Negroni
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Template:Wikibookschapter The Negroni is a cocktail made with gin.
According to the most popular origin story, the Negroni was invented in Florence, Italy in the early 1920s. It was named for Count Camillo Negroni, the man who invented it by asking a bartender to add gin to the Americano, his favorite drink. However, the word Negroni doesn't appear in English cocktail guides before 1947, so the drink's true origins are uncertain.
The Negroni is an apéritif, or pre-dinner cocktail, intended to stimulate the drinker's appetite.
There is also a variant, popular in Italy, named Negroni sbagliato (wrong Negroni), where the gin is substituted with spumante brut.
There are two common recipes for a Negroni. Both are served on the rocks with a twist of lemon. The authentic recipe is apparently equal measures of gin, red vermouth and campari. A less authentic, but also less mouth-puckering, recipe is equal measures of gin, red vermouth and white vermouth.