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A cocktail with sweet vermouth, Campari and club soda.
Recipes
"The New New York Bartender's Guide" (1997)
- 1 1/2 oz Sweet vermouth
- 1 1/2 oz Campari
- Sparkling water
Pour vermouth and Campari into a chilled highball glass over ice cubes. Fill with sparkling water and stir. Garnish with lemon peel.
Trader Vic's Bartender's Guide (1972)
- 3/4 oz Campari
- 3/4 oz Italian vermouth
Stir well in an old fashioned glass filled with ice cubes. Add twist of lemon peel. Variation: Add club soda.
History
According to "Vintage Cocktails" by Susan Waggoner and Robert Markel (1999), Campari was classified as a medicinal product rather than a spirit during Prohibition, and therefore "escaped the lethal ax of the law."
