NEGRONI

It is a beautiful trio of ingredients that in its traditional equal measures creates an amazing balance between strong botanicals, sweet spice and bright bitter notes. But yes it’s quite a strong drink. All three ingredients that make a Negroni are alcohol based which definitely makes it more potent than a drink that contains other non alcoholic ingredients such as juices and other mixers.

It’s definitely an “adult” or more grown up cocktail seen from its character. We tend to develop more of a bitter palette the older we get. The Negroni surely is bitter but beautifully balanced with the sweet herbal vermouth and carried on a back bone of botanicals from the gin. You should get gentle bright spices coming through the sweet velvety warm vermouth and on the top notes mouth watering bitter orange. In other words it tastes like pausing time at a caffè protected by an arcade at a sun drenched piazza with a fiery Italian conversation from local regulars cutting through and triggering your taste buds at every sip.

For an original Negroni you need Gin, Sweet Red Vermouth and Campari in equal parts. While the ingredient list is quite humble, there are nearly countless options to choose from in terms of Gin, Vermouth and Red Italian Bitters – all with their own unique characteristics. Our suggestion is to experiment! Try making Negronis with different Gins, Red Vermouth and Campari to find the combo you like best!

Traditionally, The Negroni is traditionally enjoyed as an Afternoon tipple or aperitivo in Italian Caffès. You can of course enjoy a Negroni at any time, but it’s really delicious as a pre-dinner cocktail or nightcap to round off a long dinner.

Yes, most of them at least. The Negroni has slowly become a go-to drink for bartenders when they’re off work, especially craft cocktail bartenders.