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

Ingredients

1 fl oz

Hayman's London Dry Gin

1 fl oz

Cynar or other carciofo amaro

1 fl oz

Strucchi Rosso Vermouth

How to make

Glassware

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 Cin-Cyn contains 160 calories

Alcohol content:

1.2 standard drinks
19.34% alc./vol. (38.69° proof)
17.4 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

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

Comments & Discussion

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Olga María Gómez Henderson 6w

It's really good, it's sweeteer than a traditional Negroni, yet it still has her bitterness. Excellent variation if I want something lighter than a Boulevardier.

James Kittock Premium Member 42w

I made this with St. George Botanivore gin and Cocchi di Torino and it was divine. Definitely don’t skimp on the twist, the bitter orange oils and fragrance really make this one sing.

Simon Sedgley Premium Member 46w

For us, this seems intended as an aperitivo, as the Negroni is. So we eschewed some commenters' apparent desires to do a makeover of it as a digestivo. We wanted it light and floral and so used Never Never Triple Juniper Gin and Maidenii Sweet Vermouth. A beautifully balanced cocktail.

Caitlin Eisner Premium Member 46w

Honestly, this is the best combination to bring out the flavours of Cynar. I will play with ratios as others have recommended, but this is a lovely start.

James R 1y

This is a neat one. An alternate to a negroni, but much like a negroni I might play with the radios and find my perfect balance. I just bought my first bottle of Cynar and really love it. This drink is drying and astringent on the tongue and really quite pleasant. The gin I feel gets a bit lost so I may wish to up the amount of gin by a bit, or use a navy strength. This will stay in my rotation though, I do like it.

Bill and Audrey Kopp 1y

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 1y

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 Premium Member 2y

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 1y

Turned out great. Thanks for the recipe.

John CARR Premium Member 2y

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 Premium Member 2y

*the vermouth

John CARR Premium Member 2y

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!