How To Make a Manhattan
- December 3, 2007
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Howcast Media
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Kevin Hall
Voice-Over Artist
Georgia Haege
Production Designer
Karin Olsen
Music
Edison Music Corp
While most of cocktail society seems to agree that the martini reigns as the ultimate cocktail, the manhattan runs a close second.
You Will Need
- 2 oz. rye whiskey (or bourbon)
- 1 oz. sweet vermouth (or dry)
- 2 dashes bitter
- A maraschino cherry
- Ice
- A mixing glass
- A strainer
- A long spoon
- A cocktail glass (or rocks glass)
Step 1: Fill glass w/ ice
Fill the mixing glass with ice.
Step 2: Add rye
Add the rye.
Bourbon gradually surpassed rye in popularity after Prohibition and has become a common substitute. It will give your drink a smokier flavor.
Step 3: Add sweet vermouth
Add the sweet vermouth.
A “dry Manhattan” replaces sweet vermouth with dry vermouth; a “perfect Manhattan” is made with half dry and half sweet vermouth.
Step 4: Add 2 dashes of bitters
Add the two dashes of bitters.
Step 5: Stir w/ spoon
Stir with the spoon until the mixing glass is cold to the touch.
Step 6: Place cherry
Place a cherry in the cocktail glass.
To serve your Manhattan “on the rocks,” pour it over fresh ice in a rocks glass.
Step 7: Strain mixture
Strain the mixture into the glass and celebrate one tasty town.
At least two other New York City boroughs have drinks named after them — a Bronx mixes gin, orange juice, and two kinds of vermouth, while a Brooklyn uses rye, vermouth, maraschino liqueur, and Amer Picon, a bitter cordial.
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