Name: Bushwick
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Rye whiskey 50% abv; 22.5 ml Rosso/sweet vermouth; 7.5 ml Maraschino liqueur; 7.5 ml Amer Picon

Bushwick
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Glass:

Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
2 fl oz	Straight rye whiskey (100 proof /50% alc./vol.)
³⁄₄ fl oz	Strucchi Rosso Vermouth
¹⁄₄ fl oz	Luxardo Maraschino liqueur
¹⁄₄ fl oz	Amer Picon

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
STIR all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into chilled glass.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Rosso/rouge/sweet vermouth (di Torino) - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

This Italian-American blend is better and even more gripping than Godfather II.

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History:

Created in 2009 by Phil Ward at Mayahuel in New York City, USA. This riff on the classic Brooklyn is named after Bushwick, a neighbourhood in the northeast of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. As Amer Picon can be tricky to obtain, Phil recommends Amaro Lucano as a substitute.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Bushwick contains 211 calories

Alcohol content:

2.1 standard drinks
30.39% alc./vol. (60.79° proof)
29.7 grams of pure alcohol

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Chris Brislawn

5th November 2025 at 04:54

Excellent. I agree with R. Spain and like it with Amaro Lucano, which makes it a distinctive Brooklyn variant rather than just a re-proportioned version of Grohusko's original recipe, which I make with Golden Moon's Amer Picon reconstruction. I also like serving it in an old-fashioned glass with a Luxardo cherry for garnish.

Robert Spain

1st October 2025 at 21:30

Wonderful, I love all these Manhattan variations. Bronx, Brooklyn, and now Bushwick. Using quality Rye is key in my opinion. I used Balcones. I ran out of Amer so I used Lucano.

Tuber Magnatum

17th October 2024 at 22:58

Last comment! Tried a third time and used Bourbon in place of rye. For me, this really elevated the drink giving it more body and better mouthfeel.

Tuber Magnatum

7th May 2024 at 23:46

Made this a second time but garnished with a Maraschino cherry just because. It got me to thinking though, are there rules of thumb as to when and what garnish to use? I thought that in this case, a cherry would complement the Maraschino liqueur. Notwithstanding the "recipe" it worked for me, which I guess is what matters! Oh, I forgot to mention it is an excellent cocktail regardless.

Jim G

1st January 2024 at 01:49

Hum. Sipping on this as I type. I used China-China as I did not have Amer Picon or Amer Luciano. I think I like. More than a Manhattan? Probably not. But it's pretty good.

Hunter Newsome

27th August 2023 at 22:24

The rye is very front and center in this drink. I would probably reduce it a bit.

Dave D.

7th September 2022 at 23:09

This was spectacular! I was able to secure some Amer Picon and what a great blend of flavors , each distinct but all discernible .

Dominic Dirupo

1st May 2022 at 07:58

Made this to your spec vs the Claridges recipe (less vermouth, more amer and maraschino). Both great. This and the Brooklyn are my go-to Manhattan alternatives

Marc Wexler

2nd April 2020 at 23:51

With the greatest of respect to Phil Ward, isn’t this the original (Jack’s Manual, 1908) Brooklyn recipe! Look it up— what goes around comes around, I guess!

Simon Difford

3rd April 2020 at 10:50

For other readers, Jacob Abraham Grohusko's 1908 'Jack's Manual' recipe for a Brooklyn Cocktail: "1 dash Amer Picon bitters, 1 dash Maraschino, 50% rye whiskey, 50% Ballor Vermouth. Fill glass with ice. Stir and strain. Serve." Simular but with a different proportion of rye to vermouth.