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NEGRONI BEFORE CHRISTMAS

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‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house…Home bartenders were stirring, three parts, each one ounce….

There are a number of origin stories where the creation of the Negroni is concerned. As the world celebrated it’s 100th birthday at few months ago, one history has certainly received the popular vote.

It is generally accepted then that the Negroni was first created in Florence at the foot of the Ponte Vecchio in 1919.

It is said that Count Camillo Negroni - a bit of a bon vivant by all accounts - asked the bartender Fosco Scarselli to fortify his standard order, the Americano. Scarselli responded by adding gin in place of the soda and substituting the orange slice garnish with an orange peel twist.

It is unsure whether Scarselli kept a soda water float to his Americano twist, as the earliest recorded recipe for the Negroni (under this name specifically), appears in Amedeo Gandiglio’s “Cocktails Portfolio” in 1947 with a dash of Spritzer.

Wondering whether Count Negroni drank a Negroni at christmas 100 years ago, I thought i’d tuck into my stash of Rosemary infused Campari and make a batch of Negroni’s with seasonal gin.

The Negroni Before Christmas:

✔1oz. clementine peel and cranberry infused gin ✔1 oz. Rosemary infused Campari ✔1 oz. Carpano antico formula (for me the most christmassy of sweet vermouths)

#cheers 🥂!

Lorna’s Gin-spiring Prompt #10 – Time Warp #Ginspired

The lovely Lorna over at Gin & Lemonade With A Twist Blog has started a new writing prompt. She hasn’t named her challenge, so I have – Lorna’s Gin-spiring Prompt!

This week, we have the word: Time Warp

I have never watched the Rocky Horror Picture Show.

Ever.

I would love to, but it’s one of those shows that I’ve never been close enough to the venue to watch, or there haven’t been the right…

Lorna’s Gin-spiring Prompt #9 – Home #Ginspired

The lovely Lorna over at Gin & Lemonade With A Twist Blog has started a new writing prompt. She hasn’t named her challenge, so I have – Lorna’s Gin-spiring Prompt!

This week, we have the word: Home

Home.

That’s where the heart is, isn’t it?

Where is my heart?

A huge part of it is here, where I am right now, sitting in the first home we bought together as a couple. The first home for our family.

Lorna’s Gin-spiring Prompt #8 – Roadtrip #Ginspired

The lovely Lorna over at Gin & Lemonade With A Twist Blog has started a new writing prompt. She hasn’t named her challenge, so I have – Lorna’s Gin-spiring Prompt!

This week, we have the word: Roadtrip

We’ve embarked upon some interesting road trips in our time.

I’m not talking about cross-country overseas trips, though we’ve made a few of those too in Kenya, on holiday when I was younger. I…

Lorna’s Gin-spiring Prompt #7 – Prep #Ginspired

The lovely Lorna over at Gin & Lemonade With A Twist Blog has started a new writing prompt. She hasn’t named her challenge, so I have – Lorna’s Gin-spiring Prompt!

This week, we have the word: Prep

When I was at school, I used to have a prep book.

What was prep?

Well, in my school, which was an independent institution (Private), homework was referred to as prep.

I wondered why it was called prep