NEGRONI BY ACCIDENT 13.6%

A refreshing take on the Italian classic, with Thai basil kombucha adding herbal brightness to the timeless bitter-sweet balance.

Gin, Vermouth, Bitter, Thai Basil Kombucha

1L bottle (serves 11 Cocktails à 9cl)

ABV: 13,6%

Notes: Bitter, sweet, herbaceous

Perfect for: Aperitif hour, Negroni lovers, creative spirits

The story:

When Damian ran his kombucha brewery, he always had an itch to make a real kombucha cocktail. Through a few popups, he mixed kombucha with gin or vodka into long drinks, they were good, but something was missing. They didn’t hit the spot.

Damian always had a kink for lowball glass cocktails, 9 centiliters of liquid, nothing unnecessary. Clean, intentional, and balanced, served over big chunky ice blocks, each one crafted with purpose, that special touch that makes a drink feel alive.

One late evening, while hosting a private dinner that turned into a party at his apartment, an accident happened. Back then, he still "party-smoked" cigarettes, and at some point, there just wasn’t enough Negroni left in his glass. He reached for the nearest bottle, a random kombucha, and poured it in. The moment he took a sip, everything changed.

That was patient zero.

The cocktail had this balance, this unexpected depth, bitter, aromatic, alive. His friends and colleagues at the table were stunned. They rushed to find out which kombucha it was. It turned out to be a Thai basil kombucha Damian had brewed in collaboration with Klippingegård, a fourth-generation farm on the coast of Stevns.

They recreated the cocktail immediately, gin, Campari, red vermouth from Piedmont, and Thai basil kombucha, carefully adjusted. The result was perfect.

A few months later, Damian received his distillery license. His kombucha brewery had been the foundation, and this moment added another pillar, giving birth to DAMO and shaping its philosophy of intentional craft, patience, and controlled chaos.