The Pisco Negroni Cocktail Recipe: A Classic Pisco Cocktail

This drink is exactly what the title says it is: it’s a Negroni made with pisco instead of gin. It’s an interesting twist on a deservingly classic drink. Pisco’s distilled from grapes, and it really does have an interesting, musty, grape-skin kind of scent to it. The flavor works well here, mixing with the sweetness of the vermouth and the liqueur.

I’m also using Aperol instead of Campari, which I do quite often. The two liqueurs have very similar flavor profiles, but Aperol’s less aggressive. Since Punt e Mes, the vermouth I used on this particular occasion, is relatively bitter, I figure that made sense.

Traditionally a Negroni is equal parts of all three ingredients, but I like to go a little bit heavier on the base spirit.

This article is a modified and enhanced version of a post that ran on my nightly cocktail blog, DrinkShouts.

The Pisco Negroni Cocktail Recipe

A smooth Pisco cocktail

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Total Time 5 minutes mins

Course Drinks

Servings 1 Drink

Equipment

• Pint Glass
• Bar spoon
• Cocktail Strainer
• Rocks glass

Ingredients

  

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• 1.5 oz. Pisco Portón
• 1 oz. Sweet vermouth Punt e Mes
• 1 oz. Aperol
• Dash orange bitters Fee Brothers
• Orange twist Garnish

Instructions

 

• Combine all ingredients in a pint glass over ice and stir thoroughly. Strain into an ice-filled rocks glass. Garnish with an orange twist.

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