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Sweet Vermouth cocktails

12 classic recipes from our canon that use sweet vermouth — Sweet Vermouth sits in our liqueurs & fortified shelf.

Negroni

✦ Proven classicEasyRocks

Equal parts bitter, botanical and sweet — a ruby aperitivo with a spine.

Ingredients

  • ◆30 ml gin
  • ◆30 ml campari
  • ◆30 ml sweet vermouth

Method

  1. 1Add all ingredients to a mixing glass with ice.
  2. 2Stir until well chilled, about 20 seconds.
  3. 3Strain over a large cube in a rocks glass.

PRO TIP

Express the orange peel over the surface to release the oils before dropping it in.

Garnish — Orange peel

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Manhattan

✦ Proven classicEasyCoupe

Rye and sweet vermouth, stirred down cold — elegant, spirit-forward, classic.

Ingredients

  • ◆50 ml rye whiskey
  • ◆20 ml sweet vermouth
  • ◆1 dash angostura bitters

Method

  1. 1Stir all ingredients with ice until very cold.
  2. 2Strain into a chilled coupe.

PRO TIP

Rye over bourbon — the spice keeps the vermouth from going cloying.

Garnish — Cherry

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Boulevardier

✦ Proven classicEasyRocks

Bourbon, Campari and sweet vermouth — the Negroni's richer, whiskey-drinking sibling.

Ingredients

  • ◆45 ml bourbon
  • ◆30 ml campari
  • ◆30 ml sweet vermouth

Method

  1. 1Stir all ingredients with ice until cold.
  2. 2Strain over a large cube in a rocks glass.

PRO TIP

A little extra whiskey over the Negroni's gin keeps it from going sweet.

Garnish — Orange peel

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Americano

✦ Proven classicEasyHighball

Campari and sweet vermouth lengthened with soda — the bittersweet ancestor of the Negroni.

Ingredients

  • ◆30 ml campari
  • ◆30 ml sweet vermouth
  • ◆to top club soda

Method

  1. 1Build Campari and vermouth over ice in a highball.
  2. 2Top with club soda and stir once.

PRO TIP

Swap the soda for gin and you've made a Negroni.

Garnish — Orange slice

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Martinez

✦ Proven classicEasyCoupe

Gin and sweet vermouth with maraschino and bitters — the missing link to the Martini.

Ingredients

  • ◆45 ml gin
  • ◆45 ml sweet vermouth
  • ◆1 bar spoon maraschino liqueur
  • ◆2 dashes orange bitters

Method

  1. 1Stir all ingredients with ice until cold.
  2. 2Strain into a chilled coupe.

PRO TIP

Richer and sweeter than a Martini — its 19th-century forerunner.

Garnish — Lemon zest

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Hanky Panky

✦ Proven classicEasyCoupe

Equal gin and sweet vermouth lifted by a dose of Fernet — bittersweet and bracing.

Ingredients

  • ◆45 ml gin
  • ◆45 ml sweet vermouth
  • ◆7 ml fernet

Method

  1. 1Stir all ingredients with ice until cold.
  2. 2Strain into a chilled coupe.

PRO TIP

Just a teaspoon of Fernet — it's the seasoning, not the base.

Garnish — Orange zest

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Vieux Carré

✦ Proven classicChallengingRocks

Rye, cognac, vermouth and Bénédictine, double-bittered — a layered New Orleans sipper.

Ingredients

  • ◆30 ml rye whiskey
  • ◆30 ml cognac
  • ◆30 ml sweet vermouth
  • ◆1 bar spoon benedictine
  • ◆2 dashes peychaud's bitters

Method

  1. 1Stir all ingredients with ice until cold.
  2. 2Strain over fresh ice in a rocks glass.

PRO TIP

The Bénédictine is the secret — a teaspoon ties the whole thing together.

Garnish — Lemon twist

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Remember the Maine

✦ Proven classicMediumCoupe

A Manhattan laced with cherry and absinthe — dark, spiced and a little mysterious.

Ingredients

  • ◆rinse absinthe
  • ◆60 ml rye whiskey
  • ◆22 ml sweet vermouth
  • ◆15 ml cherry liqueur

Method

  1. 1Rinse a chilled coupe with absinthe and discard the excess.
  2. 2Stir the remaining ingredients with ice until cold.
  3. 3Strain into the prepared coupe.

PRO TIP

Cherry Heering is the classic cherry liqueur for this one.

Garnish — Lemon zest

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Tipperary

✦ Proven classicEasyMartini

Irish whiskey, sweet vermouth and green Chartreuse, stirred — herbal, lush and underrated.

Ingredients

  • ◆50 ml irish whiskey
  • ◆25 ml sweet vermouth
  • ◆15 ml green chartreuse
  • ◆2 dashes angostura bitters

Method

  1. 1Stir all ingredients with ice until cold.
  2. 2Strain into a chilled martini glass.

PRO TIP

Green Chartreuse turns an Irish Manhattan into something far more interesting.

Garnish — Orange slice

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Rabo de Galo

✦ Proven classicEasyRocks

Cachaça stirred with sweet vermouth and Cynar — Brazil's bittersweet answer to the Manhattan.

Ingredients

  • ◆60 ml cachaca
  • ◆20 ml sweet vermouth
  • ◆15 ml cynar
  • ◆2 drops angostura bitters

Method

  1. 1Build all ingredients over ice in a rocks glass.
  2. 2Stir briefly.

PRO TIP

The name means 'rooster's tail' — a Brazilian bar staple.

Garnish — Orange twist

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Negroni Sbagliato

✦ Proven classicEasyRocks

A Negroni 'mistaken' with sparkling wine instead of gin — lighter, fizzier, just as ruby.

Ingredients

  • ◆30 ml campari
  • ◆30 ml sweet vermouth
  • ◆60 ml prosecco

Method

  1. 1Build Campari and vermouth over ice.
  2. 2Top with prosecco and stir gently.

PRO TIP

'Sbagliato' means 'mistaken' — prosecco poured in place of gin.

Garnish — Orange slice

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Rob Roy

✦ Proven classicEasyCoupe

A Manhattan made with Scotch — same elegant build, a smokier, maltier spine.

Ingredients

  • ◆50 ml scotch whisky
  • ◆20 ml sweet vermouth
  • ◆2 dashes angostura bitters

Method

  1. 1Stir all ingredients with ice until very cold.
  2. 2Strain into a chilled coupe.

PRO TIP

Swap the rye of a Manhattan for Scotch and this is what you get.

Garnish — Brandied cherry

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