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Manhattan: White Glove

New York, United States America/New_York

History

Born in New York in the late 1800s, the Manhattan became the defining whiskey-and-vermouth cocktail, despite a colorful club-origin story that is probably fiction. This is a clearly labeled house field riff rather than a historical classic: Elderflower brings a perfumed, polished accent suited to a diplomatic reception.

Whiskey · yields one cocktail

Ingredients

  • 12 oz rye whiskey
  • 21 oz sweet vermouth
  • 32 dashes aromatic bitters
  • 4Brandied cherry
  • 51/4 oz elderflower liqueur

Method

  1. 01Stir with ice and strain into a chilled coupe.
  2. 02Reduce any sweetener slightly, add the elderflower, and prepare as directed.

Enjoy responsibly. Recipes are intended for adults of legal drinking age.