How to Make a Manhattan
While most of cocktail society seems to agree that the martini reigns as the ultimate cocktail, the manhattan runs a close second.
Instructions
- Step 1: Fill glass w/ ice Fill the mixing glass with ice.
- Step 2: Add rye Add the rye.
- TIP: 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.
- TIP: 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.
- TIP: 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.
- FACT: 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.
You Will Need
- 2.0 oz rye whiskey (or bourbon)
- 1.0 oz sweet vermouth (or dry)
- 2.0 dashes bitter
- A maraschino cherry
- Ice
- A mixing glass
- A strainer
- A long spoon
- A cocktail glass (or rocks glass)