Negroni
Yield: 1.0
Glass: Rocks glass, 8–10 oz
Scale this recipe
Adjust for any number of servings while keeping the ingredient proportions intact.
classic cocktail
gin
bitter
stirred
seeded
Ingredients
- 1 oz gin
- 1 oz Campari
- 1 oz sweet vermouth
- Orange twist, for garnish
Instructions
Stir with ice and strain into a rocks glass over one large cube.
Behind the drink
A little history
Around 1919
Florence
The usual story says Count Camillo Negroni asked for his Americano to be strengthened with gin instead of soda at a Florence café around 1919. Equal parts gin, bitter aperitivo, and sweet vermouth made the variation unusually durable.
Negroni history