Name: Metropolitan (1884)
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Ambrato vermouth; 22.5 ml Cognac (brandy); 2.5 ml Gomme syrup; 3 dash Aromatic bitters

Metropolitan (1884)
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Photographed in a Modern America Nick & Nora

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Ambrato/ambre/amber vermouth
³⁄₄ oz	Rémy Martin V.S.O.P. cognac
0.08 oz	Gomme syrup
3 dash	Angostura Aromatic Bitters

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Nick & Nora glass.
Prepare garnish of skewered Luxardo Maraschino Cherry.
STIR all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
Garnish with skewered cherry.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Ambrato/ambre/amber vermouth - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Strength & taste guide:

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Review:

A dry vermouth-forward brandy Manhattan suited to the pre- or after-dinner occasion.

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Variant:

1993 Metropolitan Cocktail.

History:

Adapted from a recipe in O. H. Byron's 1884 The Modern Bartenders' Guide. Tellingly, this recipe appears beneath two versions of the Manhattan, the first-known recipe for a Manhattan.

Metropolitan Cocktail.
(A small wine-glass.)
½ pony brandy.
1 " French vermouth.
3 dashes Angostura bitters.
3 " gum syrup.
O. H. Byron, 1884

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Nutrition:

One serving of Metropolitan (1884) contains 119 calories

Alcohol content:

1 standard drinks
19.45% alc./vol. (19.45° proof)
13.8 grams of pure alcohol

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Sc'Eric

12th September 2024 at 04:52

When was ambrato invented?

Simon Difford

12th September 2024 at 10:05

Noilly Prat Ambré, the vermouth many favour for this cocktail, was first made in 1986. As reproduced above, the original 1884 recipe merely calls for "French vermouth."

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Chris Dimal

26th June 2023 at 20:18

Haha! I made probably the worst version of this drink with Cinzano Extra Dry, a cheap French Grape Brandy and a barspoon of sugar syrup to compensate for no gum syrup. It was still tasty. I guess it was the barspoon of sugar! A solid 4!

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