Americano recipe

Campari and sweet red vermouth, built over ice in an Old Fashioned glass and finished with a splash of soda water.

  • 2 mins total
  • 3 ingredients
  • Old Fashioned glass
Americano in a rocks glass over ice with orange peel

Recipe card

Americano

Prep
1 min
Making
1 min
Total
2 mins
Serves
1
Glass
Old Fashioned glass

Ingredients

Drinks

Makes 1 drink.

Method

  1. Fill an Old Fashioned glass with ice cubes.
  2. Use a jigger to measure the Campari and sweet red vermouth into the glass.
  3. Gently stir with a bar spoon.
  4. Top with a splash of soda water.
Kris Barton, founder of ThatCocktail, enjoying a cocktail

About the author

Kris Barton

Kris has been making, and sometimes inventing, cocktails for more than 20 years, and founded ThatCocktail in 2019 to share quick and easy recipes you can make at home.

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