Negroni Sbagliato
The Negroni Sbagliato is a bar standard outside the IBA list: 3 ingredients, built in the glass and served in a rocks glass. That makes 138 ml in the glass: a middling measure.
MethodBuilt in the glass
GlassRocks glass
In the glass138 ml
Strength13.7%
Ingredients
- 30 mlsweet red vermouth
- 30 mlCampari
- 60 mlprosecco
Method
- Pour the sweet vermouth and Campari into an ice-filled rocks glass.
- Top with prosecco and stir briefly.
Garnish: Garnish with half an orange slice.
What it tastes like
- bitter → sweet
- Bitterness leads: 2.5 out of 10, carried by Campari. That makes it the 12th most bitter of 186.
- round → sour
- It tends round: 127th of 186 for acidity, and what little acid there is comes from prosecco.
- light → strong
- 13.7% after dilution: the middle band, 94th of 186.
Its closest neighbour is the Bicicletta: 92 out of 100 for similarity.
Five that come close
- Bicicletta3 degrees lighter and with soda water in place of prosecco.
- BambooSweeter and more sour.
- Gin TonicSweeter and 3 degrees lighter.
- FernanditoMore bitter and with more bitterness in it.
- Vodka TonicSweeter and 3 degrees lighter.
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Recipe source: Difford's Guide · checked on 3 November 2026