Give It A Shot – Mixed Drink Time! Negroni and Boulevardier

In this episode we are going to give you two beverages for the price of one. The only thing you spend to watch one of our shows is your time-which is very precious, we know-and this week you will be getting added value! For quite a while now we have talked about featuring the Negroni, a cocktail consisting of equal parts gin, campari, and sweet vermouth, on one of our shows but for whatever reason it had yet to happen. It occurred to us recently that there is another drink made with two of the same ingredients but it swaps out the gin for whiskey, thereby making it a Boulevardier. Since we already had the gin and whiskey on hand all we had to do was procure some Campari and sweet vermouth, which we did. For this show we will be making a Negroni and a Boulevardier and trying them side-by-side to see how the swapping of the spirit affects the flavor profile. This show was a little different than our standard format yet still went very smoothly and we had a lot of fun. If you watched us live on Twitch on the Thursday night we recorded this then you also got to see us try the Campari and Sweet Vermouth by themselves which was good entertainment in and of itself. As far as the spirits, we used Gray Whale gin in the Negroni and Michter’s rye in the Boulevardier.  What do you think?  Let us know in the comments below or join us live on Thursday nights to give us your feedback while we are live streaming on Twitch.  If you have any ideas for future episodes of “Give It A Shot” or just have a question, you can always send us an email to AboutBeverages@gmail.com.

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