Sum of the Parts

Or how to make the world's best Negroni.

Each part here is key....key...so pay attention.

Assemble.  Now there's a couple things here you won't have.  Maybe you should stop right now.
But I'll go through it as an exercise.

From left to right.
Peppercorns
Tone Tone's Vice Room Barrel Aged Vermouth...here's one you can't find no where.
To some, a Negroni is a gin based drink.  To me, it's a Vermouth based drink.  So don't skimp.
Campari....Ok..you might want to do half Campari and half Aperol if you want
Bummer and Lazarus Gin...It's local
A rose....Ok this is optional but still nice.
Charred Cedar Bitters..here's one you can't find cuz I made it.

Two more key things.
Three pounds of hand/mouth/lung blown ice cold gin chilling mixing pitcher from Ben Dombey.
Two inch thick cold holding bottom.
And one of his pure bliss in the hand cocktail glasses.
Inch and half of cold holding bottom.
Both should have been in the freezer for a few hours.

You got all those things right?  Let's make.

I don't have a problem with the classic 1+1+1 approach to a Negroni.  Equal parts gin, vermouth and Campari but here I do a 1+1+3/4 with the 3/4 being the Campari.

Two inch cube in the freezing cold arm bending mixing pitcher and the gin.

Find a way but you can do it...slide and slip and prod and poke the glass wand between the cube and bottom.  Add the vermouth and Campari

Now to bring in four senses.. Stir

Tactile
Sight
Smell
Sound

Stir more.

More...now your breath is shorter in anticipating....shallower..

You're almost there.  Rhythm..it's all about rhythm.

Another two inch cube in one of Ben's glasses and pour.

Lee Harrison told me this tip of his one night at the Utah.  Try some fresh cracked pepper on the top after you pour.


Along with a squirt of my Charred Cedar Bitters and some orange peel.

Not necessary, you can of course pick your own music, but I'm listening to Anoushka Shankar's CD "Land of Gold" a beautiful rumination/exploration on displaced peoples of the world.
Sitar M.I.A. Negroni..