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7th February 2022 at 16:27
I made this with gin, suze and kina l aero.A mellow drink, very satisfactory.
21st December 2021 at 05:56
I’m a wimp when it comes to Suze and Campari. I like Negronis with more vermouth and less bitter aperitif. Is there a professional term for this kind of build?
21st December 2021 at 17:55
There’s a Classic Martinez recipe in the Cocktail Codex: 1.5 oz gin, 1.5 oz sweet vermouth, 1/4 oz Luxardo. I like these ratios substituting in blanc vermouth and Suze. I appreciate the bitterness but its a little heavy for me, one to one.
Simon Difford’s Avatar Simon Difford
21st December 2021 at 08:31
Not that I'm aware of but if there isn't such a term. There should be. A "Mellow Negroni" perhaps? I'm keen to add such a Negroni to this site - what's your preferred recipe?
Calvin Grant’s Avatar Calvin Grant
18th December 2021 at 05:17
Loved this with Suze. A must have in my bar like Triple Sec or Maraschino liqueur. Tried to get another bottle and I was told the distributer dropped it! Was only first able to get it a year ago or so. Here in Washington State we are at the mercy of the distributer Oligarchy. We can't even ship from out of state not to mention paying among the highest liquor taxes in USA. All I could find was a bottle of Salers Gentiane 16%. The resulting Negroni was more martini like. Still good.
8th March 2022 at 17:32
Be thankful you don't live in Canada. We pay an even higher tax rate, and because of the government-owned monopoly, the only way we can get something the government hasn't approved is a special order, minimum of one case, and "guaranteed to be 4-5x the retail price". So Suze isn't even an option here. Even Salers isn't available.
John McTague’s Avatar John McTague
25th September 2021 at 19:14
I find equal parts is too Suze-heavy, and prefer this 1.5oz gin, 1oz Lillet and 3/4oz Suze.
Jill Ghosh’s Avatar Jill Ghosh
20th September 2022 at 00:43
Thank you for the suggestion! I agree the original is a bit too heavy for us. We enjoyed this variation.
11th May 2021 at 13:10
I love this drink but I serve it in a very cold glass without any ice. Stirring it with ice is good but I don't want to dilute this beauty any more than that.
Stefano Bolli’s Avatar Stefano Bolli
27th October 2020 at 10:07
This version is very frenchy but I remember a recipe on this site that called for martini bianco and luxardo bitter bianco instead of suze and lillet blanc, am I right? I'm going to try that recipe...
Simon Difford’s Avatar Simon Difford
29th October 2020 at 09:00
Hi Stefano. I think the cocktail you remember is the Negroni Bianco. It's still on the site.
Andrew Gelb’s Avatar Andrew Gelb
10th August 2020 at 21:16
After what likely was too much testing -- but that's what happens when you start taking fun things somewhat seriously -- here's my final, tweaked version, which we think is balanced very well: 1 1/2 Sipsmith, 1 Dolin Blanc Vermouth, 1/2 Suze. I've subbed out the Cocchi Americano with the Dolin.
24th June 2020 at 21:07
Try Tanqueray, Suze, Dolin blanc and a careful dash of Bitter Truth’s Cucumber Bitters. A few drops
Grapefruit bitters will make a great complement to the grapefruit twist.