# Sweet vermouth

A richer, sweetened style of vermouth, commonly red or amber, with pronounced spice and herbal character.

Parent category: [Vermouth](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/vermouth.md)

Alcohol: 16% ABV

## Types

- [Punt e Mes](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/punt-e-mes.md): 16% ABV. A dark Italian vermouth combining orange-led sweetness with assertive cinchona bitterness, herbs, and warm spice.

## Cocktails

- [Adonis](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/adonis.md): A poised, lower-proof aperitif joining dry, nutty Amontillado sherry with sweet vermouth and orange bitters.
- [Affinity](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/affinity.md): Equal Scotch, dry vermouth, and sweet vermouth make this Perfect-Manhattan relative unusually wine-led, herbal, and softly malty.
- [Americano](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/americano.md): A bittersweet aperitif balancing Campari and sweet vermouth with sparkling soda.
- [Artichoke Spritz](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/artichoke-spritz.md): Cynar and sweet vermouth deepen rosé Prosecco into an earthy, orange-bright contemporary spritz.
- [Bijou](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/bijou.md): An equal-parts classic pairing gin with powerful Green Chartreuse and sweet vermouth.
- [Bitter Giuseppe](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/bitter-giuseppe.md): Stephen Cole's low-proof modern classic makes earthy Cynar the base, lengthened with sweet vermouth and sharpened by lemon and orange bitters.
- [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.
- [Blackthorn (English)](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/blackthorn-english.md): London dry gin and sloe gin turn a split-vermouth Martini into a dark-fruited, bitters-seasoned counterpart to the Irish Blackthorn.
- [Blood and Sand](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/blood-and-sand.md): Equal Scotch, sweet vermouth, cherry liqueur, and fresh orange make a soft, malty, dark-fruited classic whose apparent incompatibility is its enduring lesson.
- [Bloodhound](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/bloodhound.md): A Savoy-era perfect Gin Martini shaken with ripe strawberries, where dry juniper and vermouth keep the fresh fruit unexpectedly taut.
- [Bobby Burns](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/bobby-burns.md): A Scotch Manhattan enriched with honeyed, herbal Bénédictine.
- [Boulevardier](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/boulevardier.md): A whiskey-driven bittersweet classic with Campari and sweet vermouth.
- [Bronx](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/bronx.md): A bright, shaken Perfect Martini relative in which fresh orange gives gin and split vermouth a softer, juicy shape.
- [Corpse Reviver No. 1](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/corpse-reviver-no-1.md): Cognac, Calvados, and sweet vermouth make a dark, spirit-forward member of the loosely named Corpse Reviver family, entirely unlike the bright gin-and-citrus No. 2.
- [Delmonico No. 1](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/delmonico-no-1.md): Cognac gives a Perfect Martini's split vermouth a small measure of vinous weight while Angostura adds spice, preserving the drink's useful closeness to its better-known relation.
- [El Capitán](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/el-capitan.md): A Peruvian classic joining fragrant grape spirit and sweet vermouth in equal measure, sharpened with aromatic bitters and a savoury olive.
- [Fourth Regiment](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/fourth-regiment.md): Three distinct bitters turn an equal rye-and-sweet-vermouth Manhattan ancestor into a detailed study of citrus, anise, and savoury celery.
- [Gin & It](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/gin-and-it.md): Dry gin and fresh Italian sweet vermouth form the spare British shorthand for a Sweet Martini, published here in David Embury’s crisp three-to-one shape.
- [Greenpoint](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/greenpoint.md): A Manhattan variation layering rye and sweet vermouth with herbal Yellow Chartreuse.
- [Hanky Panky](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/hanky-panky.md): A gin-and-sweet-vermouth cocktail sharpened by a bitter, herbal measure of Fernet.
- [Hearst Cocktail](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/hearst-cocktail.md): An equal-parts sweet Martini where aromatic and orange bitters put a dark, spiced edge around dry gin and fresh Italian-style vermouth.
- [Heart of Glass](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/heart-of-glass.md): Troy Sidle’s room-temperature Manhattan-scaffa measures its own dilution, saturates bourbon with Cynar and bitters, and turns a whiskey rinse into ritual.
- [Ideal Cocktail](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/ideal-cocktail.md): Fresh grapefruit and dry maraschino brighten a shaken gin-and-sweet-vermouth cocktail poised between the Martinez and the Bronx.
- [Journalist Cocktail](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/journalist-cocktail.md): A Perfect Martini gains tiny dashes of lemon, curaçao, and Angostura in this Savoy-era shaken cocktail.
- [Kingston Negroni](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/kingston-negroni.md): A forceful Negroni variation pairing funky overproof Jamaican rum with Campari and sweet vermouth.
- [La Louisiane](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/la-louisiane.md): A deeply aromatic New Orleans rye cocktail layered with sweet vermouth, Bénédictine, absinthe, and Peychaud’s bitters.
- [Left Hand](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/left-hand.md): Bourbon, Campari, and sweet vermouth gain dark cacao and spice from mole bitters in Sam Ross's late-2000s bridge between Boulevardier and Manhattan.
- [Little Italy](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/little-italy.md): A bittersweet Manhattan variation pairing rye and sweet vermouth with earthy, herbal Cynar.
- [Manhattan](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/manhattan.md): A spirit-forward rye cocktail softened by sweet vermouth and seasoned with aromatic bitters.
- [Martinez](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/martinez.md): An equal-parts gin-and-sweet-vermouth cocktail accented with maraschino and orange bitters.
- [Mezcal Negroni](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/mezcal-negroni.md): A spirit-forward Negroni variation leading with smoky mezcal over Campari and sweet vermouth.
- [Mezcal Rosita](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/mezcal-rosita.md): A smoky, bittersweet Rosita variation combining mezcal and Campari with both sweet and dry vermouth.
- [Negroni](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/negroni.md): A gin-led union of Campari and sweet vermouth.
- [Negroni Sbagliato](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/negroni-sbagliato.md): A lighter, sparkling Negroni in which crisp Prosecco takes the place of gin.
- [Newark](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/newark.md): Bottled-in-bond apple brandy takes the Brooklyn template across the Hudson, with sweet vermouth, Fernet-Branca, and maraschino around a dry, oak-aged core.
- [Oriental Cocktail](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/oriental-cocktail.md): Rye and sweet vermouth give this Savoy-era sour a Manhattan-like core, while dry orange curaçao and a full cut of lime pull it somewhere brighter and stranger.
- [Perfect Manhattan](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/perfect-manhattan.md): A Manhattan whose vermouth is split equally between sweet and dry, bringing a leaner, more herbal balance.
- [Perfect Martini](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/perfect-martini.md): A rounded Martini splitting its vermouth evenly between dry and sweet styles, with orange bitters for aromatic lift.
- [Preakness](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/preakness.md): A tiny measure of Bénédictine seasons a rye Manhattan with honeyed herbs and spice in the 1936 structure associated with Baltimore's first Preakness Ball.
- [Queen’s Park Hotel Super Cocktail](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/queens-park-hotel-super-cocktail.md): Trinidad rum, sweet vermouth, lime, real grenadine, and Angostura form a tart, aromatic hotel classic wholly distinct from the Queen’s Park Swizzle.
- [Rabo de Galo](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/rabo-de-galo.md): A robust Brazilian aperitif bringing cachaça together with sweet vermouth, earthy Cynar, and aromatic bitters.
- [Remember the Maine](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/remember-the-maine.md): A rye and vermouth cocktail deepened with cherry brandy and an absinthe rinse.
- [Right Hand](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/right-hand.md): Aged rum takes bourbon's place beside Campari, sweet vermouth, and mole bitters in Michael McIlroy's warmer, orange-scented companion to the Left Hand.
- [Rob Roy](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/rob-roy.md): A Scotch whisky Manhattan, pairing the grain and smoke of whisky with sweet vermouth and aromatic bitters.
- [Rolls Royce](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/rolls-royce.md): A Perfect Martini structure of dry gin and both vermouths gains a small honeyed, herbal accent from Bénédictine.
- [Rosita](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/rosita.md): Reposado tequila, split vermouth, Campari, and aromatic bitters form a dry, oak-tinged Negroni relative.
- [Satan’s Whiskers](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/satans-whiskers.md): The straight Savoy branch splits its gin with both vermouths and fresh orange, then deepens the compact, bittersweet result with Cognac-based Grand Marnier.
- [Tipperary](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/tipperary.md): An Irish whiskey cocktail enriched with sweet vermouth, Green Chartreuse, and aromatic bitters.
- [Vieux Carré](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/vieux-carre.md): Rye, Cognac, and vermouth layered with Bénédictine and Peychaud’s bitters.

## References

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