Name: Alpine Negroni
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Gin; 22.5 ml Gentian liqueur; 22.5 ml Americano bianco; 15 ml Génépi liqueur; 5 ml White crème de menthe; 3 dash Lemon bitters; 3 drop Saline solution 4:1

Alpine Negroni
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Glass:

Photographed in an UB Koto Old Fashioned 30cl

Ingredients:
1 fl oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
³⁄₄ fl oz	Gentian liqueur (e.g. Suze, Salers etc)
³⁄₄ fl oz	Americano bianco
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Génépi liqueur
¹⁄₆ fl oz	Giffard Menthe Pastille white crème de menthe
3 dash	Fee Brothers Lemon Bitters
3 drop	Saline solution (20g sea salt to 80g water) or merest pinch of s

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Prepare:

Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.
Prepare rosemary sprig for garnish.

How to make:

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

Garnish:

Rosemary sprig.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Americano bianco - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

A beautifully balanced and complex alpine-influenced riff on a White Negroni.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe created in 2018 by Naron Young at Dante in Manhattan, New York City.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Alpine Negroni contains 203 calories

Alcohol content:

1.6 standard drinks
23.13% alc./vol. (46.26° proof)
22.2 grams of pure alcohol

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Mike Gibb

4th July at 14:11

My first génépi. The barman gave me a generous taster over ice: very nice, yes, this is something I'd like to drink more of.
Alpine Negroni: I was a bit concerned about the gentian+ gentian of the suze+ americano bianco, but the combo smoothed out leaving some space for the génépi to come through. As noted by John Carr below, the Giffard Menthe Pastille is strong stuff and 5ml just right (and the max) for a point of menthol freshness. Two swaths of lemon zest in the shaker subbed for the lemon bitters. The rosemary sprig did good work.

Would have liked more génépi, so I remade it with 22.5ml (3/4 floz) which I think improved it.
An excellent drink.
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Mookie

21st December 2025 at 00:41

in lieu of creme de menthe and genepi, I used .5oz green chartreuse and added a couple dashes of chartreuse elixir and rosemary tincture. loved it!

Hugh Herron

22nd November 2025 at 09:08

This! Been experimenting with Negronis for a while, but this one had caught my eye. Finally got the ingredients together and tried it. Yes. A drink to explore, a mountain range of a drink.

Evan Woods

26th September 2025 at 21:23

Very nice flavor with Suze, but beware that you'll end up with something with a color akin to Mountain Dew--and these mountains aren't the Alps. Still, I prefer Suze to Salers, so I'm sticking with it!

G. M. Genovese

8th March 2025 at 00:59

Ford's, Salers, Cocchi Americano, Dolin Genepy. Was out of creme de menthe, but I tried to get more today. The brand I sought was out of stock, and I'm long past settling for a trash substitute... But I did have peppermint essential oil at home, hmm... 5 drops: too many, to say the least. 2 drops: much better, and the other ingredients could now breathe. Ended up being good drink for sure... Next time, I would opt to use, instead of creme de menthe, either Braulio or Brancamenta in its place.

John CARR

30th March 2025 at 13:33

Great call on braulio, GMG. The Suze bottle was unaccountably empty, so subbed 10ml each of braulio and Strega and was very happy!

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John CARR

31st January 2025 at 15:25

Having made this several times, the Creme de menthe needs dialling back to avoid overpowering the other ingredients. Otherwise a really tremendous cocktail.

Calvin Grant

17th October 2025 at 02:15

Completely agree. How's early spring down under by the way?

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John CARR

22nd January 2025 at 12:27

I could imagine riffing on this with Calvados, making a Willian Tell. …

John CARR

3rd January 2025 at 13:40

Bit of exotic array of ingredients, but bearing in mind the sour-bitter-sweet- herbal balance should prove a guide. The full dash of saline (12 drops) really helps to make this. No genepi at this point so subbed yellow Chartreuse and Bonal. Also added a splash of Luxardo bitter Bianco to fortify the bitterness. No lemon bitters, so a generous lemon spritz. Cotswolds gin helped emphasise the herbal-bitter qualities.

John CARR

22nd January 2025 at 12:25

The lemon butters once obtained (!) do help balance the Creme de mente in particular. I needed to add an extra dash or so to match the intensity of the de Kuyper pastille.

John CARR

6th January 2025 at 12:27

Remaking with more exact ingredients, tho still lacking lemon bitters, on the sweet side, corrected with an extra, generous splash of gin. Cotswold’s gin worked really well here.

Matt B

14th March 2024 at 00:00

The Suze perhaps could use to be dialed back a bit.

Frederic D.

12th January 2023 at 23:59

Remade with 1oz each Gray Whale gin, Luxardo Bianco, Dolin Genepy, plus one barspoon of Zirbenz Pine Liqueur, and a lemon twist. Bitter, herbal, complex, a simply fantastic drink.

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