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As many of you know, this summer I was able to bash around Italy with my family and of course, my main thing while I’m traveling is what is everyone drinking? As you may suspect, piazza after piazza was stuffed with people drinking Spritzes. And I’m sure you’re all thinking, “Ahhh the Aperol Spritz! It’s so played out!” But you know, what I found was that although many people were drinking Aperol Spritzes, the Spritz is a category done many many different ways using all manner of Red Aperitif and Amaro to make a wonderfully diverse category of drink. Needless to say I felt compelled to make a video about Italian drinks, most of them featuring Red Aperitivo liqueur, some of them Spritzes, but you won’t find an Aperol Spritz! Enjoy!
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02:40 Milano Torino
03:19 Tasting Notes
03:52 Recipe
04:00 Americano, no, not the coffee
04:50 “Tasting Notes”
04:59 Recipe
05:02 Negroni
05:45 Tasting Notes
06:33 Recipe
06:51 Angelino 1860 Spritz
07:04 Just between us, this is my secret spot
08:20 Tasting Notes
08:58 Recipe
09:10 Hugo Spritz
09:50 Tasting Notes
10:31 Recipe
10:40 Bicicletta
11:14 Tasting Notes
11:54 Recipe
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Recipes
Milano Torino
1oz (30ml) Campari
1oz (30ml) Vermouth di Torino
Americano
1oz (30ml) Campari
1oz (30ml) Vermouth di Torino
Top Soda Water
Negroni
1oz (30ml) Campari
1oz (30ml) Vermouth di Torino
1oz (30ml) Gin
Angelino 1860 Spritz
1 1/2oz (45ml) select aperitivo
1/2oz (15ml) Braulio Amaro
4oz (120ml) Prosecco
1oz (30ml) Soda Water
Hugo Spritz
1/2oz (15ml) St. Germain or other elderflower liqueur.
1 mint sprig
4oz (120ml) Prosecco
1oz (30ml) Soda Water
La Bicicleta
3oz (90ml) Dry White Wine
2oz (60ml) Campari
Orange Wheel Garnish
45 Comments
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I had assumed you made this video because of the “Negroni Spagliato with Prosecco” meme but seems more like it was a coincidence
Just in case you forgot that Campari is Italian.
Pub quiz fact: an Americano is the first drink ordered by James Bond in the novel Casino Royale.
I was weirdly expecting you to pop out in like a horrible "Italian Costume" But maybe that is more a Greg thing to do. Haha!
You forgot the Gin in that Negroni 🤣
American style only reminds me of taco joints where they are like "This guy wants cheese, lettuce, and onion for sure"
"Negroni is very very hard to get wrong"
Me: "Hold my Beer…..oh wait no put some of that in the Negroni" 😂
I like imagining you jet setting off to your Secret spot in Rome to pick up some Amaro.
Watching all of this makes me think, “is there a quintessential tiki ingredient like apertivo or Amaro to make some simple apertivo style cocktails with?”
When I visited Italy it was Spritzes EVERYWHERE!
Last week on TikTok:
Emma D'arcy: "Negroni Sbagliato, with Presecco in it"
Olivia Cooke: "ooh, stunning!"
Nice Video
And i Very Happy that im Not Born in Italy i Try it but i dont A Campari Type Guy
Proceeds to explain why Italy has spritz and aperitifs. Meanwhile next door in Greece we drink Ouzo and Tsipouro in 40 celcius.
The commentary on how forgiving the negroni is reminded me of my fear that I'm making terribly unbalanced ones.
Given that I'm limited by the selection of ingredients(the only available vermouths are cinzano and martini), I don't think I'd be able to make an excellent one, tbh
loooooove this style of drinks
Being from Europe, I've never seen a Hugo made with Elderflower Liqueur. Typically its made with elderflower syrup instead. Increases the sweetness to make it even more drinkable. Hugo is being popular in Europe for some years now and usually ordered by women as a party drink as well.
To try even more, definitely try to get a hand on a Limoncello (at best from a small local manufacturer). Substitute the Aperol in the Aperol Spritz. This is so refreshing!
Can Braulio amaro be replaced by Cynar ?
Not a vermouth fan but those other drinks look super interesting. Thanks.
there're some pretty (PRETTAH) cool amari coming from the states recently, and i plan to sub them into ALL OF THESE!!!
The name "Americano", as I understand it, should refer directly to the fact that this was American tourists'/soldiers' favorite drink, plus it contains soda, which was typically viewed as an American product (keep in mind that, at that time and, let's be honest, now too, Italy was veeeery different from America, it was a country behind his times, and wasn't really advanced in anything). That, plus the great fascination my compatriots had with America, which was seen as the new world, far and almost untouchable for the average barfly (it was considered fashonable to associate with the american world in any way, there's even a song about it), gave birth to the name "Americano".
After spending 2,5 months in Italy I've never got Americano with that much soda water. Even your first pour is more than they put here and they serve it 95% of the times in a Double OF glass. That being said I like both versions at home. Some times longer in a Highball glass or sometimes stronger with just a splash of soda or prosecco (Sbagliato). I also went to Angelini month ago and it was nice place but probably the most expensive Enotece in whole Rome. Could find same products with half of a price other places. Thanks for spreading the culture of Italian cocktails!
Camillo Negroni, not Emilio. Great video anyhow Leandro 😃👊🏼
Bellini where is it ??????? THIS IS THE BEST COCTAIL IN THE WORLDS ..The born a Venice in Harry's Bar in the 1948 i think…..
this production with peach white and sparkling wine
Aperitivo is life
Loved la bicicletta!!!
Ok, the 1890 spritz… could you get something near it with 3/4 oz each Aperol and Ramazotti, and maybe 2 tsp Fernet Branca?
You took me to Italy with this video Leandro! Thank you!
How bout a negroni… sbagliato… with prosecco?
Great Video! Look forward to trying these. BTW never admit to a Brit that you’ve been bashing anywhere, foreign or even domestic bashing is frowned upon. Especially with one’s family in close proximity.
I homebrew an elderflower sparkling wine that finishes quite dry with some musky earthy notes. I've had great sucess subbing it for st germain and prosecco in an English Garden cocktail, with some simple syrup for balance. I'm now wondering why I havent considered combining it with an apertivo! I wonder if I could get it to work with Campari.
Okay that's just a boatload of Campari….
My preferred Spitz a wit Limoncello.
Nice, new sub here, I need to watch more of your videos my friend!
If you're looking for video ideas, would love to see a taste comparison of the Negroni respecced with the Boulevardier specs and vise-versa – though probably more geared towards a smaller audience – maybe more Freepour type material.
Thanks for showcasing the cocktails of my people 🇮🇹
Just got back from Modena and Bologna today. Great stuff. Just drank Negroni and Aperol, and a fuck ton of craft beer. Everything now hurts
Thus begins my journey of "I don't own Campari but I have Aperol, so…"
Bicicletta: also don't have an orange. Drink turned out sweet, bitter, bubbly tangy, lightly herbal, and altogether refreshing. An orange slice would be welcome.
Yes, Aperol works just fine.
Hey I think la bicicleta cocktail was named after the film by vittorio de sica. a simple, timeless and classical film, like the cocktail, jus sayin…
About a year ago I discovered the Negroni Sbagliato ("mistake" in Italian). My version – Add ice to a rocks glass. Then add almost equal parts Aperol and Tribuno sweet vermouth. I like a little more vermouth. Then top off with same amount of Prosecco. Insanely good even in cold weather.
Hey Leandro, as far as I know, the name Americano has nothing to do with America. It comes from the Italian word "amaricante", which can be translated into "bitter-ish", referring to the fact that the cocktail is bitter, but not that much (thanks to the sweet vermouth and the soda water). The repetition of that word again and again just made it become "Americano", an easier and more appealing name for the cocktail.
Keep up the good work! ✌️😎
Bicicletta is legit my favorite Campari drink (sorry, Negroni) – so glad you put it in there.
Hi Leo, I'm from Rome but I don't know any enoteca called "Angelino 1860" – could it be "Angelini 1890". It's quite close to where I work and it's honestly got an amazing selections of amari!
Hi Leandro, greetings from Veneto (the mother-region for Spritz)!
Very good job, great video and recipes!
One curiosity for you after I've watched it for the billionth time: Spritz, that is a very, VERY important part of the cultural event called "aperitivo" in Italy (that is a particular moment of the day here in which we usually drink something, the family of drink took his name after this), but especially here in Veneto, was originally a method to dilute the very important wines that we have here in Northern Italy. The term "spritz", in fact, is an austriac word that means, as it is for english, "To sprinkle something", and it reminds of the time when austriac soldiers put water on italian wine to dilute them.
After that, it became the well-known aperitivo cocktail that everybody know, with the add of Select first, than Campari and Aperol, but here, near Padua (where I live) we also do it with Cynar (You must try it).
But in Venice, at the very beginning, it was done with straight water, instead of soda water, because, at the time, it was easier to find.
So, the variation that you called "Bicicletta", of which, in fact, we don't really know the origin, it's probably an anterior version of the actual Spritz, done with soda water. In fact, here in Veneto (as you know Venice is the capital of this region), we call it "The Venetian Spritz", because there are still lot of Bàcari (dialectal term for "Osteria", that stands for "Tavern") in Venice that do the Spritz this way, as the Bicicletta, without knowing that there is another name to call it.
I hope that this will be interesting for you to know.
Thank you for your content, greetings from Veneto and: Salute!
Talking about Italian cocktails, you probably know Amor Y Amargo in Alphabet City, NYC. I just found out last weekend that their new Amor Y Amargo space has a speakeasy on the second floor that specializes in Absinthe and Champagne based cocktails. The place is called Café de L'Enfer. Check it out next time you visit the city.