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
× 1 1 serving
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How to make:

  1. Select and pre-chill an Old-fashioned glass.
  2. Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.
  3. STIR all ingredients with ice.
  4. STRAIN into ice-filled glass (preferably over a large cube or chunk of block ice).
  5. EXPRESS orange zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 6/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 6/10
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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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Justin Aniello’s Avatar 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.
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John CARR’s Avatar 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.
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bor jü’s Avatar bor jü
12th April at 22:13
Turned out great. Thanks for the recipe.
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John CARR’s Avatar 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.
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John CARR’s Avatar John CARR
13th May 2024 at 13:05
*the vermouth
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John CARR’s Avatar 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!
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Monkey Beng’s Avatar Monkey Beng
10th March 2024 at 18:43
It is not rather a "Gin Cyn" ?
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Simon Difford’s Avatar 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’s Avatar 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.
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Frederic D.’s Avatar 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.
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Patrick Ryan’s Avatar 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.
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Natalie Nnyanzi’s Avatar 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.
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Sam Donaldson’s Avatar Sam Donaldson
16th May 2022 at 22:52
Great Negroni variation! I dialed back the Cynar to 25mL and compensated with an extra 5mL sweet vermouth and found it a little less harsh (and thus more pleasing) in its bitterness.
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