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Comment on Review: Dolin Rouge and Blanc by Negroni Nirvana | The Negroni d’Or Cocktail

Negroni Nirvana | The Negroni d’Or Cocktail — Tue, 08 May 2012 23:59:19 +0000

[...] sweet vermouth it combines it with the lighter, more neutral blanc vermouth. Blanc vermouth (as discovered a while back) is a lighter form of vermouth texture-wise; while the sweetness factor is still [...]

Comment on Negroni Nirvana – Ransoming my Negroni by Negroni Nirvana | Negroni’s Loss

Negroni Nirvana | Negroni’s Loss — Mon, 07 May 2012 19:43:51 +0000

[...] you again to Chuck Taggart for his Negroni related posts and the kick in the pants they provided in getting Negroni Nirvana up [...]

Comment on Negroni Nirvana – In search of a little grape action by Negroni Nirvana | Peru Negro Cocktail

Negroni Nirvana | Peru Negro Cocktail — Sat, 05 May 2012 18:12:15 +0000

[...] another interesting version of the drink. In fact today is less a riff on the Negroni but a riff on yesterday’s offering. Although this will be a somewhat truncated post we will once again, explore how subtle (or not [...]

Comment on Negroni Nirvana – Going out on a limb by Negroni Nirvana | Pisco Negroni

Negroni Nirvana | Pisco Negroni — Fri, 04 May 2012 22:23:57 +0000

[...] though we may feel after presenting a “Negroni” riff that is far removed from the classic drink, we gird up for more fun having landed in Lima in search [...]

Comment on Negroni Nirvana – A little Negroni mon by Negroni Nirvana | The Ashtray Heart Cocktail

Negroni Nirvana | The Ashtray Heart Cocktail — Thu, 03 May 2012 21:17:31 +0000

[...] in a downright funky mood after last night’s excursion into Negroni Nirvana, we decide to press on with the use of Smith & Cross rum and some more [...]

Comment on Old Fashioned’s in October – Look out, an elder is in the room by Knockin’ Them Back the Old-Fashioned Way « The Boo Lion

Knockin’ Them Back the Old-Fashioned Way « The Boo Lion — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 16:02:14 +0000

[...] it replaces sugar as the sweetener. I’ve seen recipes with Scotch and even with Gin, but the recipe on St Germain’s own website calls for Bourbon, and here’s their [...]

Comment on Negroni Nirvana – An Old Pal by Kostas

Kostas — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 20:33:27 +0000

Sub bourbon for barrel aged bols and a dash of angostura orange bitters or go for a more “mellow-in-cocktail-bourbon” like maker’s or bulleit (at lest more mellow for my taste!)
But still I think boulevardier, or left hand is more balanced than old pal.
Still a good dry drink.
Cheers from Greece!

Comment on Negroni Nirvana – An Old Pal by Alex

Alex — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 13:57:40 +0000

What a problem with dry vermouth? Old Pal is definitely drier than dry Boulevardier, and that’s good. Made with rye whiskey (or Canadian as Craddock suggested), Old Pal is a well-balanced dry cocktail, one in a great number of dry aperitifs.
My Old Pal was with Rittenhaus Rye (Canadian Club 12yo), Campari, Noilly Pratt Original Dry.

Comment on Negroni Nirvana – Swizzle, swizzle, swizzle that Negroni by Negroni Nirvana | The Old Pal Cocktail

Negroni Nirvana | The Old Pal Cocktail — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 19:13:19 +0000

[...] So far we’ve seen this classic drink done in a traditional and then altered formulation; swizzled; stirred with rum, rhum, bourbon, mezcal, Islay whisky and even aged to perfection. In [...]

Comment on Negroni Nirvana – Well hey there little laddie by KeithP

KeithP — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 15:55:14 +0000

I’ve tried it with two types of “islay” and it worked great. not sure a blended, with its more demure profile would hold up as well to the campari.