Bottle · Red bitter aperitivo
Campari
Campari
What it does
Campari is the red bitter every Negroni is measured against. It brings the orange bite and the grip that keep sweet vermouth from going soft, and it's where the red comes from. Reach for a gentler red bitter and the drink gets easier, but it drifts off the benchmark. This is the one the others answer to.
In the family
Bitter aperitivi
The bitter line of the drink. In a Classic it carries the colour, the grip, and the bitter-orange pressure. Move it and the whole centre shifts: softer with Aperol or Select, darker with Cynar.
What it opens up
- Classic NegroniGin, Campari, sweet vermouth, equal measures. The one everything else is measured against.
- AmericanoCampari and vermouth, no gin, lengthened with soda. Lower strength, easy before food.
- Negroni SbagliatoProsecco instead of gin. Lower in strength, with the bubbles carrying the bitter.
- BoulevardierWhiskey in place of gin. Grain sweetness and oak sit under the bitter.
- Mezcal NegroniMezcal for gin. Smoke and roasted agave over the bitter-red frame.
- Kingston NegroniJamaican rum for gin. Overripe fruit and funk push through the bitter.
- Cynar NegroniCynar takes all or part of Campari’s place. Another herbal bitterness, with gin and sweet vermouth.
- CardinaleGin and Campari with dry vermouth. The wine brings its own herbal character.
- RositaTequila's Negroni cousin, but with more moving parts: split vermouth and bitters.
Mixes using this bottle (19)
- Beefeater, Campari & CocchiClassic Negroni
- Tanqueray, Campari & Punt e MesClassic Negroni
- Plymouth, Campari & Carpano AnticaClassic Negroni
- Gin-forward Beefeater, Campari & CocchiClassic Negroni
- Beefeater, Campari, Cocchi & tonicClassic Negroni
- Campari, Cocchi & sodaAmericano
- Campari, Cocchi & tonicAmericano
- Campari, Cocchi & proseccoNegroni Sbagliato
- Campari, Martini Rosso & proseccoNegroni Sbagliato
- Buffalo Trace, Campari & Carpano AnticaBoulevardier
- Rittenhouse Rye, Campari & Punt e MesBoulevardier
- Buffalo Trace, Campari & CocchiBoulevardier
- Mezcal, Campari & CocchiMezcal Negroni
- Mezcal, Campari & Punt e MesMezcal Negroni
- Smith & Cross, Campari & Carpano AnticaKingston Negroni
- Smith & Cross, Campari & CocchiKingston Negroni
- Plymouth, Campari, Cynar & CocchiCynar Negroni
- Tanqueray, Campari & Dolin DryCardinale
- Reposado Rosita with Cocchi and Dolin DryRosita
Also called
- bitter Campari
- Campari bitter
Bottle details
- Brand
- Campari