Name: Bay Ridge
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 50 ml Rye whiskey 50% abv; 15 ml Dry vermouth; 15 ml Bénédictine D.O.M.; 7.5 ml Plum brandy; 2 dash Aromatic bitters; 2 dash Orange bitters

Bay Ridge
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Photographed in an Urban Bar Nick & Nora

Ingredients:
1 ²⁄₃ oz	Straight rye whiskey (100 proof /50% alc./vol.)
¹⁄₂ oz	Strucchi Dry Vermouth
¹⁄₂ oz	Bénédictine D.O.M. liqueur
¹⁄₄ oz	La Vieille Prune plum brandy
2 dash	Angostura Aromatic Bitters
2 dash	Orange Bitters by Angostura

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Nick & Nora glass.
Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.
STIR all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
EXPRESS orange zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Dry vermouth - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

As per the original, I've used a bottled-in-bond strength rye whiskey but some may want to add a splash more of it to this well-balanced Manhattan-style cocktail.

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Variant:

Brooklyn recipes and contemporary riffs named after Brooklyn neighbourhoods

History:

Adapted from a recipe created in 2014 by Tom Macy at Clover Club bar in Brooklyn, New York City, USA, who named his cocktail after a neighbourhood of Brooklyn.

Nutrition:

One serving of Bay Ridge contains 195 calories

Alcohol content:

2.1 standard drinks
33.14% alc./vol. (33.14° proof)
29.4 grams of pure alcohol

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