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Kingston Negroni（キングストン・ネグローニ）

Kingston Negroni served in a rocks glass
キングストン・ネグローニ · 2009Rocks · Stirred

Negroni goes to Jamaica — funky rum takes the gin's seat and the whole argument gets warmer.

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01Recipe

Recommended recipe

House spec — an editorial spec drawing on the sourced versions below.

Ingredients and measures
IngredientMeasure
Jamaican rum (overproof)30 ml
Campari30 ml
Sweet vermouth30 ml

Total volume (pre-dilution)

  1. 01

    Add all ingredients to a mixing glass filled with ice.

  2. 02

    Stir until well chilled.

  3. 03

    Strain over fresh ice in a rocks glass. Express orange peel.

Garnish — Orange peel, expressed

02Taste profile

Sweetness
52Moderate
Sourness*
0Faint
Bitterness
78Strong
Fruitiness
50Moderate
Herbal*
46Moderate
Alcohol
66Strong
Crisp
55Moderate

Independent editorial scores, 0–100. *Estimated from the ingredient list — a profile sketch, not a verdict.

03History

Created by Joaquín Simó at Death & Co in New York in the late 2000s, when the bar's canon of spirit-swap riffs was setting the vocabulary for a decade of modern classics.

The swap works because Jamaican rum's funk — those pineapple-banana esters — plays the same structural role gin's botanicals do: something loud enough to talk back to Campari.

It's become the standard proof that the Negroni is not a recipe but a grammar.

Origin contested — the entry keeps verified record and received legend distinct.

Sources — Death & Co · Difford's Guide · PUNCH

04Recipe versions

Each version is shown exactly as recorded in its source — unverified claims are flagged.

Total volume (pre-dilution)
  • Death & Co, NYC

    Death & Co, NYC

    Joaquín Simó · Bar · unverified

    • ⅓ Jamaican rum (Smith & Cross or similar)
    • ⅓ Campari
    • ⅓ sweet vermouth

    Stir, strain over ice.

    Equal parts, like the parent.

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05Variations

06The map

Spirits

SpiritJamaican RumBrandSmith & CrossBrandWray & Nephew Overproof
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