Dutch Count Negroni

Difford’s Guide
Discerning Drinkers (40 ratings)

Serve in an Old-fashioned glass

Ingredients:
1 oz Oude genever
1 oz Strucchi Red Bitter (Campari-style liqueur)
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 orange slice for garnish.
  3. POUR ingredients into ice-filled glass.
  4. STIR.
  5. Garnish with orange slice.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Review:

Genever's flavoursome character adds malty notes to an otherwise traditional Negroni.

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AKA: Red Light Negroni, Dutch Negroni

History:

Discovered in 2011 at Vesper Bar, Amsterdam, Netherlands and a cocktail then promoted by Bols Genever.
See: Negroni cocktail history.

Nutrition:

One serving of Dutch Count Negroni contains 165 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.4 standard drinks
  • 21.26% alc./vol. (21.26° proof)
  • 19.1 grams of pure alcohol

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Egg McKenzie’s Avatar Egg McKenzie
12th February at 20:44
i used vording's genever. it was a little ovrepowreing for me. not bad though. but the OG is the fucking shit so no need to change it really.
Dan Casselman’s Avatar Dan Casselman
14th September 2024 at 03:11
The perfect bridge to a Whiskey based Negroni.
David Teager’s Avatar David Teager
12th February 2023 at 23:44
Well, what can you say? Nearly as good as the original? A negroni for people who don’t like the juniper in gin? It will be a good way to use up the genever, where (so far) I haven’t found a “drink this again” option.