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7 Negroni variations all good home bartenders should try

Italy's most famous cocktails are red, bitter, and have fool proof ratios.  The spritz may be summer's darling, but this week it's all about Negronis.

Check out our team's 7 favorite variations and mix along at home!  Don't have an exact ingredient? Feel free to improvise with our Negroni Cocktail Madlib instruction sheet!

 

Bold original negroni

Bold Original From Our Negroni Queen
If it ain't broke don't fix it

+ 1 oz Four Pillars Rare Dry Gin
+ 1 oz Campari
+ 1 oz Cocchi Dopo Teatro Amaro Vermouth
+ Garnish with orange peel or slice
+ Melissa says stir with ice, strain over one big cube. Garnish.
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Homegroni

Home-groni
Nor-Cal Negroni

+ 1 oz Venus Spirits #1 Gin
+ 1 oz St. George Bruto Americano
+ 1 oz Lo-fi Aperitifs Sweet Vermouth
+ Garnish with orange peel or slice
+ Stir with ice, strain over rock, sip.
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Boulevardier 12 Revisit

 

Boulevardier 12 Revisited 
Whiskey fans rejoice!

+ 1.5 oz Lost Republic Bourbon
+ 1/2 oz Campari
+ 3/4 oz Lo-Fi Aperitifs Sweet Vermouth
+ 1/2 oz Amaro CioCiaro
+ 2 dash Bitter Housewife Orange Bitters 
+ Absinthe rinse
+ Garnish with an orange peel
+ Mish says stir all ingredients minus the absinthe with ice.  One spray of absinthe in a Nick and Nora glass. Strain, serve up, garnish.

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Pineapple Negroni

Pineapple Negroni
Italian Inspired Caribbean Vacation

+ 1 oz Stiggins Pineapple Rum
+ 1 oz Leopold Aperitivo
+ 1 oz Primitivo Quiles Rojo Vermouth
+ Garnish with lime peel
+ Joe says stir with ice and serve up.  Swipe lime peel around rim of glass and express lime oil over top.

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The Kevin

The Kevin
Equal parts citrus, sweet, and smoke

+ 1.5 oz Wahaka Mezcal Espadin
+ 1 oz Cocchi Americano
+ 1/2 oz St. George Bruto Americano 
+ Garnish with orange disc
+ Preston says stir with ice and serve up in a Nick and Nora glass. Garnish.

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The Berry OldGroni

The Berry Old Negroni
Farmer's market summer fun

+ 1 oz Pueblo Viejo Anejo Tequila
+ 1 oz Rinomato
+ 1/4 oz Merlet Cassis 
+ 3/4 oz Martini Rubino Riserva Speciale
+ Optional garnish with a fresh blackberry 
+ Meredith says stir with ice, strain, serve up and sip.

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The LowCal Count Negroni

LowCal Count Negroni
Count Negroni gets his beach bod

+ 1 oz Square One Bergamot Vodka
+ 1 oz Gran Classico
+ 1 oz Bordiga Vermouth
+ 3/4 oz Martini Rubino Riserva Speciale
+ Meredith says stir with ice, strain, serve up and sip.

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