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Negroni vs Negroni Sbagliato

What is the difference between a Negroni and a Negroni Sbagliato? Here are both recipes side by side, with exact measures, and what actually sets them apart.

The difference

• Both use Campari and sweet vermouth.
• Only the Negroni has gin.
• Only the Negroni Sbagliato has prosecco.
• The Negroni is stirred, the Negroni Sbagliato is built.
• The Negroni is the stronger drink: about 22% against about 15% once diluted.

Negroni

Gin	30 ml
Campari	30 ml
Sweet vermouth	30 ml

Stirred · Rocks glass · about 22% · about 180 calories

An Americano with gin in place of soda, first poured for Count Camillo Negroni in Florence around 1919.

Negroni recipe

Negroni Sbagliato

Campari	30 ml
Sweet vermouth	30 ml
Prosecco	top up, about 30 ml

Built · Rocks glass · about 15% · about 140 calories

Bar Basso, Milan, 1970s. Sbagliato means mistaken: prosecco went in where the gin should have been.

Negroni Sbagliato recipe