For ➊3 cl Campari
3 cl sweet vermouth
4.5 cl bourbon / Bulleit Rye whiskey*
Pour ingredients into a mix glass. Add ice.
Stir until the cocktail is cooled.
Strain in a cooled Martini glass or tumblr. Finish with an orange twist or even an olive. It can be served over ice like a Negroni.
Stir until the cocktail is cooled.
Strain in a cooled Martini glass or tumblr. Finish with an orange twist or even an olive. It can be served over ice like a Negroni.
*Change bourbon to 6 cl. The original cocktail used a ⅓/⅓/⅓ part, as in the Negroni, but might be too sweet with the strong Campari.
Change 1 measure of bourbon to 2 measures of rye whiskey, and you get a '1794'. Change the sweet vermouth to a dry one, and you get an 'Old Pal'.
The Boulevardier' was served in the Paris Harry's bar. It appeared in the 1927 bar guide, 'Barflies and Cocktails'. It was the signature drink of Erskine Gwynne, expatriate writer, socialite and nephew of railroad tycoon Alfred Vanderbilt. Gwynne edited a monthly magazine, a sort of Parisian New Yorker, named 'The Boulevardier', obviously, a Negroni with bourbon in lieu of gin. The Negroni, however, would not see print for another 20 years, and Americans had never heard of Campari in 1927.
