In an embarrassing setback for alcohol-swilling USA, a hotel in Bangkok set a Guinness World Record for the largest Negroni Cocktail.
“BANGKOK, Sept 13 (Reuters) – A hotel in the Thai capital set a Guinness World Record on Monday by stirring up the world’s largest Negroni cocktail, with more than 630 litres (1,109 pints) of the bitter Italian drink.
Mixologists at the Kimpton Maa-Lai Bangkok Hotel poured dozens of bottles of the key ingredients – gin, vermouth, and Campari – into an iced acrylic container 1.7 m (5.6 ft) tall and weighing about 400 kg (882 lb).”
USA officials are reportedly recruiting top mixologists to challenge the new record. “This is more important than landing on the moon,” said one official.
– Jet Cannon