Cherry Manhattan

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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
1 oz Bourbon whiskey
5⁄6 oz Strucchi Rosso Vermouth
2⁄3 oz Straight rye whiskey (100 proof /50% alc./vol.)
1⁄3 oz Luxardo Maraschino liqueur
1⁄4 oz Heering Cherry Liqueur
4 drop Bob's Vanilla bitters
× 1 1 serving
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How to make:

  1. Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
  2. Prepare garnish of skewered Luxardo Maraschino Cherry.
  3. STIR all ingredients with ice.
  4. FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
  5. Garnish with skewered cherry.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 9/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 5/10
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Review:

"Cherry" may be upfront in the name of this Sweet Manhattan riff but the cherry notes are far from dominant – garnish excluded.

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History:

Created by yours truly in January 2022 at the Clocktower in Rye, England.
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Nutrition:

One serving of Cherry Manhattan contains 206 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.8 standard drinks
  • 27.68% alc./vol. (27.68° proof)
  • 25.6 grams of pure alcohol

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John CARR’s Avatar John CARR
9th May 2024 at 12:24
Copied JH and JF - no vanilla bitters so subbed (fancy) vanilla extract and orange bitters. Loved the play of fruity, sweet with the nuttiness of the Luxardo coming through, and the unctuous cherry Heering. I used all rye and still very discernible with the sweetness. Brilliant!
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John CARR’s Avatar John CARR
27th April at 13:59
Almost a year later… fun to garnish vintage -style and sink a cherry to the bottom of the glass and let it soak up the goodness for a while… with a backup firmly moored on dry land in case a rescue operation is required 😉
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John Hinojos’ Avatar John Hinojos
21st January 2023 at 01:24
This was outstanding. Did not have the vanilla bitters so used half vanilla extract and half orange bitters. Turned out wonderful. Will definitely have again. While it is a bit sweet the Bourbon and Rye is still forward in flavour.
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Pascal Seeger’s Avatar Pascal Seeger
20th October 2022 at 14:35
Adding like 10ml of a nice peated Islay Whiskey (I used Ardbeg Ten) instead of 10ml Bourbon adds extra complexity. Simply amazing drink!
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John CARR’s Avatar John CARR
9th May 2024 at 12:49
Loved this idea - swapped 10ml of the American rye whiskey for talisker, 5 ml Cherry jar liquid in place of Luxardo, one dash orange bitters, 12 drops Bob’s Abbotts bitters. Might do half-half peaty scotch and rye next time!
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Jay Franks’ Avatar Jay Franks
7th April 2022 at 21:10
Made as directed except for bitters. Substituted a few drop of quality vanilla extract. Highly recommended.
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Ignacio Seligra’s Avatar Ignacio Seligra
24th January 2022 at 19:14
I'm a big fan of any Manhattan variation, but this one is far better than most! It's sweet, right, but only at first taste, then goes dryer and boozier as progresses thru mouth. Elegant yet indulgent. Did it with Maker's-Carpano AF-Bulleit-Luxardo-Heering-Bob's.
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Calvin Grant’s Avatar Calvin Grant
24th January 2022 at 04:59
I'm going with five stars here. Tried this yesterday with Rittenhouse bottled in bond, Old Forrester Signature and Grassotti Torino; and not having vanilla bitters, added a couple drops each Bokers Bitters and grapefruit bitters.(?) Was good... Tonight, made with Sazerac Straight Rye, the Old Forrester and fruity Grassotti and a new bottle of Bittercube Cherry Bark Vanilla Bitters. Ahh what a difference that made. Was out of Cherry Heering but Luxardo Sangue Morlacco worked well.
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Andy Parnell-Hopkinson’s Avatar Andy Parnell-Hopkinson
21st January 2022 at 22:54
Sweet but cheeky.
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