- 1 oz gin
- 1 oz Campari
- 1 oz sweet vermouth
Classic cocktail
Negroni
Gin · Campari · Vermouth
Equal parts, built over ice, stirred until the glass frosts. Bitter, sweet and strong at once, which is why it has not changed in a hundred years.
A count asks for something stronger.The usual telling starts at Caffè Casoni on Via de' Tornabuoni. Count Camillo Negroni, back in Florence after years abroad, asked the bartender Fosco Scarselli to stiffen his Americano. Scarselli swapped the soda for gin and, so the story goes, marked the new drink with an orange slice in place of the Americano's lemon so nobody would mix the two up.
Equal parts, by design.One part gin, one part bitter, one part sweet vermouth: the proportions are the recipe, and they are why the drink survived a century of fashions without a makeover. It is also why the bottle matters. The gin sets the backbone, the vermouth the sweetness, and Campari is the one line almost nobody swaps.
Today. The Negroni is poured in more bars than any other stirred drink, and its family is long: the Boulevardier trades the gin for bourbon, the Sbagliato tops it with sparkling wine in place of gin, and a lighter one takes Aperol for the Campari. Each is a row on the shelf, below.
- GinBarr Hill Gin 750ml · $34.991 oz
- CampariCampari Milano Bitter Liqueur · $31.991 oz
- Sweet vermouthAntica Formula Sweet Vermouth (NV) · $31.991 oz
- Orange, for the garnishFrom your kitchen1 peel
- Ice, one large cube or a glass of small onesFrom your kitchenPlenty
Fill a rocks glass with ice, one large cube if you have it, and let it sit while you measure.
Pour 1 oz gin, 1 oz Campari and 1 oz sweet vermouth straight over the ice.
Stir with a bar spoon for about 20 seconds, until the outside of the glass frosts.
Twist an orange peel over the top so the oils land on the surface, then drop it in.
Never shaken. A shaken Negroni goes cloudy and loses the weight that makes it a Negroni.
Same glass, one bottle swapped
Each a drink of its own, each bottle on the shelf tonightAlso on the wall
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