Note: This week, we decided to switch it up a bit. Instead of doing a full review of kybecca (which we will do, don't worry - full disclosure, it's one of my favorite locations in Fredericksburg), we're reviewing their special Negroni Week cocktails.





Mike

Krebbs

Jeremy





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What is Negroni Week, you ask? It's an international event where local bars will serve craft negroni cocktails, and then donate a portion of the proceeds to a charity of their choice.

For this event, kybecca is donating $1 for each negroni sold to the Fredericksburg Area Food Bank.





And what's a negroni? The traditional cocktail is

made of one part gin , one part vermouth rosso (red, semi-sweet), and one part Campari , garnished with an orange peel.





Four negronis are available for this event:

Classic

Tea Time

Razeroni

Conte Camillo

If you sit at the bar, you also have the option to create your own.









Full disclosure: I am not a huge gin fan. Mike enjoys it, though, so he has more experience and knowledge of it.





Here are our thoughts on the 3 we tried:





Tea Time

Smells like candy

Hint of almost a gingerbread flavor

The longer it sits, the more it mellows

Overall pretty smooth without much bite

A little syrupy - kind of thick

The smell when the drink arrives is mainly the jalapeño. You don't get much of the gin smell

Jeremy: All the jalapeño flavor, none of the spice

Mike "My top lip is numb"

Krebbs "I just taste liquid"

A t first it was bitter, but it mellowed out as it sat. It also got spicier

Smells like an old fashioned, and at the beginning, it tastes like one too, but with gin instead of bourbon

Unlike the others, the taste doesn't change after it sits

It leaves a bitter aftertaste

The floral gin flavor comes through more with the classic than the others

Krebbs: 1) Tea Time 2) Classic 3) Cante Camillo

Mike: 1) Cante Camillo 2) TeaTime 3) Classic

Jeremy: Tied for 1) Tea Time and Classic 2) Cante Camillo