Bianco/blanc/blanco vermouth cocktails

Cocktails with vermouth What is vermouth Styles of vermouth History of vermouth Ingredients in vermouth Production of vermouth Storing & serving vermouth

Cocktails with vermouth
What is vermouth
Styles of vermouth
History of vermouth
Ingredients in vermouth
Production of vermouth
Storing & serving vermouth

Bianco/blanc/blanco vermouth cocktails

Blanco vermouths are sweeter and richer in flavour than dry vermouths, and their added sweetness can help bring balance and botanical richness to some cocktails, particularly agave-spirit-based recipes.

At the time of compiling this in late July 2004, there were 263 Difford's Guide bianco/blanc/blanco vermouths, and the following are my section of the 30 best recipes.

21st Century Negroni

A chinato-forward Negroni that's fit for the 21st Century. Indeed, I recommend it, particularly as a digestivo.

City Club

Beneath the white foamy head lies a bittersweet raspberry vodka sour. Looks can be deceiving!

Clover Club (Difford's recipe)

It's a bit of a faff to make, but it's worth the clogged sink drain from the raspberry shrapnel. Using raspberry syrup and especially raspberry jam in

Crosstree

Like a rum-laced pineapple cream soda served with a wedge of lime.

Cucumber Martini

Cucumber has never tasted so good, helped by being vodka-laced and infused with notes of bison grass. The touch of sugar in this cocktail helps amplify

Delmarva Cocktail No.2

Bourbon's distinctive character shines through but is softened and flavoured by cacao and a hint of citrus.

Eeyore's Requiem

On the bitter side of bittersweet with cleaning piney and herbal notes from gin, carciofo, and fernet.

El Presidente (with rhum agricole)

Rhum agricole adds distinctive grassy notes to this delicate Cuban classic.

El Presidente (Sloppy Joe's)

A splash of lime adds zesty citrus balance to this delicate rose-pink tinted rum and vermouth cocktail with a touch of pomegranate contributing fruity

Fernando

An unusual, vermouth-based herbal cocktail - very fresh and aromatic.

Francophile Martini

A simple variation on the vodka-based French Martini adding gin and vermouth to help justify its Martini name.

Ginger 'Martini'

A warming medium-dry Vodka Martini with enlivening ginger spice for a cold evening.

Gin Blossom Martini

Fragrant apricot eau-de-vie nestles alongside piney gin botanicals with faint sweetness from herbal vermouth.

Grassoide Ferro Cocktail

This simple but brilliantly complex aperitivo-cum-digestivo cocktail dates from the 1930s when it and most other cocktails were shaken. Don't allow the

Jamie's Mojito

A light mojito made more complex with bianco vermouth.

Kiwi Fresh Fruit Martini

You may need to adjust the sugar depending on the ripeness of your fruit. Using kiwi sugar syrup helps boost this cocktail's flavour but, if your kiwis

Lulu White

A delicious bite-sized tequila and absinthe Dry Martini with a pleasing hint of olive-influenced salinity.

Maida Vale

Originally named the Unripe Manhattan after its creator's website, this Manhattan-style cocktail combines the spice of rye whiskey with sweet bianco vermouth

Mexican in Manhattan

I tried making my usual Sweet Manhattan but with añejo tequila as the base spirit and it was not half bad, but there's something about tequila that says

Obituario

Whisps of mezcal mingle with herbaceous tequila, rich vinous vermouth and delicate aniseed and liquorice.

Old Gal

This Negroni-style cocktail is a riff on the Old Pal with bianco vermouth, which has a more mellowing effect on the whiskey than the dry vermouth traditionally

Paddington Bear Martini

Tangy orange marmalade with gin and pisco rounded with bianco vermouth.

Pink Mist

Softy bittersweet aperitif with zesty bergamot.

South of Heaven

Bittersweet and refreshing with the very distinctive flavours of mastiha and Fernet Branca.

Tequila Martini

A 2:1 Dry Martini that's like no gin or vodka comparison – it's arguably better.

Thrivemind

Described by its creator as a sort of a 50/50 Martini meets a Bamboo.

Tuxedo (Difford's recipe)

Inspired by the numerous other Tuxedo recipes, this combines the best of them with a faint hint of sweetness (from the bianco vermouth and old tom gin)

Tuxedo No. 2 (Flora Bar's recipe)

Sweet white vermouth and generous maraschino liqueur mellow the usual Tuxedo bone dryness while also adding aroma and flavour.

Yellow Negroni

As the name suggests, this pisco-based, five equal parts, vivid yellow bittersweet aperitif was inspired by the classic Negroni and three of the world's

White Rob Roy

This altogether lighter and whiter version of the classic Scotch Manhattan is delicious and comparable to what the White Negroni did for the classic Negroni.

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