BevX Cocktail List
The Bicicletta is a distinctly Italian answer to what to drink when the afternoon calls for something bitter, refreshing, and uncomplicated. Dating to the 1930s and associated with northern Italy, it combines Campari, dry white wine, and club soda over ice — essentially a spritz stripped down to i...
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Before Aperol turned the Spritz into a global phenomenon, there was Select — the aperitivo that arguably invented the drink. Created in Venice in 1920, Select Aperitivo is brilliant red with orange highlights and built on bitter orange, rhubarb, and juniper, giving it a spicier, more assertive cha...
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Before there was a Negroni, before there was an Americano, there was this — two ingredients, one glass, no apologies. The Milano-Torino was first served around 1860 in Gaspare Campari’s café in Milan, and its name is a small geography lesson: Milan for Campari, Turin for the Vermouth di Torino...
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How sad the world would be without the Negroni? This is the ideal aperitif, perking up the appetite and stimulating the mind for later cocktail or wine options, as well as for cuisine. Its fruity, citrus-tinged, and semi-tart flavors offer the perfect transition from work mode to pleasure.
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This beautiful cocktail was created by Francesco Lafranconi. It is certainly a drink inspired by the Negroni. While so many Negroni variations fall flat the Sorrentino is equal to the Negroni. The name gives a nod to the beautiful southern coastal town of Sorrento, Italy the home of Limoncello. Get the Whole Story and Recipe
This long staple of the Italian cafe or Apéritivo bar was born at Caffè Camporino in Milan circa 1860. It was originally known as the "Milano-Torino," taking the name from the two homes of the primary ingredients. Later, during Prohibition, the drink became commonly known as the Americano, with th...
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