Name: Witches' Negroni
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Gin; 30 ml Red bitter liqueur; 30 ml Rosso/sweet vermouth; 10 ml Strega liqueur

Ingredients

1 fl oz

Hayman's London Dry Gin

1 fl oz

Italian red bitter liqueur

1 fl oz

Strucchi Rosso Vermouth

¹⁄₃ fl oz

Liquore Strega

How to make

Glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.

Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.

Method

STIR all ingredients with ice.

STRAIN into ice-filled glass (preferably over a large cube or chunk of block ice).

Garnish

EXPRESS orange zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Witches' Negroni contains 207 calories

Alcohol content:

1.6 standard drinks
22.57% alc./vol. (45.13° proof)
22.6 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Rosso/rouge/sweet vermouth (di Torino) — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

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Comments & Discussion

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molly haselhorst 34w

I used cocchi rosa for the Italian red bitter which, I think, let the Strega flavors shine. My only vermouth was a chinato -- Vermouth del Professore which has nice bitter notes, and that helped amplify the bitter notes missing from the cocchi. I loved it.

Loz Horner 45w

Yeah the Strega is a bit drowned.

Yorey C 1y

well i think it kinda just tastes like a negroni

Calvin Grant Premium Member 1y

Kinda gotta agree. It tastes just like a classic negroni without it only slightly different. Have only tried Campari and Luxardo for the red bitter with similar excellent results. Punt e Mes yes, Antica Formula great stuff not here, Cocchi Storico my favorite. Martini & Rossi's sweet vermouth's not bad though I've yet to try thier premium offerings. What's your favorite, if I may ask? Cheers!

John CARR Premium Member 1y

It’s the same flavour profile, with some alternative herbal notes - extra mint and tang. for example. Just like I have 10 different teas in my cupboard. Some I drink all the time, sometimes I feel like a slight change, sometimes a complete change. Such are the vagaries of humans 😉!

Calvin Grant Premium Member 1y

My poor cats. I keep feeding them the same sh*t every time. Mostly. Although in my defense they are on prescription diets.

John CARR Premium Member 2y

This does actually work. The minty tang of Strega comes through and does in fact match the Campari. I will try vermouth di Torino next time.

John CARR Premium Member 2y

Yes the robustness and depth of the vermouth di Torino definitely also works here.

John CARR Premium Member 2y

Bumping up the gin to 45ml was fine, knocking back the Campari to 22.5 less so. Topped it back up again to get the Campari fruitiness. There’s a reason the classics are the way they are!

Calvin Grant Premium Member 1y

Just tried this again splitting the vermouth one third- Cocchi Dopo Teatro vermouth amaro and two thirds+ Dolin dry, and increasing the Strega slightly. Made for a lighter but just as complex five star negroni.♡

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Chris Brislawn 2y

For Halloween I tried 1 oz gin and 3/4 oz each of Strega, Martini & Rossi Riserva Speciale Bitter (not quite as puckeringly bitter as Campari), and Dolin Rouge (not as heavy or sweet as Carpano Antica). This lets the Strega come through and results in a more balanced, complex cocktail. A very nice variation on the Negroni, with added anise, mint, and herbal notes instead of just the dominating bitterness of Campari.

Morten Carlsbaek Premium Member 2y

Really good. Will alternate classic with this. I used vermouth Fot-li Formula Antiga and Tuvé Bitter

Chris Brislawn 2y

Just what the Negroni needed: more bitter complexity. Made it with the exact amounts specified (for a change) using Carpano Antica vermouth. The Strega is getting lost amidst all that Campari; think I'll try it again with a higher proportion of Strega. Very good all the same. An excellent choice for Halloween, even if you can't make it to Benevento in person.

Calvin Grant Premium Member 2y

OK, how can you improve on a classic negroni; you can't... Or can you? Perhaps i'm bewitched. I love negronis; all of them. Lordy. Noah could never fit two of all the animals on the ark! There will never be too many negronis. Seriously, this is as good as the classic. A splash of Liquore Strega and some orange rind. (Maybe better.) Five stars and a heart.