Garnish:
Skewered Luxardo Maraschino cherry
How to make:
STIR all ingredients with ice and strain into chilled glass.
1 1/2 fl oz | Calvados / apple brandy / straight applejack |
1/3 fl oz | Punt E Mes or other full-bodied vermouth |
1/3 fl oz | Luxardo Maraschino liqueur |
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Review:
A calvados-based Red Hook. It has a touch of apple but a bit less bite than Vincenzo Errico's bottled-in-bond rye whiskey-based original.
History:
Created in March 2022 by yours truly after picking up a bottle of bottled-in-bond applejack when making a Red Hook rather than the intended rye whiskey. I then swapped applejack for calvados.
Manhattan cocktail history
Nutrition:
One serving of Red Apple Manhattan contains 148 calories.
Alcohol content:
- 1.4 standard drinks
- 29.73% alc./vol. (59.46° proof)
- 19.3 grams of pure alcohol
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