Negroni-adjacent
Americano
Campari and vermouth, no gin, lengthened with soda. Lower strength, easy before food.
Structure
- Required
- Optional
What changed from the Classic
GinSoda water
ShortLong
Red bitter and Rosso vermouth stay.
Taste
- BitternessGentleBitter
- SweetnessDrySweet
- BodyLightFull
- Herbal characterCleanHerbal
- Strength feelSofterStronger
The story
This is the older shape, the red-bitter aperitivo that was around before anyone thought to add gin: Campari, sweet vermouth, soda, length. The common Negroni story even runs through here, gin arriving where the soda was. On its own it drinks easy before food or in the heat, when a full Negroni would be too much. Go heavy on the soda and it thins out, so the vermouth needs enough body to hold up underneath.
Mixes in this family
- Campari, Cocchi & sodaCampari and Cocchi, no gin, opened up with soda. Bitter, red, and low in strength.
- Select, Cocchi & sodaSelect pulls the bitterness back; Cocchi gives the long serve enough body.
- Campari, Cocchi & tonicCampari and Cocchi, lengthened with tonic. Red-bitter, low in strength, long and cold.