This Week on “Dinner Classics” with Cocktail Maestro Norm Owen: The Negroni

This week, Cocktail Maestro marks 100 years of one of the great classic cocktails, the Negroni. He tells the story of the drink, its precursors, and offers a few off-beat variations!

The Recipes:
In all cases, stir ingredients over ice until very cold and well diluted; then pour into a rocks glass over fresh ice and serve with a lemon twist.

The Negroni
1oz Campari
1oz sweet vermouth
1oz gin

The precursors:

The Milano Torino
Equal parts sweet vermouth (Punt e Mes if you can get it!) and Campari

The Americano
1oz Campari
1oz sweet vermouth
Top with soda water

Varations:

The Old Pal
1oz Rye
1oz dry white vermouth
1oz Campari

The Contessa
1oz Aperol
1oz dry white vermouth
1oz gin

Enjoy!!