Saturday, November 3, 2018

221. Manhattan Cocktail

My interpretation:
  1.5 oz Rittenhouse Rye
  1.5 oz Casa Mariol Vermut
  1 dash (3 drops) Angostura bitters

Stir with 1/2 glass cracked ice, strain into cocktail glass, serve. — The original JM1908 called for Ballor Vermouth and Boker’s Bitters. Boker’s original recipe, or a good approximation of it, is not readily available, though Fee’s Cardamom is worth a try (perhaps mixed with Angostura). Ballor Vermouth may have been closer to a Turin chinato like Alessio. Casa Mariol has plenty of interesting qualities, if not the bitterness. In any event, Martini & Rossi was preferred by 1916. For the whisky (note that rye is crossed out in this copy), a spicy bonded rye like Rittenhouse works perfectly.
 

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