Gin · 1919, Florence
Negroni
Gin, Campari and red vermouth in equal parts: the Negroni is the aperitif that takes the night seriously.
Ingredients
- 3 cl gin
- 3 cl Campari
- 3 cl red vermouth
Method
- Pour all ingredients into a tumbler over one large ice cube.
- Stir for twenty seconds until the glass frosts.
- Squeeze an orange zest over the glass and drop it in.
Legend has it that in 1919 Count Camillo Negroni asked at Bar Casoni in Florence to have his Americano strengthened with gin instead of soda. Bartender Fosco Scarselli obliged and swapped the lemon for orange. Ever since, the Negroni has been the simplest formula in the bar world: three equal parts that add up to more than the sum.
The Negroni is the drink you test a bar with. Too much ice, too little stirring, a cheap vermouth, and it falls apart. Done right it is bitter, sweet, strong and cold at once, and it demands a second.
Where to drink it
The bars for a perfect Negroni.
Wine and aperitivo barMunich · Old town
Bar Centrale
Italian aperitivo hour on Ledererstraße
Cult barMunich · Hofgarten
Schumann’s Bar
The most famous bar in Germany
Cult barBarcelona · Raval
Boadas
The oldest cocktail bar in Spain
Cocktail barBerlin · Charlottenburg
Bar Zentral
Classics under the railway arch
