Post #724586 by Sunny&Rummy on Sat, Aug 2, 2014 7:33 AM

On 2014-08-01 21:57, lunavideogames wrote:

Negroni

I had never drank one of these before and they seem popular. I used this recipe but subbed out the Campari with Aperol (seemed like sometimes it has been subbed in some recipes)

Is this how they are supposed to taste or did I mess up? Thanks for your thoughts on the matter

[ Edited by: lunavideogames 2014-08-01 21:57 ]

A Negroni made with Campari is going to taste entirely different, and much much better. Aperol is a "starter amaro" and is much more orange-accented than it is bitter. There are decent cocktails to be made with Aperol but they will all be dominated by the orange-sweet flavors of that liqueur.

Also, disregard that cocktail app's instructions to shake a Negroni. Definitely want to stir this one as it really suffers from the tiny air bubbles shaking introduces. I usually do not send lousy drinks back when dining out (mostly I consider it a lesson to stick with beer at most places), but if I order a Negroni and specify "stirr don't shake!" and they still screw it up by shaking I will send it back.

[ Edited by: Sunny&Rummy 2014-08-02 07:40 ]