I am keen to hear about any negronis that are made with rosé vermouth. I have a bottle from Vault which seems ideal, but it would be interesting to hear if anyone has had success using it. Cheers.

We celebrated Halloween by charting Life, Death and Resurrection though the metaphor of cocktails.

We started with a Bouvardier, renamed as a BOO-vardier, the idea being to shout BOO to scare hapless souls to death...upon which they had to utter their Last Word.

We then drank a Corpse Reviver No. 2 to bring back the dead.

All recipes from Difford's. All delicious.

Must try the Obituario !

Enjoyed this. Good balance of bitterness, sharp fruit and sweetness. Very good aperitivo for an Autumn evening.