Shift Drink Negroni
For Negroni Week 2025, Charleston’s own Kris Wheeler delivers a bold and bartender-insider riff. The Shift Drink Negroni leans boozy and bitter, with navy strength gin, funky Jamaican rum, fat-washed Campari, and a dual hit of vermouth. It’s layered, rich, and full of industry in-jokes — a true “bartender’s Negroni.”
“This is my bartender centric version of a Negroni. This one comes from straight behind the bar,
Cheers, y’all!
ingredients:
½ oz | 15 ml Navy Strength Rum
½ oz | 15 ml Funky Jamaican Rum
1 oz | 30 ml Fat-Washed Campari
½ oz | 15 ml Punt e Mes
½ oz | 15 ml Cocchi di Torino
Dash of Saline
instructions:
Combine all ingredients in a mixing glass with ice. Stir to chill and dilute, then strain into a chilled rocks glass over ice. Garnish with an expressed orange peel.
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