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03/13/2015

Negroni # 42 Arden Point a Shrub Negroni

Arden Point Shrub Negroni

This is a truly unique and deliciously exciting Negroni, you will love.

The Gin:  Plymouth London Dry Gin

The Vermouth: Cocchi Vermouth di Torino 

The Amaro: Amaro Cynar 

More:  Hudson Standard Apple Coriander  Maple Shrub and Dutch's Colonial Bitters

Inspired by a beautiful uplifting place on the Hudson River very near where we live called Arden Point this Negroni brings colonial American techniques to a modern cocktail.

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Garrison NY, home of Arden Point, is found is rich in Colonial history. Major action of the revolutionary war occurred here, but normal colonial life went on too. One of the drinks that military and civilians enjoyed alike were shrubs. 

They came about as a means of preserving drinks and were vinegar flavored drinks "that have a long history ... it was in America, where summers can be sweltering, that the switchel/shrubs or haymaker’s drink truly came into its own.  Throughout the eighteenth century and on through the nineteenth century, switchels or shrubs, their fruit- or vegetable-based cousins, could be found in places ranging from the rolling countryside of Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello to the blistering sun-swept prairies of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s De Smet homestead." Cooling Off With Switchels and  Shrubs The Ultimate History Projects

Shrubs became popular again in the 21st century with the exotic cocktail craze that has swept the country, farm based producers like Hudson Standard began reviving these recipes and produce delicious syrups for cocktails and many other delights.

For this cocktail I chose Plymouth Gin and Cynar Amaro, good straight up standards.  For the vermouth I chose the slightly milder and sweeter Cocchi Vermouth di Torino.

I used my standard 1 part gin, 1 part vermouth (usually 1 1/2 oz) and split the Amaro with the Shrub. The apple fruit and vinegar flavors made a drink that is very exciting.

1 1/2 oz Plymouth or other dry gin

1 1/2 oz  Cocchi  Vermouth di Torrino or Boissiere Red Vermouth

3/4 oz Cynar  or Montenegro Amaro  3/4 oz Hudson Standard Apple Corriander Maple Shrub

Stir well over ice, serve on rocks or up

Add a slice of orange and two drops Dutch's Colonial Bitters 

Arden Point

 

Posted at 05:40 PM in Our Original Recipes |

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A Fascinating Story

  • The history of the Negroni is uncertain, but we have researched it well. Not just where it began, but how this exemplary cocktai has emerged over almost 100 years to become the wildly popular drink that is today...

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Count Camillo Negroni

  • As to its origin, the most prevalent story is that it was first created in Florence, Italy in 1919, at Caffè Casoni, an antique shop/bar, (think Il Buco) where now Caffè Giacosa is found. As the story goes Count Camillo Negroni asked bartender Fosco Scarselli to strengthen his favorite cocktail, the Americano, by adding gin instead of the typical soda water. Fosco distinguished the drink with an orange garnish rather than the typical lemon. A Brief History of the Negroni
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Count Pascal Olivier Negroni

  • Of course like most tales in Italy there is another version of the story. In his one it is told that the drink was invented in 1857 in the West African country of Senegal by Corsican General Pascal Olivier de Negroni. They say he created a drink to aide his new wife’s digestion lifting the drink to toast to her health on their wedding day. Negroni family lays claim to namesake cocktail

    Sorry Pascal, with no disrespect, we are going with the Italian Count Camillo version.

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