Name: Blue Negroni
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Old Tom gin; 20 ml Bitter bianco liqueur; 20 ml Bianco/blanc/blanco vermouth; 10 ml Dry vermouth; 10 ml Blue curaçao liqueur; 3 drop Saline solution 4:1

Blue Negroni
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Photographed in an UB Koto Old Fashioned 30cl

Ingredients:
1 oz	Hayman's Old Tom Gin
²⁄₃ oz	Luxardo Bitter Bianco liqueur
²⁄₃ oz	Strucchi Bianco Vermouth
¹⁄₃ oz	Strucchi Dry Vermouth
¹⁄₃ oz	Bols Blue Curaçao
3 drop	Saline solution 4:1 (20g sea salt to 80g water)

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

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Bianco/blanc/blanco vermouth, Dry vermouth - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

As the name suggests, this is a blue-rinsed, orange-forward riff on a classic Negroni. If a six-ingredient Negroni seems over the top, try this simplified version:
30ml (1oz) Gin
30ml (1oz) Bianco vermouth
20ml (⅔oz) Bitter bianco
10ml (⅓oz) Blue curacao

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History:

Created in October 2024 after being inspired by New York's Blue Negroni wave, which emerged in 2023, led by Manhattan's Temple Bar and its Blue Negroni with their house-made Blue Kampari bitter liqueur.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Blue Negroni contains 176 calories

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
22.31% alc./vol. (22.31° proof)
20.1 grams of pure alcohol

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Chris McLean

17th May at 09:23

I have a handful of traditional Negroni loving friends who are very sceptical about the concept of a Blue Negroni. I have dabbled with them trying to generate something that isn't sweet and my traditionalists then added in to the challenge that to be authentic any recipe should be of 'equal parts'. After some experimentation and a green version produced using Gin, Suze & Blue Coração, I came up with the following combination which seemed sufficiently Negroniesque in taste and was made using 15 mls of each of the following ingredients:
London Dry Gin
Vodka (Stoli)
Tequila (Don Angel - I'm not much of Tequila drinker)
Luxardo Bitters
Cocchi Americano
Blue Coração

Those who sampled it gave it the thumbs up, but I'm yet to win over all of the traditionalists who merely saw the photo!

Andy Parnell-Hopkinson

7th December 2024 at 07:56

qv unless you like them sweet, just use dry vermouth.

Luca Viviani

2nd November 2024 at 16:24

If you happen to have friends over for aperitivo, I suggest serving regular Negronis mixed with a few of these on the same tray. The bright red and light blue of the two look just stunning together and you'll be sure to make an impression.
I found the result a bit too sweet, I will try fully replacing bianco vermouth with extra dry next time.