The Negroni and the Americano | easy cocktails with Campari!
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- čas přidán 8. 06. 2024
- In today's video I will show you how to make the Americano AND the Negroni! I'm doing these together because they are part of the same cocktail family. It all started with the Americano in the late 1800's, which was derived from a drink called the Milano-Torino, a mix of Campari (an apéritif from Milan) and Punt e Mes (a vermouth from Torino). With the addition of soda water, it became a favorite of American tourists by the turn of the 20th century, and was soon simply known as the Americano. Fast forward to 1919 in Florence, Italy, where an Americano was ordered with the substitution of gin in place of soda water. With this attempt at making the Americano stronger, the Negroni was born! Other variations soon followed creating a whole family of cocktails, but today it's all about the original two. Cheers!
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TIME STAMPS
Intro: 0:00
The Booze: 1:18
Negroni Recipe: 2:56
Americano Recipe: 4:19
Sips: 6:12
Sign Off: 8:27
NEGRONI
1.5 oz. (45 ml) The Botanist Islay Dry Gin
3/4 oz. (22.5 ml) Campari
3/4 oz. (22.5 ml) Cocchi Vermouth di Torino
orange zest for garnish
AMERICANO
1.5 oz. (45 ml) Cocchi Vermouth di Torino
1.5 oz. (45 ml) Campari
≈ 3 oz. (90 ml) Topo Chico sparkling mineral water
lemon wheel for garnish
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I just tried my first home made negroni.
A little tip for other cocktail newbies like me - the orange is a game changer. If you think it's a bit to sharp/medicinal, then and a bit more orange zest. It seems to bring it all together.
The way that ice cube floated to the top was sooooooo satisfying.
I found your channel yesterday and I can’t get enough. I love the way you break the recipes down. Thanks for the great work!
Love, love love the interaction between you two. Cheers!
Making a new drink from your channel every evening is my favorite part of the day! Love your expertise and demeanor, and I can't wait to learn more (I take notes on every video). Cheers!
When I first tried the Negroni, I could tell there were some good flavors in it - but I couldn't DRINK it! It was wayyyy too bitter for me. I just tried this version and I finally understand it! Who would've thought the bitterness could be balanced with, like, more spirits, more alcohol? It's incredible. Now if only you could get me to understand the appeal of a Martini
The negroni really reminds me of a grapefruit with a hint of gin
The appeal of the martini is it gets you very drunk very fast but with class.
@@blackpowder4016 I'd argue a Manhattan gets you drunk equally quickly, equally classy, but it doesn't taste like gym sock juice
Find a gin you like and work from there, extra dry with an olive works for me. It needs to be served ice cold or its rough.
Try a 50/50 martini with a dash of orange bitters, overproof gin, and blanc vermouth with a lemon twist. An old school recipe and my favorite.
Anders - the Cocchi is a game-changer! I've been trying to get into this cocktail with varied success. I've had Campari for all of them. I've tried several vermouth brands, as well as Gins. Finally got some Botanist with the other vermouths, but once I tried the Cocchi with your ratio, that did it. Really liked that version. I'm learning so much from your channel - keep it up!
If you haven't already, try carpano antica sweet vermouth. Pricey but one of the best, if not the best.
@@gabrieleredia7157 Thanks for the tip. I'll give it a try!
This funny because your last name starts with Cocchi. Cheers!
@@gabrieleredia7157 yes you’re totally right the Carpano Antico formula is rich and just delicious. A must have for Manhattan
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Love all you do Anders! I’ve watched nearly every video.
Would you consider doing an episode tasting different vermouths? Maybe with a follow up making a vermouth cocktail substituting different brands to analyze how the different vermouths play in the same cocktail?
You're so right on the extra part of gin, completely transforms the negroni. Simply lovely
Since I’m not much of a spirit drinker when I went to Italy I just drank wine, however then I learned about the Negroni in New Orleans of all places and I love it! Now when I go back to Italy I will definitely be drinking Negroni’s! Thanks for both recipes.
Love your channel. The Negroni is one of the kings of cocktails. An amazing drink. Thanks!
I know I am pretty late to this I just wanted to say that this is amazing. I am very new to the cocktail world. Still haven't tasted most of the iconic cocktails. One day a friend of mine suggested me to drink a Negroni at a local bar, so I did, and I immediately fell in love with it. I have plans to build my own home bar and I am very excited. I just wanted to thank you because your channel has been an extremely helpful and accessible way to learn more about cocktails and spirits. You have been a life saver.
Love the channel. I keep finding little gems like this. I too studied in Florence with Gonzaga University almost 20 years ago! Fun channel, tips and drink ideas! Thank you!
Your variation is immensely better!
I have just started studying mixology and I absolutely love your videos. It's fun and informative. Keep doing what you do. Love from India
Very cool, thank you so much for these two variations!
Who doesn't love a classic?! Cheers my man!
Love your channel! I also love Topo Chico in the Americano - the bubbles brighten the bite of the Campari. Topo Chico with a copious amount of bitters (Ango of course) and lemon is also delicious.
The Negroni has become my go to these days. Haven’t tried the Americano yet, thanks for the lesson. New sub ☺️
Just excellent content! Entertaining as it is instructive. Great job you two!
I love your cocktail recipice, they are so well balanced.
But the best Negroni I have had was with the addition of a little splash of Creme de Violette!
It was amazing!
Just brilliant videos, so easy going, it is like sitting at a bar having a chat with Ye guys so cool, nothing else like this.
Finally tried your Negroni recipe, it was excellent, thanks for the great channel
You guys are great, great vibes, great drinks. Thank you!
What a beautiful cocktail! Always love a negroni. And love the Americans described as a ‘midday sipper’ - beautiful.
My and drank my first ever Negroni because of your exciting presentation. Delicious! Really enjoy your channel. Cheers!
Stumbled upon your channel. Great job presenting cocktail and the videography is awesome. I’m a fan.
I love your videos man! I’ve learned a lot of drinks that I can serve at the restaurant I work at and at home as well
Really good job 👏
Love it. And love learning the history. Thank you. Salute!
Thanks, Dina! Salute!
I followed your americano recipe - first cocktail i ever made. Was great! Gonna make other cocktails now 🙌
Oh this video made me happy 😊
Anders, I wanted to let you know that you’ve single-handedly got me into cocktails. I used to be a beer-drinker, then became a wine drinker, then started watching your videos by accident recently and have been addicted since. You’re the best at what you do.
I just ordered my first cocktail making kit (Boston shaker and bar spoon, mainly) so thank you 😃
PS I chose this video specifically because you introduced me to the Negroni and it’s now my favourite thing on this planet.
Love this. Cheers and happy mixing!
I must tell you that since I have found you on CZcams, I really enjoy your recipes and videos. They are entertaining, well thought out and well produced. I wish I lived close by so I could visit your bar. I don't even know you and I like you. Keep up the good work.
Love a Negroni and tried it with Punt E Mes. Game changer.
Coffee, cigar, cocktails and spicy Kabab... that's what my long weekend looks like.
Love these!
Just made this Negroni, it’s definitely interesting…I am finding I like it the more I sip on it, bitter herbal finish it unique to be sure
My fav cocktails! 🤌🏻
Great content! Lovely couple!
Great channel. The Negroni is my cocktail of choice right now, along with the Boulevardier.
Great vibe on this channel. Awesome
Thank you very much! Cheers to you!
I only just discovered Campari this last year when making my first Negroni. I just love its bitterness. I even love just plain Campari and soda.
I discovered the Americano in a ski resort in Switzerland. The bar had it on it's cocktail menu and it was built with all equal parts of Campari, sweet and dry vermouth as well as orange juice, topped with a floater of Gin.
Love everything about your videos and wonderful senses of humor. Thanks for sharing and, btw, you’re very cute together.
Hey I just stumbled onto your channel...AWESOME WORK BUDDY now I'm binge watching...love it
Anders - very nice video.
I live in West Africa, so I don’t come across fancy red vermouth option that often. Americano is my favorite daytime drink at the end of a warm day. I usually add a dash of freshly squeezed orange juice and a ton of soda water in a collins glass. Makes the taste subtle while allowing you to drink a few without jeopardizing the rest of the evening 😜
Anders U r the maestro ❤ salute
Just found your channel; really like your energy and certainly going to try the cocktails
Thank you Anders! You're wonderful, I just found your youtube, and just recieved a new job at an incredibly hotel being an event server! I need to know all the classic italian cocktails in DETAIL within the next couple minutes.... hours... days.... THANK YOU!!! I'm used to pubs, so no real negronis there! haha cheers!
Absolutely loving the vibes Anders - across all your vids! I also would happily only drink negronis until the day I die, which is probably why this out of all vids, it’s this one I’m commenting on! :)
It was interesting to see.
New to both...just made both...Personally, I preferred the Americano...as I am working up my gin palette....thank you for sharing these recipes with us. Both great for a hot afternoon! Cheers!
When you pulled across the Botanist you pulled across my respect! This channel will blow up, I'm sure of it! Like the Negroni it has all the right ingredients.
Thank you so much! Cheers to you!
@@AndersErickson Keep doing what you're doing!
2-1-1 for sure. I'm bartending at a fancy-ass party tomorrow so will go this route. :D
Enjoyed watching your video! Negroni is een one of my favorite classic cocktails. Will try a different ratio as suggested 🥃
Great videos! Keep it up!
You'r my Hero...❤️Love from Sri lanka..🇱🇰
To the BAR..😎
VERY NICE!
I agree! I always go with a 2:1:1 ratio as well.
2 1 1 is the way to go! I tried it for the first time today and it's nothing like the camparis I've had before. I've found that the vermouth was too dominant in the original recipe, though, rather than Campari. This recipe is rather more refreshing and has a much more interesting flavour. The bitterness of campari, now more pronounced I feel, lends a nice background to the more forward botanicals in the gin. I skipped the orange zest before tasting it and decided to go without it at all. A bit clearer than the original version, I think it looks prettier too! I have been ginger towards this cocktail in the past, but with this recipe, it landed straight amongst my favourites. Cheers!
Cocktails can be a memory trigger. I long to sit again at a restaurant on the Piazza Navona. To enjoy a Negroni. To engage in conversation with other diners. To appreciate the play of the setting sun on the terra-cotta pastel of the surrounding buildings.
Chicago! I’m by MDW. Love your videos.
Love your content! You should do a video on a Caipirinha, I studied abroad in Brazil and fell in love with it.
Hey Anders! I loved the video! I've never heard of the Americano, now it's one of my favourites. Thanks for introducing me to it! Like you I LOVE Negronis and make mine the traditional way (1,1,1 of each spirit), but for days when I'm feeling like a fancy boy I'll sub out the normal Campari (sponsored video?) and put in Campari's barrel aged iteration instead. It's a Campari that has been aged in a bourbon barrel and gives the beverage a lovely, but not over powering, vanilla note. Great job as always! I'm really happy I found your channel :) Cheers from Canada eh!
Click on this thinking it was a Coffee video. Fun to see you branch out to cocktails James!
I think I’ll make these tonight.
Late to the party here, but, YES! 2-1-1 is perfect for the negroni, that's how I do it as well and because of the exact reason you mention. Nice :)
Made one tonight with Uncle Val’s Botanical Gin. I like the ratios!
I am taking a stab at the Negroni!! I love the way you give instructions. You gave me my how to on my first Old Fashioned! Gracias
just found your channel and love your energy while trying to find cocktails to make at home!
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Watching at 4pm on a Friday and this means I will promptly be hitting a bar post-5pm. Also, much love, from a Scotsman (who loves his Islay whiskies) on the bottle of Laphroaig in the background there.
Love it! Thanks for another great recipe...Maybe sometime you could do a little session on how to make different garnishes.Having these videos is a huge breath of fresh air during this pandemic. Many many thanks.
Thanks, Michael! I appreciate the comment! I would like to do a garnish video. I think that’s a great idea 👍
@@AndersErickson New sub here. Really liking the content and aesthetic! Great fun to watch and recreate at home. I second Michael's suggestion in that I think it would be very useful for us to be blessed with a proper garnish technique video. Looking forward to it. Thank you both!
Your videos are great! It's inspired me to start my own little bar at home. Im not gonna lie, my drinks haven't turned out super cool looking like yours, yet. But I'm working on it!
Bravo from España.
Just made my first Negroni last week and found it very bitter using the 1:1:1 recipe. Remembered Anders did this adjusted recipe and it's so much better! Thanks!
Never heard of a La Rosita, I'm almost ashamed to say, I've been making cocktails for a while. Anyway, thanks for mentioning it, cheers!
Thanks!
New sub. Negroni is my fav cocktail. Nice video mate.
The ULTIMATE batch cocktail. I started batching the Negroni when I worked in Alberta. It wasn't a popular cocktail in the bar, as everyone drank Caesars. But for banquets it was THE cocktail, after one guy buys one, every table had them.
Nagroni, my new favorite cocktail!
This guy is James Hoffmann with Peter McKinnon energy. Love it
That Negroni looks good.
I would love to see your take on the boulevardier! It’s my favorite cocktail and I’ve kinda dialed it in to my tastes over the years, but your take would be super interesting.
Finally someone doing it in the right order Gin - Campari - Vermouth! That deserves a subscription indeed! Well done! Great channel!
Why is there a ‘right order’?
@@TheHBW44 If you pour the highest % first and lower it slowly, that will keep more of the fragile flavours alive. Its just a very very tiny difference, but does not hurt to do it the right way. So I always appreciate if a barkeeper looks after those small details.
@@Atran11 thanks for the reply, I had no idea!
Anders - recently discovered your channel, really enjoying it. You're a natural. Glad to know I wasn't breaking any cocktail rules by changing the ratios of my Negronis to favour the gin... Also as someone who clearly appreciates the aesthetics of things I'd offer for you consideration the Aarke instead of the Sodastream if you haven't taken the fizzy plunge yet.
Love a nice Negroni.Definitely one of those drinks where it takes a few sips to really get into but once you do it’s great.I sometimes split the part of Campari with Aperol,not bad.
I found the Negroni to be a kind of one drink thing. Drink one and you are hooked for a lifetime. I learned to make 1 to 1 to 1. Going to try this version this after noon. For the winter I like the Boulevardier, which an American invented in Paris back in the 20's.
Soda Stream is really worth it! I loved mine. It got lost when I moved and I keep forgetting to buy a new one. Both of these look great!
Nice to know, I have one which I haven't used, now I have a reason to keep it. To think, I almost swapped it for a Keurig!!
If you use the water for cocktails, its important to change the gas bottles earlier than if you use it just for water, because it wont be bubbly enough fast as most other components dont have any
i just has my very first negroni and it is delicious.
Wonderful videos. The negroni and boulevardier are what got me into cocktails. I don’t know if this is a thing but I have made a version using light rum blanc vermouth Campari and a dash of grenadine. Skip the grenadine if you want it more bitter. This was a result of getting the ingredients for el presidente and happening to have some Campari.
Nice Variation of Negroni Mate! Love it! Cheers! :-)
Love from italy🇮🇹
Nice
I just made a variant of the Americano where I used some Indian Tonic water (I had some to spare and wanted to use it) and a lemon wheel. Delicious!!
I completely agree with the 2-1-1 Negroni and I absolutely love both Campari and Aperol Negronis. I do feel like a good ol' Juniper forward classic like Tanqueray is a great choice for a negroni.
I happened across your Pina Colada video a while back and been hooked ever since. Im literally learning how to make amazing cocktails because of you while learning cool history about them. Thank you for being you :)
I do the 1:1:1 because I love Campari. I honestly drink just Campari and soda sometimes. Sometimes I make an Americano with dry vermouth too. I tried it in a Negroni but it was too dry.
I also recently tried a Kingston Negroni and I love it. I use Appleton Estate Signature but I’d like to try Smith and Cross if I can get my hands on it.
I love your acting skills so amazing you can !!!!!enjoy your beautiful cocktail 🍹 this
Az is so cute: she had a shiver.