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02/24/2017

Negroni # 91 She calls it the "TGIF"

TGIF Negroni

Another delightful concoction from renaissance woman, Nell Conway, master of all flavors liquorious, wine, beer spirits and the foods that adorn them.  This Friday, February the 24th 2017 creation she calls the "TGIF" for what better way to close the week than with a delicious soothing cocktail.

Recipe:

1.5 oz Gin - Ford London Dry, chosen with the guidance of the illustrious UK bar master, brand ambassador, Simon Ford, who created this gin with Thames Distillers, as a "Bartender's Gin" made for mixing, and for that it is perfect.  

.75 oz  Vermouth - The exciting Contratto Rosso with all its luscious flavors as good as ever after 150 years.

.75 oz  Amaro - Aperol also an Italian great with flavors to entice and excite the palate.

With a dash orange bitters and squeeze fresh orange 

The smaller portions of vermouth and amaro give this Negroni a more Martini-esque nature. The gin more predominant role, keeping the other spirits from overwhelming. 

Mixing - you should know the drill by now. 

Ford's Gin

Simon Ford 

Contratto Rosso

 

Posted at 03:46 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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