Negroni
ClassicIBA OfficialThree equal parts. Endlessly balanced.
Bittersweet and beautifully balanced. Campari leads with bitter orange, rhubarb, and a whisper of clove; gin lifts it with juniper and citrus; and sweet vermouth rounds the edges into a long, dry, herbal finish.
Ingredients
- 1 oz Gin
- 1 oz Campari
- 1 oz Sweet Vermouth
- Orange peel · optional garnish
Method
- 1
Add the gin, Campari, and sweet vermouth to a mixing glass with ice.
- 2
Stir until well-chilled and silky, about 20-30 seconds.
- 3
Strain over one large cube in a chilled rocks glass.
- 4
Express an orange peel over the surface and drop it in.
The Story
The most widely-told story places the Negroni in Florence in 1919, at Caffe Casoni. Count Camillo Negroni - a Florentine aristocrat with a taste for the strong, and reputedly a stint as a cowboy in the American West - asked bartender Fosco Scarselli to fortify his usual Americano by swapping the soda water for gin. Scarselli marked the bolder new drink with an orange peel in place of the Americano's lemon, and regulars soon began asking for 'one of Count Negroni's.' A century on, the recipe has barely changed: equal parts, stirred, and unfailingly balanced.
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