or its acidic taste (6% acid total; 4% citric, 2% malic, some succinic acid).