welcome friends welcome back to cocktails after dark in another video in
the cocktails after dark series I've been playing around with the Negroni a
Negroni is a cocktail that I like it's a cocktail that I hate in equal measure
and it's mostly because no matter where I go I never have one in the same way
twice so in the other videos I'm trying to figure out what it is that I like or
dislike about the Negroni and while I'm playing around with them I thought you
know I've been looking for recipes that I can use miss kalian so I picked out
two Miss Cal's from our last trip to Mexico and I'm gonna give them a go
we're gonna see how they react if they react and if it's even worth bothering
with these two in a Negroni so there we go so I've got the Campari and the
vermouth in and of course the vermouth will completely change the flavor
profile it is a variable that is huge in this cocktail so the first one let's try
the menthe - Lobos it is an S padeen from Oaxaca and so we're going to put in
an ounce of that now of course Negroni is equal parts and it's usually gin so
we'll see how that works the second miss cow is this oh-hoh
so one ounce of that and we'll give them a stir
and usually when I get one of these it's with either an orange twist or a slice
of orange so I'm just going to do a little bit of an orange twist with the
zest same for each and see what happens
okay let's give these a try so want to Lobos oho
let's see what happens okay smoky orange as expected smoky and
orange as expected whoa okay right up the front the bitter of
course the bitter from the Campari and then you get a little bit of sweetness
coming in from the vermouth and then you get the smoke from the miss cow there's
quite a progression of flavors and they all sort of happened in that order or at
least they did for me so let's try them on - Lobos
same kind of flavor progression less smoke of course less smoke and you know
just on the nose these two are these two are completely different this one is
more smoked with a little bit of diesel this one is much more subtle so I think
if I was going to drink this I would drink the one with the montolo bus a
little less smoke in the flavor a little less miss cow forward a little bit more
bitter but both of them I think this is a very viable alternative to putting gin
in if you don't like gin and it would also be very interesting to see if you
made this up in bulk in a batch you know 10 or 12 cocktails at once put it into a
jug put the jug in the fridge and left it for two or three days to see how the
flavors would mellow that's something that I'm doing with the classic Negroni
in the other video so I'm hoping you're gonna watch that one too because I'm
kind of interested to see how that that softening phase changes the drink but on
the whole I would say miss gal works really well in undergrown II although I
don't know what it's called do you know what it's called what do you call a miss
calendar groaning you could put tequila in here and that would work just as well
probably also thanks for stopping by hope to see you again soon
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