One man's excuse…
There are waves in the drinks world. Ideas that roll around and smash together to create rolling peaks where everyone seems to talk about the same thing for a short time. I really like negronis, and having seen a bunch of mentions of them and the negroni family over the past week, I better jump on before my metaphor breaks. Negroni variation #1: the Boulevardier.
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Having a bad memory is sometimes useful. I often forget where I’ve put things and while this is usually annoying (such as with the lost Waragi that I’ve been meaning to taste and write about for the last year) it can also lead to happy finds at the back of the booze cupboard. The other day, while searching for the Waragi, I noticed a sharpie labelled bottle that had slipped my mind shortly after putting the cap on, back on 28th October 2012 – a bottle aged Negroni.
This post is in honour of World Gin Day – June 11th (this year coinciding with the Queen’s birthday). Started by Neil of Yet Another Gin, it’s a day to celebrate gin in all of its forms. So, along with tasting some Adnams gin when I popped into the Whisky Exchange shop today (We don’t sell it yet, but it is very tasty indeed) I’ve decided to write about my current favourite cocktail – The Negroni.