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Negroni (cocktail)
IBA official cocktail
TypeCocktail
Base spirit
ServedOn the rocks: poured over ice
Standard garnishorange peel
Standard drinkware
Old fashioned glass
IBA specified
ingredients†
PreparationStir into glass over ice, garnish and serve.

The Negroni cocktail is made of 1 part gin, 1 part sweet vermouth, and 1 part bitters, traditionally Campari. It is considered an apéritif, a pre-dinner cocktail intended to stimulate the appetite.

History

There are two popular versions as to who invented the Negroni cocktail. One version is that the drink was invented in Florence, Italy in 1919, at Caffè Casoni, later called "Caffè Giacosa", by Count Camillo Negroni and the other is that it was Pascal Olivier Count de Negroni who invented it as a digestive aid, serving equal parts of Campari, Gin, and Sweet Vermouth, served in a short glass over ice and garnished with an orange slice.

Negroni died, October 22, 1913, in Alençon a commune in Normandy, France, capital of the Orne department.


After the success of the cocktail, the Negroni Family founded Negroni Distillerie in Treviso, Italy, and produced a ready-made version of the drink, sold as "Antico Negroni 1919".

Variations

Variants of the Negroni also exist:

  • A less authentic, but also less mouth-puckering, recipe is equal measures of gin, red vermouth and white vermouth.
  • In the United States, the Negroni is often served "straight up" in a martini glass, with a dash of sparkling water and lemon, rather than orange zest.
  • For a hot summer day, the Negroni can be stretched into a thirst quencher with soda (see Americano).
  • the Negroni Sbagliato ("Wrong" Negroni), where spumante brut is substituted for the gin. It was invented at Bar Basso in Milan. Popular in Italy.
  • the Negroski, where vodka is substituted for the gin. Popular in Italy.
  • the Brunosky where the vodka is Grey Goose L'Orange and is served with a splash of Schweppes bitter lemon.
  • A Sparkling Negroni is a Negroni served straight up in a martini glass with champagne or prosecco added. This is usually served with an orange twist.
  • A Negroni served with orange juice was named a Negroni Malato (Sick Negroni) at Bar Piccolino in Exchange Sq, London during the 2007 financial crisis, by Italian bankers employed at nearby RBS offices

See also

References

External links

http://en.wikipedia.org/Pascal_Olivier_Count_de_Negroni http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~prwgw/negroni_01.htm

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