Americano
The Americano is one of the IBA Unforgettables: 3 ingredients in equal parts, built in the glass and served in a rocks glass. That makes 138 ml in the glass, soda included: a middling measure.
MethodBuilt in the glass
GlassRocks glass
In the glass138 ml
Strength8.9%
Ingredients
- 30 mlCampari
- 30 mlsweet red vermouth
- top upsoda water
Method
- Mix the ingredients directly in an old fashioned glass filled with ice cubes.
- Add a splash of Soda Water. Stir gently.
Garnish: Garnish with half orange slice and a lemon zest.
What it tastes like
- bitter → sweet
- Bitterness leads: 2.4 out of 10, carried by Campari. That makes it the 13th most bitter of 186.
- round → sour
- It tends round: 154th of 186 for acidity, and what little acid there is comes from sweet red vermouth.
- light → strong
- Just 8.9% in the glass: lighter than 69% of the catalogue, and the volume has as much to do with it as the recipe.
Its closest neighbour is the Campari Soda: 95 out of 100 for similarity.
Five that come close
- Campari SodaShorter by 23 ml.
- Irish CoffeeMore sour and built on whisky.
- NOgroni9 degrees lighter and with non-alcoholic gin in place of soda water.
- Gin TonicSweeter and more sour.
- Non-zero PossibilityMore sour and 9 degrees lighter.
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Recipe source: IBA · checked on 30 October 2026