Derivative · Whiskey
Boulevardier
A Negroni with bourbon or rye in place of gin - richer and rounder.
Ingredients
- 1 ¼ ozBourbon or rye whiskey
- 1 ozCampari
- 1 ozSweet vermouth
Method
- Stir all ingredients with ice until chilled.
- Strain over a large cube in a rocks glass, or up in a coupe.
- Express orange twist over cocktail and use as garnish.
History
Although we have included the Boulevardier here as a "child" of the Negroni, in reality it might have been invented around the same time, or even earlier than the Negroni. We first see it in Harry MacElhone's 1927 Barflies and Cocktails, included in a section detailing cocktails made around town. The section was authored by a columnist named Arthur Moss, who along with a possé of other writers doing bar crawls around Paris, soon founded a magazine called The Boulevardier (in reference to the Boulevards of Paris). It was this magazine that made its eponymous cocktail famous, although the drink itself appeared in Harry's book just prior to the magazine's founding.
Flavour
Details
- Glass
- Rocks glass
- Garnish
- Orange peel
- Technique
- stirred
Family
Derived from
Negroni - whiskey in place of ginCompared with Negroni
What changes: whiskey in place of gin.
Negroni
- 1 ozLondon dry gin
- 1 ozCampari
- 1 ozSweet vermouth
Boulevardier
- 1 ¼ ozBourbon or rye whiskey
- 1 ozCampari
- 1 ozSweet vermouth
Green = new ingredient · Gold = different amount · Red = not used in Boulevardier