Cocktail recipe cards in 3x5 and 4x6 for your home bar recipe box

These cocktail recipe cards are sized exactly to 3 x 5 in and 4 x 6 in index cards, so every drink you love gets a card of its own, filed by family in a small recipe box. You get 25 undated pages with six card designs in both sizes, crop marks, lined and dot grid backs and six tabbed dividers for drink families.

Both a US Letter PDF and an A4 PDF are included. Download them right away and print at home. Nothing is mailed.

Why cocktail recipe cards beat a full page notebook

A recipe book keeps everything on one big page. Here, each drink lives on its own Cocktail recipe card: base spirit, drink family, as many as seven ingredients with their amounts, glass icons you circle, the method, ice, numbered steps, garnish and a five dot rating. Pull out just the card you need and lean it against the shaker.

Zero-proof drinks get the same care on a matching Mocktail card, with a base, steps and a good for box (kids, batches, make ahead). The Home bar inventory card shows how much is left in each bottle and what to restock. The Syrup and infusion card keeps ratios, steeping times and shelf life, and the Party menu and Tasting notes cards help you host and remember favorites. Everything slots in behind dividers for Classics, Sours, Highballs, Spritz, Mocktails and one family you name yourself.

Who this card system is for

• Home bartenders who would rather keep one card per drink in a box than fill a whole notebook
• Hosts planning cocktail nights, birthdays or holiday parties who like menus, batches and prep on cards
• Sober curious and zero-proof drinkers building a collection of mocktail recipes
• Anyone who makes syrups, shrubs and infusions and wants to keep track of the ratios
• Cocktail fans who already have a cocktail journal and would like a flexible card box version too

Design and printing

• Elegant, minimalist look: white pages and soft blush pink touches that use very little ink
• Generous margins all around, so a home printer will not clip anything
• Exact trim sizes with crop marks: 3 x 5 in (7.6 x 12.7 cm), three to a sheet, and 4 x 6 in (10.2 x 15.2 cm), two to a sheet, printed on US Letter (8.5 x 11 in) or A4 (210 x 297 mm) paper
• Undated, so you can begin your recipe box whenever you like and keep adding cards as you find new drinks
• The lined and dot grid backs match up with the fronts if you print double-sided and flip on the long edge
• Ingredients are named generically, so each card works with the bottles you already own

Inside the cocktail recipe cards: 25 pages

1. 1Cover listing the contents
2. 2Running the card system, in five steps (mix, write, file, stock, host), a table that explains each card, the six drink family dividers, a checklist for before guests come, smart bar habits and a reminder to drink responsibly
3. 3Printing, cutting and setting up, in four steps, with both card sizes, a checklist of supplies and a table to find each page
4. 4 to 9Six designs in 4 x 6 in, two to a sheet, all with crop marks. The Cocktail recipe card holds base spirit, family, serves, 7 lines for ingredients and amounts, glass icons to circle (coupe, martini, rocks, highball, wine, flute, mug), the method (shake, stir, build or muddle), ice, 4 numbered steps, garnish, a 5 dot rating and where it came from. The Mocktail recipe card covers the base (juice, tea, soda, shrub, sparkling or syrup), 6 ingredient lines, glass icons, 4 steps, whether it suits kids, making ahead or a batch, garnish, rating and serves. The Home bar inventory card lists the shelf and 8 lines for bottle or item, type, a 4 dot fill gauge, opened and a restock box, plus a shopping list. The Syrup and infusion card records type, 6 ingredient lines, ratio, yield, heating or steeping time, what to strain with, how long it keeps, the container, 4 method steps, drinks to use it in, and fridge or freezer. The Party menu card plans the occasion, guests, theme and start time, 5 drinks each with base, batch size, prep ahead and a ready box, ice and garnish prep, and final checks for a zero-proof drink, water, snacks and safe rides home. The Tasting notes card notes where you had it or who made it, the glass, five taste scales (sweet, sour, bitter, strength, fizz), aroma, notes, an overall rating and whether to make it again
5. 10 to 11Backs for the 4 x 6 in cards, one lined and one in dot grid
6. 12 to 17All six designs again in 3 x 5 in, three to a sheet with crop marks, trimmed to fewer rows to suit the smaller card
7. 18 to 19Backs for the 3 x 5 in cards, one lined and one in dot grid
8. 20 to 22Six 4 x 6 in dividers with tabs in six different positions for Classics, Sours, Highballs, Spritz, Mocktails and one family you write in. Each has a short description, 7 numbered house favorites, drinks to try next, card numbers and whether that family is mostly shaken, stirred, built or blended
9. 23 to 25The six dividers again in 3 x 5 in, with 5 numbered house favorites each

What you download

• Cocktail Recipe Cards in US Letter, a 25 page PDF
• Cocktail Recipe Cards in A4, a 25 page PDF
• Read Me First, a brief printing guide (PDF)

How to download and print

• Check out with PayPal, a debit or credit card, Apple Pay or Google Pay. Your download page opens as soon as the payment goes through.
• We email the same private download links to you, so you can download your files again later.
• Open the PDF in a free reader such as Adobe Acrobat Reader and print at 100% or Actual size.
• Print only the pages you need, as often as you like, for your own personal use.

Good to know

• This is a PDF you print and cut yourself. No printed cards are mailed.
• You are buying a digital file. Nothing physical is sent.
• Colors may look a little different on your screen than on paper.
• For your personal use only. Sharing, reselling or passing the files on is not allowed.
• Digital files cannot be returned. If a file will not open or print properly, email us and we will help quickly.
• Please drink responsibly. The cards are intended for adults of legal drinking age. Know your limits, never drink and drive, and always have a zero-proof choice on the menu.

How this was made

Designed and written by PetiteDiary. AI tools helped draft parts of the text, and some background scenes in the preview images were created with AI. Every page was designed, reviewed and checked before release.

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