{"id":149,"date":"2011-09-29T23:51:51","date_gmt":"2011-09-30T06:51:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ryotakahashi.com\/blog\/?p=149"},"modified":"2011-10-04T23:44:01","modified_gmt":"2011-10-05T06:44:01","slug":"campari-cocktails","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ryotakahashi.com\/blog\/archives\/149","title":{"rendered":"Campari Cocktails"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week, I made some cocktails using Campari<\/a>. I had never actually had Campari before; it’s a bitter, sweet drink that has a very distinctive red color.<\/p>\n

The first thing most people think of when they hear Campari is probably the Negroni.<\/p>\n

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Negroni<\/strong>
\n1 oz gin
\n1 oz sweet vermouth
\n1 oz Campari
\norange peel<\/p>\n

This was actually sweeter than I had expected it would be. But it was a little too bitter for me. I know, Campari is supposed to be bitter, but I just wished there were some other things in the drink so that the bitterness wasn’t so noticeable.<\/p>\n

Next, I went for a simple drink with orange juice, the Garibaldi.<\/p>\n

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Garibaldi<\/strong>
\n2 oz Campari
\n5 oz orange juice
\norange slice<\/p>\n

This drink was actually quite sweet because of the Campari, while at the same time being bitter. It tasted kind of like sweetened grapefruit juice, which I like, but also with a different, stronger bitterness. There was this herbal taste from the Campari, which I wasn’t really used to, but then again, I only started drinking Campari last week.<\/p>\n

The Negroni was apparently the result of someone requesting a stronger version of this next cocktail, the Americano.<\/p>\n

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Americano<\/strong>
\n1 oz Campari
\n1 oz sweet vermouth
\nsoda water
\norange peel
\nlemon peel<\/p>\n

You’re supposed to use twists instead of just peels, but I was lazy, so I just took some of the peels off. The club soda cut some of the bitterness, but I think this drink had this strange mixture of bitterness and sweetness that I didn’t particularly care for. I think the conclusion is that I’m not a fan of Campari with vermouth.<\/p>\n

This last cocktail is from the Campari website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Campari Collins<\/strong>
\n1.5 oz Campari
\n0.5 oz Grand Marnier
\n0.5 oz lemon juice
\n0.5 oz simple syrup
\n1 oz soda water
\norange slice<\/p>\n

I actually really liked this drink. The lemon juice and sugar balance out the bitterness of the Campari, and the Grand Marnier adds a hint of citrus. The soda water gives it that final fizz, and it just all worked really well together.<\/p>\n

After making all these cocktails with it, now I feel like maybe I should just try drinking Campari straight…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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