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A Spontaneous Libation for your Consideration

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Created and posted by yarm.
1 1⁄2 oz Scotch
3⁄4 oz Port (Tawny or Ruby)
3⁄8 oz Zucca (Or Sfumato)
3⁄8 oz Campari
2 ds Orange bitters
Instructions

Stir with ice, strain into a cocktail coupe, and garnish with a lemon twist.

Notes

Originally made 1.5 / .5 / .5 / .5 which was delightfully bitter. I figured that upping the port and/or decreasing the amari would make it agreeable to more people. My other recipe idea was 2 / .5 / .25 / .25 which would make for a drier drink.

History

I had been thinking about how well Campari and rabarbaro (such as Zucca and Sfumato) can join forces to make a complex bitter. Since Scotch and rabarbaro pair so well in drinks like the Caustic Negroni, I began to think about classic whisky cocktails and ended up on the port-containing Chancellor from the 1956 Esquire Drink book. With Phil Ward's Baltasar and Blimunda (a Negroni of sorts with port) in mind, I altered the Chancellor to include these two amari. For a name, I kept with the academic theme that runs in Chancellor-like drinks.

Curator rating
5 stars
Average rating
3.5 stars
(7 ratings)

From the Knowledge Vault

The Flight of the Negroni

The Negroni is indomitable. Attack it with skewed ratios, and it rallies. Violate the ingredients, and it stubbornly persists. I can’t think of another drink that you can screw up so thoroughly and still enjoy the result.

This history of the Negroni is disputed, but probably dates to 1919, where the Americano was stiffened by substituting gin for the soda water. Regardless of exactly who created the drink and when, the Negroni is the King of bitter cocktails. If you spy a bottle of Campari on the backbar, the bartender probably knows how to make a Negroni.

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Recent Discussion

  • Re Paris is Burning, 1 hour 11 minutes ago drinkingandthinking commented:

    Tasty and drinkable but mostly tastes like its ingredients. Lacks depth and complexity.

  • Re The Bang Bang, 23 hours 24 minutes ago Shawn C commented:

    Interesting that the link does not list the creator. There is a recent version of the cocktail attributed to James Cottingham. The only notable difference is the addition of 1.5 oz of pink grapefruit juice. https://chilledmagazine.com/cocktails/the-bang-bang/ I assume he is the original creator, but do not know if he updated the recipe or if the grapefruit juice was omitted in whatever the original source was.

  • Re La Dernière Danse, 1 day ago Shawn C commented:

    Curated to replace dead link with archive link. Added creator and approximate year.

  • Re Zwei, 2 days ago Mixin In Ansley commented:

    Sophisticated. Its own entity. Zwei ist funf.

  • Re Colely Negroni, 2 days ago Shawn C commented:

    I have suspected a misprint as well, but it has been nearly 9 years since publication without any correction. You are likely correct as to the name's reference to Ada Coleman (creator of the Hanky Panky), and it is unfortunate that the newer version "Coley Negroni" in Punch doesn't even include Fernet since that would have been the original inspiration. It does make an interesting study in how cocktails evolve over the years, even in the hands of the creator.

    With respect to the Amoroso, I agree with you, but concluded the cream sherry was close enough since only 1/4 oz is used. My guess was/is that the Amoroso would be to the sweeter end of the very wide sugar spec for medium, which would put it close to Lustau East India. I did actually consider a 50:50 split of the cream sherry with an oloroso but the volume was so small that I skipped it.

    Egads! I just realized that after looking at the other cocktail recipe multiple times I accidentally listed the gin as 1.5 oz rather than the 2 oz called for. Guess I need to fix that...but my notes say I made it with 1.5 oz too, and that is how I rated it. So I'll suggest 1.5.