Shift Drink Negroni

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Written By Miguel Buencamino

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

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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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