# Rome With a View

Campari and dry vermouth move from Americano territory into a lime sour before rich syrup and soda turn the whole thing into a low-proof Collins.

Strength: 9% ABV before dilution

## Ingredients

- 30 ml [Campari](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/campari.md)
- 30 ml [Dry vermouth](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/dry-vermouth.md) — Keep the opened bottle refrigerated and use it fresh.
- 30 ml [Fresh lime juice](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/fresh-lime-juice.md)
- 15 ml [Rich simple syrup](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/rich-simple-syrup.md) — Use a syrup made with two parts sugar to one part water.
- 45 ml [Soda water](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/soda-water.md) — Use cold, freshly opened soda water.

## Glassware

Collins glass

## Garnish

- Orange wheel — Use one thin fresh wheel.

## Method

1. Shake every ingredient except the soda water with cubed ice until thoroughly chilled.
2. Strain into a chilled Collins filled with fresh cubed ice, add the soda water, and stir once gently.

## Related drinks

- [Bitter Intentions](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/bitter-intentions.md): Bobby Heugel turns Campari into the base of a bracing Collins-Americano hybrid, with lemon, syrup, soda, and a fragrant sweet-vermouth float.
- [Love & Murder](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/love-and-murder.md): Equal Campari, green alpine liqueur, and lime form an audacious bitter sour, with syrup and four saline drops making the apparent collision cohere.
- [Americano](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/americano.md): A bittersweet aperitif balancing Campari and sweet vermouth with sparkling soda.
- [Enzoni](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/enzoni.md): A bittersweet gin sour that folds muddled green grapes into the structure of a Negroni.
- [Green Beast](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/green-beast.md): Absinthe, lime, cucumber, sugar, and cold water make Charles Vexenat’s long green drink vivid and vegetal rather than merely anise-heavy.
- [Queen Elizabeth](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/queen-elizabeth.md): Dry vermouth leads this brisk, lower-proof 1930s sour, with Bénédictine supplying honeyed herbs against a full measure of lime.
- [Cardinale](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/cardinale.md): A lean, dry Negroni relative pairing gin and dry vermouth with a measured dose of Campari.
- [Brandy Daisy](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/brandy-daisy.md): The 1888 Harry Johnson branch joins Cognac and Yellow Chartreuse over crushed ice, with lemon, rich syrup, soda, berries, and mint around its herbal centre.

## References

- Canonical page: https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/rome-with-a-view
- Photograph: https://stirred.fyi/assets/cocktails/rome-with-a-view-4536255a.webp
- Recipe source: https://www.diffordsguide.com/cocktails/recipe/11291/rome-with-a-view