Name: King Street Negroni
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 40 ml Island single malt; 30 ml Red bitter liqueur; 10 ml Vermouth alla vaniglia; 10 ml Ginger liqueur

Ingredients

1 ¹⁄₃ fl oz

Island single malt Scotch whisky

1 fl oz

Italian red bitter liqueur

¹⁄₃ fl oz

Carpano Antica Formula Vermouth

¹⁄₃ fl oz

Ginger liqueur

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of King Street Negroni contains 208 calories

Alcohol content:

1.7 standard drinks
26.22% alc./vol. (52.44° proof)
23.6 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Vermouth rosso alla vaniglia (e.g. Antica Formula) — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

History

Adapted from a recipe created in 2016 by Günter Windhorst at his Windhorst Bar in Berlin, Germany. Günter says this was his 36th riff of the Negroni , and his original recipe uses 40ml Talisker 10-year-old, 30ml Fusetti Bitter American, 10ml Antica Formula, and 10ml Giffard Ginger of the Indies liqueur.

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Comments & Discussion

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Sport Murphy 48w

Longtime lover of Islay malts here, only recently re-exploring cocktails as a change of pace. This hits both spots perfectly: a rich, smoky negroni variation that doesn't obscure the whisky's delights. Not surprised that peated malt isn't to everyone's taste, but for me it's a bull's-eye. Usually go with the given recipe, but when the Campari ran out I subbed an even mix of Braulio and Luxardo Bitter... still delicious.

John CARR Premium Member 2y

Reading the comments wasn’t sure about this, but I think it works! Had to do a bit of subbing: no carpano so mixed Cocchi Storico, punt e mes and Dolin rouge roughly equally. Fresh ginger syrup (fresh ginger juice 50/50 with rich syrup). Penicillin meets Blood and sand? Just need an open fire!

G. M. Genovese Premium Member 2y

An off-putting Boulevardier. Made the above recipe, then a transitional take, 45-20-10-15 the specs, and I spit that out. The one that pushed it in the right direction was a 40-10-15-20 stir. Still not there... St George Baller, Campari, Carpano Antica, Barrow's.

Andy Parnell-Hopkinson 2y

Peated whisky kills this. Will try again with a different whisky to let the other ingredients join in.

Steve Beedle Premium Member 2y

I made mine with a Glenkinchie, a Johnnie Walker style whisky which I think did the trick nicely. Maybe needs a bit more Ginger, but has all the elements of a Negroni.

Yury Demidov 2y

I agree that Laphroaig overwhelms everything else (just a bitter aftertaste, but no hints of ginger). Perhaps I should give it another try with a less smokey whiskey or play with proportions.

Yorey C 2y

made it with laphroiag. that may have been a mistake cuz the ginger didnt show up at all

Frederic D. Premium Member 2y

Based on ingredients alone, this drink should be near the top of my favorite list. As it stands though, I might need to play a little bit with the proportions, as all I really got was bitter Talisker, with nary a trace of ginger or vermouth. TBC.