Americano

A cocktail with 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."