Sweet Vermouth
A fortified wine flavored with herbs and spices. Sweet vermouth is reddish-brown and adds complexity and sweetness to cocktails.
16%
ABV
45
Cal/oz
9
Cocktails
liqueur
Category
Flavor Profile
History & Origins
Invented in Turin, Italy in 1786, sweet vermouth became essential to classic cocktails like the Manhattan and Negroni.
How It's Made
Wine fortified with neutral spirits and flavored with a proprietary blend of herbs, roots, and spices.
Cocktails with Sweet Vermouth
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Blood and Sand
Scotch, sweet vermouth, cherry brandy, and orange juice. An unusual but balanced equal-parts cocktail.
Boulevardier
A whiskey-laced cousin of the Negroni that blends bold American bourbon with bitter Campari and sweet vermouth for a warming, ruby-hued sipper.
Hanky Panky
Ada Coleman's famous Savoy creation blending gin, sweet vermouth, and a hint of Fernet-Branca.
Manhattan
The quintessential whiskey cocktail—rye, vermouth and bitters in perfect harmony—serving as the template for a whole family of spirit-forward drinks.
Martinez
The 19th‑century bridge between Manhattan and Martini—Old Tom gin, sweet vermouth, maraschino and bitters stirred silky cold.
Mezcal Negroni
A 1:1:1 riff where earthy mezcal stands in for gin, giving the Italian aperitivo a sultry, agave-smoked backbone.
Negroni
A perfectly symmetrical mix of gin, Campari, and sweet vermouth that defined the bitter-sweet aperitivo and spawned a family of riffs.
Negroni Sbagliato
Equal-parts Campari, sweet vermouth and prosecco build a bubbly, lower-proof cousin of the Negroni born from a happy mistake.
Vieux Carré
Walter Bergeron's New Orleans classic blends rye, cognac, sweet vermouth and Bénédictine with dual bitters for a silky, spirit-forward sipper.