Negroni

Taste

Equal ounces of gin, Campari, and sweet vermouth. Campari is a third of the drink: bitter orange against grape and juniper. Stirred, rocks with ice, no twist on the menu. The cube is the dilution, so the Campari stays loud as it sits.

History

The usual story puts Count Camillo Negroni at Caffe Casoni on Via de' Tornabuoni in Florence around 1919, asking Fosco Scarselli to stiffen his Americano with gin in place of soda. Luca Picchi reconstructed that account in 2002; it is the better-supported one. However, Colonel Hector Andres Negroni later said there was no Camillo in the family tree and pointed instead to General Pascal Olivier Comte de Negroni. The equal-parts formula does not see print until Amedeo Gandiglio's 1947 Cocktails Portfolio. One ounce each of gin, Campari, and sweet vermouth, over ice, with no garnish letter on the menu.

• Difford's Guide, History of the Negroni
• Punch, The Negroni Has a Secret

Same shape, other bottles

The Negroni family, with the bottle that changed.

• Cin-CynCynar for Campari
• Kingston Negroniaged rum for gin
• Mezcal Negronimezcal for gin
• Old Palrye and dry vermouth for gin and sweet vermouth
• Brazilian Negronicachaça for gin
• Boulevardierbourbon for gin