Kevin thanks listeners who contacted the Banter Trust email and answers Charlotte in Boston’s question about what music and places he associates with each cocktail, pairing a whisky mac with a Scottish ceilidh and Wolfstone, and a margarita with an elegant oceanfront bar in Tijuana and Catrell and Paco Amoroso. This week’s drink is the Negroni, which he describes as a balanced sweet-bitter cocktail made with gin, Campari, and sweet vermouth, sharing a favored origin story involving Count Camillo Negroni and the evolution from the Milano-Torino to the Americano. He explains Campari and vermouth backgrounds, then gives his recipe (2 gin, 2 Campari, 1 sweet vermouth, stirring and serving over a large ice cube with orange peel), plus variations like Americano, sbagliato, or using Aperol. He would enjoy the Negroni in a dim, velvet underground New York bar with trumpet jazz, previews champagne and Prosecco cocktails next, credits “Guilford’s Guide,” and shares contact and rating details.

00:00 Welcome and Listener Question

00:46 Cocktail Vibes Whiskey Mac

01:12 Margarita Travel Daydream

01:40 Meet the Negroni

02:08 Negroni Origin Story

03:07 Ingredients Deep Dive

04:41 Mixing the Classic Recipe

05:18 Garnish Tips and Variations

06:12 Where to Drink It

06:31 Wrap Up and Next Episode

06:49 Podcast Outro and Contact

Kevs music recomending

Ibrahim maalouf playing True Sorry 

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Kocktail Kev Music is called Velvet shadows full version by Kaazoom on Pixabay

The Banterists music is called  ‘The best jazz club in New Orleans’

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