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Negroni Bianco Bergamotto

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Discerning Drinkers (128)
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Measurements in:
Serves:
1
Ingredients
1 fl oz Hayman's London Dry Gin
1 fl oz Italicus liqueur
1 fl oz Strucchi Dry Vermouth

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How to make

Glassware

Serve in an Old-fashioned glass

Prepare

  1. Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.
  2. Prepare garnish of skewered chilled green olive.

Method

  1. POUR ingredients into ice-filled glass.
  2. STIR.

Garnish

  1. Garnish with skewered olive.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
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Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Negroni Bianco Bergamotto contains 159 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.3 standard drinks
  • 20.79% alc./vol. (41.57° proof)
  • 18.7 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Values stated for alcohol and calorie content, and number of drinks an ingredient makes should be considered approximate.

History

Adapted from a drink promoted with the launch of Italicus Rosolio di Bergamotto in the summer of 2017. Our original recipe comprised four equal parts:
20 ml Dry gin
20 ml Luxardo Bitter Bianco
20 ml Italicus liqueur
20 Bianco vermouth

Review

Dry with wine like-minerality, zesty bergamot and piney gin notes.

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Comments & Discussion

Kevin Sutton
I like it. Italicus (and bergamot in general) is an interesting flavour. I shook this, with a couple of nocerella olives as that's all I had, and my local vineyards vermouth. Balanced the sweet.
score: 1
Mookie Premium Member
I added some olive bitters that I happened to have which probably helped temper the sweetness a bit. It was good, but I definitely want to try adding some olive brine next time
score: 1
Rik de Boer
Italicus plays very nicely with the dry vermouth (Noilly Prat in my case).
In line with earlier suggestions, added half a tea spoon of olive brine and 10 ml or so of gin.
score: 1
James Dorman
I did it with a twist of lemon. Would not change a thing.
score: 1
Katie ALLEN
No olives first time and was unimpressed, as others have said a bit on the sweet side. Then gave it a second chance with the olives which made such a difference for me by cutting the sweetness
score: 1
we st
Reisetbauer Blue (juniper forward london dry), cinzano extra dry and italicus: italicus brings a lot of sugar, subdueing the more interestings flavours. Too sweet and lacks depth.
score: 2
John CARR Premium Member
With aberquina olives (from Aldi, no less) helps to cut the sugar of the vermouth and liqueur.
score: 1
John CARR Premium Member
Retried with the specified ingredients - yum!
score: 1
John CARR Premium Member
Subbing in elderflower liqueur for the bergamot also works well here!
score: 1
John CARR Premium Member
Fino in place of dry vermouth would also be a good option here.
score: 1
John CARR Premium Member
One of my first tastes of italicised. A nice introduction that really features it. The bergamot and other herbals really are very delicate and subtle. I only had Cocchi Americano to sub for the vermouth so took it back to 20ml. Noting others’ comments re sweetness, bumped the gin - Cotswolds - to 40ml. Seemed a reasonable balance and the gin herbals integrated very pleasingly with the liqueur’s.
score: 1
John CARR Premium Member
Italicus*. Curse autocorrect!
score: 1
David Hoyle
Have tried this both as directed, and with Plymouth Gin. The former - with Rutte Celery Gin - seemed perfectly balanced. With the Plymouth, I would suggest try reducing the Dolin a little, otherwise this Vermouth shines through a tad strongly. Nevertheless, a great introduction (for yours truly) to this bergamot-flavoured apéritif. And it's not too sweet for this drinker's palate...
score: 3
John CARR Premium Member
Perhaps a dash of celery bitters would suit?!
score: 2

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