Name: Manhattan (Perfect)
Prep time: 2 min
Total time: 2 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Whiskey - Bourbon whiskey; 12.5 ml Vermouth - Rosso/rouge (sweet) vermouth; 12.5 ml Vermouth - Dry; 2 Angostura or other aromatic bitters

Serve in a

Coupe glass

Photographed in an

UB Retro Coupe 1920 7.75oz

Garnish:

Orange zest twist (discarded) & Luxardo Maraschino cherry

How to make:

STIR all ingredients with ice and strain into chilled glass.

2 fl oz	Bourbon whiskey
5/12 fl oz	Martini Rosso sweet vermouth
5/12 fl oz	Noilly Prat Extra Dry
2 dash	Angostura Aromatic Bitters
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Review:

The medium-dry version of the classic Manhattan cocktail.

Gentle

Boozy

Sweet

Dry/sour

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Variant:

Served on-the-rocks ice in an old-fashioned glass. Or Dry Manhattan / Sweet Manhattan.

History:

Manhattan cocktail history

Nutrition:

One serving of Manhattan (Perfect) contains 179 calories.

Alcohol content:

1.7 standard drinks
28.11% alc./vol. (56.22° proof)
24.1 grams of pure alcohol

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