Negroni # 89 Count Negroni has a Date.

01/22/2017

Negroni # 89 Count Negroni has a Date.

A little play on words, we are sure that a bon vivant, Count Camillo Negroni, had many dates in his lifetime, but none like this. This combination yields a smooth and delightful libation that will warm your heart and soul on a cold cloudy gray winter day.

1 oz Brooklyn Gin

1 oz Carpano Antica Vermouth

1 oz Amaro Montenegro

Medjool Dates and Meyer Lemon slices

Slice the dates and muddle well in the amaro, add ice, vermouth gin, stir very well.

Server straight up, they go down quickly, no need for ice in the glass.

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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

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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