Equal PartsPlymouth
Bottle · Gin
What it does
Plymouth is the soft option on the gin side. It gives assertive partners like Antica, Suze, and Cynar room to speak instead of fighting them, which is why it turns up in the rounder Classic, the gentian White, and the Cynar mixes. When a drink needs a hard dry push it's the wrong choice, and a loud base would swallow it whole.
In the family
Gin
The Classic's dry spine. Gin brings the botanical structure that keeps a Negroni clear and bitter instead of soft. Swap it out and you've usually changed families.
If you swap it
What changes if you use one of these instead.
What it opens up
- Classic NegroniGin, Campari, sweet vermouth, equal measures. The one everything else is measured against.
- White NegroniThe pale one. Still bitter and strong, drier and more herbal, no red in sight.
- Long Negroni-style serveNegroni logic stretched with tonic or soda. Colder, longer, a slow sipper.
- Cynar NegroniCynar changes the bitter, not the base. Darker, earthier, less bright.
Mixes using this bottle (5)
Also called
- Plymouth gin
Bottle details
- Brand
- Plymouth