Name: Pomegranate Negroni
Total time: 5 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 40 ml Gin; 30 ml Red bitter liqueur; 25 ml Aromatized wine; 10 ml Pomegranate juice; 2 dash Orange bitters

Pomegranate Negroni
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Photographed in an UB Koto Old Fashioned 30cl

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₃ oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
1 oz	Strucchi Red Bitter (Campari-style liqueur)
⁵⁄₆ oz	Aromatized wine (e.g. Lillet Blanc)
¹⁄₃ oz	Pomegranate juice
2 dash	Orange Bitters by Angostura

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill an Old-fashioned glass.
Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.
STIR all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into ice-filled glass (preferably over a large cube or chunk of block ice).
EXPRESS orange zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

This Negroni has a beautiful red hue and is more bittersweet than it is fruity (as you'd expect of a Negroni).

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Nutrition:

One serving of Pomegranate Negroni contains 200 calories

Alcohol content:

1.6 standard drinks
21.27% alc./vol. (21.27° proof)
22.5 grams of pure alcohol

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Angelo Pacifico

24th December 2024 at 22:59

Very nice recipe. Thank you.
I doubled the amount of pomegranate juice for the less experienced drinkers and a few pomegranate grains for decoration and a final treat. I'm lucky enough to come from the south of Italy where pomegranate is fresh and delicious.

Chris Brislawn

19th February 2024 at 04:01

No pomegranate juice so subbed pomegranate liqueur. I like Negronis on the lean side so upped the gin a wee bit to 1.5 oz, though not quite Valentino (2:1:1) lean. The idea of replacing the red vermouth with aromatized wine is interesting but I don't understand the rationale for Lillet Blanc so used Lillet Rouge instead with good results. Garnished with a lemon zest. This has the bittersweet bite of a classic Negroni with more fruit complexity and some additional herbal/bitter notes.

John Hinojos

11th November 2023 at 01:24

Loved the pomegranate flavour. Found the cocktail a bit on the sweet side at the first sip, but, as it breathes, the cocktail becomes softer and not as sweet. The little bit of water from the ice seems to mellow all the ingredients.

Arjun Ravikumar

8th October 2023 at 04:33

I made this drink exactly and it was great (my rating was based on that).

I then remade the drink with Granada-Vallet (a bitter pomegranate liqueur from Mexico) instead of Campari, and it was out of this world. It rounds out the negroni with flavors of gentian, fresh jalapeño and lime zest.

Highly recommend the variation if you can get your hands on a bottle.

Gregory Moreton

30th August 2023 at 19:58

As I don't usually have fresh Pomegranate juice to hand I subbed in 10ml of Pama Pomegranate liqueur... Delicious lighter and slightly fruity option to a Negroni

Felicia Stratton

7th May 2023 at 21:48

Would homemade grenadine work?

Simon Difford

8th May 2023 at 08:11

Sure. Would be quite a different drink but very much worth trying.

Dommie coolvax

26th February 2023 at 18:45

I made this to the exact measurements, it soothed my negroni craving in a most delightful manner

Roy Movrich

12th October 2022 at 12:57

I felt the Campari was fighting with and drowning out the gin and the Lillet Blanc. Dialled it back and upped the pomegranate juice. Did the balance trick.