• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
  • Yelp
  • TripAdvisor
  • Facebook
  • Google+
  • CALL 828-845-0546
  • Contact-Directions

The Brandy Bar + Cocktails

  • Home
  • About The Brandy Bar
    • About The Brandy Bar
    • Our Story
  • Menus
    • Bar Menu
    • Bar Snacks (Locally Sourced)
  • Gallery
  • History of Brandy
  • Join

Thurs 11/21 – Negroni specials + Sat 11/23 – 7:30 Geriatric Jukebox entertains + other stuff

November 19, 2019 By Brenda Coates

Happy birthday, Negroni! Yup, this triple-ingredient icon just reached the centenarian mark. The Negroni was created in Italy, circa early 1900s. The story goes, Count Camillo Negroni asked a bartender to strengthen his favorite cocktail, the Americano—created using vermouth, Campari and club soda—and the Negroni was born. At its core, the Negroni is about three things: gin (or substitutes of various alcohols), sweet vermouth and Campari—a genius bit of simplicity. The Negroni is a classic for a reason, following the rule of thirds, it’s one of the easiest cocktails to vary and create fun riffs on.
Who can resist a beautiful ruby-hued Negroni? Apparently, no one. Its Instagram hashtag has well over a half-million posts; it’s the second most sold cocktail in the world for five years running, according to an annual survey by “Drinks International”; spots like New York City’s Dante and Denver’s Bar Helix offer full-on Negroni menus; and it even has its own worldwide calendar slot, Negroni Week, born back in 2013. So maybe it’s time you learn a few things about the Negroni.
It has launched a thousand riffs (or at least dozens.) Bartenders love to get avid Negroni drinkers to try another drink in the Negroni family tree. From old classic drinks, like the Boulevardier (substitute bourbon for gin), to new classics, like the Negroni Bianco (bianco vermouth instead of sweet rosso) and the Tegroni (substitute tequila), to Bragroni – The Brandy Bar’s substitution of Brandy – the Negroni-inspired hits keep on coming.

Negroni Cocktail – Brandy, gin, Campari, sweet vermouth $7

Boulevardier Loosely translated, a boulevardier is a man-about-town. The magazine
“Boulevardier” was for expats living in Paris in the 1920s and the drink is both adaptable
& adored for its balance of bitter, boozy and sweet – brandy, Campari, sweet vermouth $7

Bra negroni – Douglas Fir brandy, Campari, sweet vermouth $7

Chocolate Negroni – Brandy, gin, Campari, sweet vermouth, chocolate $7

Aperol Negroni – Brandy, gin, Aperol, dry vermouth $7

US Flight ½ price

Sat 11/23 – Closing exhibition of Connie Bostic collages -3 – 5 p.m. meet the artist and pick up art purchases 
Sat 11/23 – 7:30 Geriatric Juke Box entertains
Wed 12/11 – 7:00 “In the Company of Writers” – writers talk about their writings, inspirations, and the art of writing during this series co-sponsored by the North Carolina Writers Network and The Brandy Bar + Cocktails

Filed Under: Happenings

Brenda Coates

Primary Sidebar

Brandy Bar Membership

JOIN

Signup for E-News

By submitting your email address, you agree to receive up to 5 emails monthly from The Brandy Bar.
You've already signed up, Thanks!
Check your inbox now to confirm your subscription.

MENUS

Bar Menu

Snack Menu

Footer

What Members Say . . .

Read Nathanael S.'s review of The Brandy Bar on Yelp
  • Home
  • About The Brandy Bar
  • Our Story
  • Join
  • Contact-Directions

North Carolina Spirits, LLC dba The Brandy Bar

504 Seventh Avenue, East
Hendersonville, NC 28792
Get Directions

828-845-0546

Copyright © 2023 NC Spirits, LLC dba The Brandy Bar· Hendersonville NC Bar · Private Member Club · Log in

Serving Brandy · Before and After-Dinner Drinks · Cheese · Chocolate · Gourmet Crackers and Breads · Other Local Products