Cocktails with Dry vermouth
Dry vermouth is a pale, low-sugar vermouth: fortified white wine aromatized with wormwood and other botanicals.
ABV15–18%
Substitutes for Dry vermouth
The closest swap, but much sweeter than dry vermouth. To keep the balance, start with 2/3 of the measure and taste. The drink looks the same, since bianco is pale too.
Dry white wine
Use the same amount, with a dash of orange bitters. A compromise: the wine gives the dryness, but the drink lacks the herbs and the strength.
Will not do. It changes both the taste and the look of the drink, making it too sweet, spiced and dark.
On the label
- “vermouth”
- A legal category, not a style word. At least 75% of the bottle must be wine, flavored with at least one Artemisia (wormwood) herb. It must sit between 14.5% and 22% ABV. Drop the wormwood and it is an aromatized wine, not a vermouth.
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