RECIPE
© Wendell T. Webber
Manhattan
- Contributed by Jim Meehan
- ACTIVE:
- TOTAL TIME:
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SERVINGS:
makes 1 drink
The earliest known printed recipe for the Manhattan was published in O. H. Byron's 1884 Modern Bartenders' Guide, which cites two versions: one made with French vermouth, the other with Italian.
Glassware Guide - ACTIVE:
- TOTAL TIME:
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SERVINGS:
makes 1 drink
Ingredients
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Ingredients
- Ice
- 2 ounces rye whiskey
- 1 ounce Carpano Antica Formula or other sweet vermouth
- 2 dashes of Angostura bitters
- 1 maraschino cherry, for garnish
Directions
- Fill a pint glass with ice. Add the rye, vermouth and bitters and stir well. Strain into a chilled coupe and garnish with the cherry.