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Americano Highball

A taller, more refreshing version of the Americano, lengthened with extra soda water and poured over plenty of ice.

The point of this version is length: the same equal parts of Campari and vermouth rosso as a classic Americano, but a full 90 ml of soda water in a tall glass, so it drinks slowly over ice. Soda keeps the drink dry and bitter, the way the Americano has always been served; the grapefruit wheel is the right garnish, since its sharpness points up the Campari.

Prep
3 min
Serves
1
Difficulty
Easy

Americano Highball

Prep 3 min · Serves 1 · Difficulty Easy

Method

  1. Fill a highball glass with ice.

  2. Pour Campari and sweet vermouth.

  3. Top with soda water.

  4. Stir gently.

  5. Garnish with a grapefruit wheel.

Lombardy

The Americano it stretches was first served in the 1860s at Gaspare Campari's café in Milan, and it descends from the Milano-Torino, Campari and sweet vermouth with no soda at all. Its moment is still the Milanese aperitivo, the hour between leaving work and sitting down to dinner.

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