Blue Ridge Manhattan
Sweet, dry and perfect with the addition of wonderfully smoky Lagavulin 16-Year-Old.
Serves:
Ingredients
40ml Bulleit 95 Rye Whiskey
10ml Dry Vermouth
10ml Sweet Vermouth
3 Dashes of Peach Bitters
1 A Rinse of Lagavulin Single Malt Scotch Whisky
1 Peach Slice (Garnish)
Equipment
1 Martini Glass
1 Ice Scoop
1 Jigger
1 Cocktail Shaker
1 Hawthorne Strainer
1 Fine Strainer
1 Tongs
method
Rinse a Martini Glass with Lagavulin.
Shake all the liquid ingredients with Ice.
Strain into a chilled Martini Glass.
Garnish with a Peach Slice.
Alcohol content
16.8 g per serve
Interesting Facts
The spec for this drink can be tweaked to suit different palates by either creating the 'Sweet', 'Dry' or 'Perfect' Manhattan.
History of the Drink
The Olean, New York, Sunday Morning Herald published a story in September 1882, and is believed to the earliest recorded written mention of the Manhattan. A combination of whisky, vermouth and bitters only recently became popular following a statement from the same article regarding the name of this mixture. 'It went under numerous titles - Manhattan Cocktail, Turf Club Cocktail, and Jockey Club Cocktail'.
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