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Formidable Negroni

Name: Formidable Negroni
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Gin; 20 ml Amaro Formidabile; 10 ml Red bitter liqueur; 30 ml Rosso/sweet vermouth

Difford’s Guide

Discerning Drinkers (2)

Measurements in:

Serves:

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Ingredients
1 fl oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
²⁄₃ fl oz	Amaro Formidabile
¹⁄₃ fl oz	Italian red bitter liqueur
1 fl oz	Strucchi Rosso Vermouth

How to make

Glass

Photographed in an UB Koto Old Fashioned 30cl

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 Formidable Negroni contains 187 calories

Alcohol content:

1.5 standard drinks
22.89% alc./vol. (45.77° proof)
20.6 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

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

History

Recipe by yours truly in October 2025.

More cocktails by Simon Difford

Review

Amaro Formidabile adds its distinctive wormwood, anise and clove notes to this riff on a classic Negroni.

Hayman's London Dry Gin 750ml - makes 25 cocktails
$33.99 $1.36 per cocktail Hayman's London Dry Gin image

Campari Bitter 375ml - makes 37.5 cocktails
$19.99 $0.53 per cocktail Campari Bitter image

$1.89 per cocktail*

Makes a minimum of 25 cocktails.
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Patrick A. 49w

Tried this with Cocchi instead of Strucci but found it bit sweet, second try I dialled back to 20ml cocchi and was a lot more balanced for my tastes. Really like the amaro in this 👌

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