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Negroni

Equal gin, Campari and sweet vermouth, stirred over a big cube with orange on top. Bitter, red, and the aperitif everyone orders eventually.

Base: Gin
Glass: Old fashioned glass
Method: Stir
Strength: 24% ABV

Ingredients

30 mlGin1 swap
Any London dry ginhigh
Depends on the brand’s botanicals
30 mlBitter Campari1 swap
Any red bitter aperitivomedium
Bitterness/sweetness varies
30 mlSweet Red Vermouth

How to make

Technique

Stir · 20–30s

Stirring chills and dilutes gently while keeping the drink silky and clear.

Pour all ingredients directly into chilled old fashioned glass filled with ice.
Stir gently.

Serve

Glass

Old fashioned glassAlso fine: Double old fashioned glass, Rocks glass, Tumbler

Garnish

Garnish with half orange slice.Cut it thin — a thick half-wheel tips the glass off balance.

Taste & nutrition

24%ABV

195kcal

2.12Drinks

StrengthBoozy

Sweet to drySweet

Estimated from ingredient amounts and assumed ABVs — not a lab measurement.

Good to know

Stir, never shake — it stays clear and silky.

History

Year1919

PlaceFlorence, Italy

Created byAttributed to Count Camillo Negroni

The Negroni was born in 1919 Florence when Count Camillo Negroni asked for his Americano fortified with gin instead of soda. Equal parts gin, Campari and sweet vermouth, garnished with orange, it is bitter, bracing and beautifully balanced. From a single bar request it grew into a global icon of apéritivo culture. Its simple formula has spawned endless variations.

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