Name: Cin-Cyn
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Gin; 30 ml Cynar/carciofo amaro; 30 ml Rosso/sweet vermouth

Cin-Cyn
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Serve in an Old-fashioned glass

Ingredients:
1 oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
1 oz	Cynar or other carciofo amaro
1 oz	Strucchi Rosso Vermouth

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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 (preferably over a large cube or chunk of block ice).
EXPRESS orange zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

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

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

A slightly sweeter, less bitter, artichoke-influenced riff on a classic Negroni.

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AKA: Cynar Negroni, Gin-Cyn

Variant:

Sin Cyn, Negroni Tredici and simply served straight-up in a coupe.

History:

Cin-Cyn is a play on 'cin-cin', Italian for cheers and reflects the use of Cynar as the artichoke amaro in the original recipe. Cin-cin (pronounced 'chin-chin') is a toast used in casual and informal settings as an alternative to the more formal 'salute'.

Nutrition:

One serving of Cin-Cyn contains 160 calories

Alcohol content:

1.2 standard drinks
19.34% alc./vol. (19.34° proof)
17.4 grams of pure alcohol

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Bill and Audrey Kopp

15th June at 21:09

Decided to make it my first time taking into consideration previous comments. So: 1:1:1 of Navy strength gin (Chemist, from here in Asheville NC USA), Punt e Mes, Cynar. First sip: smooth, with subtle (compared to Negroni) bitterness...and then delayed-reaction POW!! from the Cynar. Nice, and fascinating the way the Cynar hits in timed-release fashion.

Justin Aniello

21st December 2024 at 21:44

I am a big fan of Cynar so makes sense that I like this over the standard Negroni. Though still not in love with this drink, gin feels left behind.

John CARR

14th May 2024 at 12:17

In a kind of ‘perfect’ version, split the gin between standard and navy strength, Cynar and Averna (best mates), and Rosso Antico with punt e mes. Kind of demonstrating, no matter how much you mess around with it, negroni is a pretty spectacular formula.

Boris Jümmers

12th April at 22:13

Turned out great. Thanks for the recipe.

John CARR

13th May 2024 at 13:04

Did something similar you Sebastian C: I find the gin tends to get lost in a Negroni so split it with a navy gin (four pillars) and split yet vermouth between carpano and punt e mes. Nuclear flavour explosion!
Loving the Negroni experimentation atm. Broke the code.

John CARR

13th May 2024 at 13:05

*the vermouth

John CARR

28th April 2024 at 13:00

If you find the regular Negroni too strong on the bitter side, definitely try this. Really delicious and easy drinking. And there’s so many good cocktails with Cynar. It’s great stuff!

Monkey Beng

10th March 2024 at 18:43

It is not rather a "Gin Cyn" ?

Simon Difford

11th March 2024 at 09:58

Gin-Cyn would appear to make more sense, so I've added it as an AKA. However, the consensus is that this cocktail is a Cin-Cyn.

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Sebastian C

20th February 2024 at 02:30

Great drink (with Cynar it’s hard to do wrong). If you have Gin-sceptic friends who “ride or die” whiskey, something we attempted was akin to doing a flavor overload by using Sipsmith Lemon Drizzle and Antica Formula vermouth. Logically, it makes no sense to have 3 flavour-heavy spirits engaging in a Battle Royale, but we channeled our inner Ghostbusters, “reversed the stream,” and were pleasantly surprised by the result.

Frederic D.

3rd January 2024 at 03:02

A nice variation on a negroni for when I'm in the mood for a more tempered bitterness. Most recently made with Gin Mare, whose more herbal/vegetal notes nicely complemented the Cynar.

Patrick Ryan

9th September 2022 at 08:12

For those who find a Negroni is too bitter and the Boulevardier isn't bitter enough (or you would really prefer gin), this drink sits nicely in the middle.

Natalie Nnyanzi

17th June 2022 at 16:20

I tried with Star of Bombay and with Gordon's Pink. First one was quite strong, second was a bit sweeter due to the berries, very pleasant on the nose but with quite bitter finish.