The recipe

How to make it

Garnish: Lemon peel.

The ratio

4 : 2 : 1

In parts, a Cardinale is 4 gin, 2 vermouth and 1 Campari. Change one part and you have a cousin; the closest are below.

Gin · 4Vermouth · 2Campari · 1

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Gin → Whiskey

Boulevardier

1½ : 1 : 1

Gin → Whiskey

Little Italy

4 : 1½ : 1

Gin → Cachaça

Rabo de Galo

3 : 1 : ¾

Also gin

Gibson

1 : 1

Americano — Campari and sweet vermouth with a splash of soda. Bitter, low in alcohol and made for early evening.
Bitter Giuseppe — A Manhattan built on the artichoke amaro Cynar instead of whiskey, with sweet vermouth and a quarter ounce of lemon. Low in alcohol, big on bitter.
Enzoni — Gin shaken with muddled white grapes, lemon and a little Campari: a fruity, gently bitter sour served over a big cube.
Garibaldi — Campari and fresh orange juice over ice. Bittersweet, juicy and light.
Negroni — Gin, Campari and sweet vermouth in equal parts, over ice. Bitter, sweet and strong.
Negroni Sbagliato — Campari and sweet vermouth with sparkling wine where the gin should be: the “mistaken” Negroni, lighter and fizzier.

Estimated per drink, as served

Calories

≈ 134

Sugar

≈ 3 g

Strength

≈ 21%

Std. drinks

≈ 1.2

Gin ≈ 88Campari ≈ 23Dry vermouth ≈ 22 How we estimate