Gin, stirred
Lucien Gaudin
Barline 1,h,h,h,co
The code is the shorthand off my printed menu; the Key tab decodes every letter.
- 1 oz Gin
- 1/2 oz Campari
- 1/2 oz Dry vermouth
- 1/2 oz Orange liqueur
Stir with ice until cold, then strain.
Coupe, orange twist.
Taste
An ounce of gin against half ounces of Campari, dry vermouth, and orange liqueur, so gin leads and the three modifiers split. Bitter orange and candied peel sit against a dry wine cut, leaner than a Negroni and more orange. Stirred, coupe, orange twist.
History
Named for Lucien Gaudin, a French fencer who won gold in foil and epee at the 1924 Paris Olympics and again in 1928 at Amsterdam. The drink first prints in RIP's 1929 Cocktails de Paris, credited to Charlie of Le Cheval Pie, a Paris restaurant that ran from 1925 to 1930, and it took the Coupe d'honneur at the Professional Bartenders Championship in Paris on 2 February 1929. RIP is Georges Gabriel Thenon. This menu pours an ounce of gin and a half ounce each of Campari, dry vermouth, and orange liqueur, coupe, orange.
Same shape, other bottles
The Negroni family, with the bottle that changed.
- Brazilian Negronicachaça and sweet vermouth for gin and dry vermouth
- Cardinalewithout orange liqueur
- Cin-Cynsweet vermouth and Cynar for dry vermouth and Campari
- Kingston Negroniaged rum and sweet vermouth for gin and dry vermouth
- Mezcal Negronimezcal and sweet vermouth for gin and dry vermouth
- Negronisweet vermouth for dry vermouth
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