Sweet Vermouth cocktails.

Got Sweet Vermouth on the shelf? Here are 14 cocktails you can make with it — classics and a few worth discovering. Pick one, see what else you need, and start pouring.

№ 107

Americano

Campari, sweet vermouth, and soda over ice with an orange slice — the Negroni before someone added gin. Low-proof, bittersweet, and endlessly drinkable.

1.5 oz Campari

1.5 oz Sweet Vermouth

2 oz Soda Water

dash Orange Half Wheel

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№ 55

Bijou

Equal parts gin, sweet vermouth, and green Chartreuse, stirred and cherried. “Jewel” in French — herbal, boozy, and criminally underordered.

1.5 oz Gin

0.75 oz Green Chartreuse

1 oz Sweet Vermouth

2 dashes Orange Bitters

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№ 58

Blood and Sand

Equal parts Scotch, cherry liqueur, sweet vermouth, and orange juice — named for a 1922 bullfighting film and nearly as dramatic. Fruity, smoky, and strange in the best way.

0.75 oz Scotch Whiskey

0.75 oz Sweet Vermouth

0.75 oz Heering Cherry Liqueur

0.75 oz Orange Juice

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№ 59

Boulevardier

A Negroni that swapped gin for bourbon — whiskey, Campari, and sweet vermouth, stirred down and orange-kissed. Richer, warmer, and built for the cold months.

1.25 oz Bourbon

1 oz Sweet Vermouth

1 oz Campari

dash Orange Peel

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№ 27

De la Louisiane

Rye, sweet vermouth, Bénédictine, absinthe, and Peychaud’s — a New Orleans cousin to the Vieux Carré and Sazerac. Boozy, herbal, and deeply Crescent City.

2 oz Rye

3 dashes Absinthe

.75 oz Benedictine

.5 oz Sweet Vermouth

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№ 68

Fanciulli

The Fanciulli is a stirred rye cocktail made with Fernet Branca and Sweet Vermouth, served in a coupe.

1.5 oz Rye

.25 oz Fernet Branca

.75 oz Sweet Vermouth

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№ 104

Fernet Flip

The Fernet Flip is a shaken fernet branca cocktail made with Sweet Vermouth, Simple Syrup, and Angostura bitters, served in a cobbler.

1.5 oz Fernet Branca

1.5 oz Sweet Vermouth

.25 oz Simple Syrup

2 dashes Angostura bitters

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№ 66

Hanky Panky Recipe

The Hanky Panky Recipe is a stirred gin cocktail made with Fernet Branca and Sweet Vermouth, served in a coupe.

1.5 oz Gin

.5 tsp Fernet Branca

1.5 oz Sweet Vermouth

dash Orange Peel

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№ 22

Manhattan

Whiskey, sweet vermouth, and bitters, stirred cold and served up with a cherry. The Old Fashioned’s more sophisticated cousin — dark, silky, and dressed for dinner.

2 oz Rye

1 oz Sweet Vermouth

2 dashes Angostura bitters

1 Maraschino Cherry

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№ 50

Martinez

Gin, sweet vermouth, maraschino, and bitters — the Martini’s richer, older ancestor. Stirred, aromatic, and a lesson in where the classics came from.

1.5 oz Gin

0.75 oz Sweet Vermouth

0.25 oz Maraschino Liqueur

2 dashes Angostura bitters

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№ 52

Negroni

Equal parts gin, Campari, and sweet vermouth, stirred over ice and crowned with orange. Bitter, bracing, and unapologetically adult — the aperitivo that turned “too bitter” into a compliment.

1 oz Gin

1 oz Campari

1 oz Sweet Vermouth

dash Orange Peel

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№ 101

Negroni Sbagliato

The Negroni Sbagliato is a stirred campari cocktail made with Sweet Vermouth and Prosecco, served in a rocks.

1 oz Campari

1 oz Sweet Vermouth

4 oz Prosecco

dash Orange Peel

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№ 28

Rob Roy

A Manhattan made with Scotch instead of rye — whisky, sweet vermouth, and bitters, stirred and cherried. Smokier, softer, and worth knowing.

2 oz Scotch Whiskey

1 oz Sweet Vermouth

2 dashes Angostura bitters

1 Maraschino Cherry

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№ 26

Vieux Carré

Rye, cognac, sweet vermouth, Bénédictine, and two bitters — the French Quarter in a rocks glass. Complex, boozy, and built to be sipped.

1 oz Rye

1 oz Cognac

1 oz Sweet Vermouth

.25 oz Benedictine

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