Winter's Best Cocktail
Boulevardier, the Best Cold Weather Cocktail
It's easy to make and tastes incredibly unique
The Boulevardier is the Negroni's richer, warmer sibling. Swapping bright gin for bourbon creates a robust profile with notes of caramel, spice, and oak. Its deep, bittersweet intensity and spirit-forward nature are perfect for slow-sipping. It’s the essential cozy cocktail for cold weather.
Woodford Reserve 750ml
For a Boulevardier, the bourbon must balance the bold Campari. We would choose Woodford Reserve. Its complex layers of vanilla and cocoa stand up to the bitter-sweet matrix, delivering a rich, round, and perfectly balanced foundation for this cocktail to build from.
Start with 1.5 oz of Woodford Reserve Bourbon
Campari 750ml
Campari is essential for the Boulevardier's balance. Its bittersweet, citrus-herbal complexity prevents the rich whiskey and sweet vermouth from becoming cloying, adding the necessary bold structure and intriguing red hue.
Add 1 oz of Campari
Noilly Prat Rouge Vermouth 750ml
This sweet vermouth offers spicy yet sweet and fruity depth. It provides premium, complex flavor without the premium price, making your cocktail a little more affordable without sacrificing any of the flavor that we love so much.
Add 1 oz of this sweet Vermouth
The finishing touches
Once you have your bourbon, Campari and sweet Vermouth in your glass, it's time to stir - don't shake it up, as cool as it feels to make a shaken cocktail.
Then add an orange peel and ice as you you see fit, then very gently stir again to release the zest and calmly chill your drink.
Stop by get all the ingredients
As the temperature falls, the Boulevardier is your essential cold-weather cocktail. Substituting gin with bold whiskey, this drink offers a concentrated, warm profile balanced by complex vermouth and bitter Campari. Cloverleaf Bottle Shop stocks the premium bourbon, sweet vermouth and Campari required for a great, high-quality Boulevardier. Visit us to source the ingredients for your essential winter rotation.
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