Name: Preakness Manhattan
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Bourbon whiskey; 7.5 ml Cognac (brandy); 15 ml Bénédictine D.O.M.; 15 ml Rosso/sweet vermouth; 3 dash Aromatic bitters

Preakness Manhattan
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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Bourbon whiskey
¹⁄₄ oz	Rémy Martin V.S.O.P. cognac
¹⁄₂ oz	Bénédictine D.O.M. liqueur
¹⁄₂ oz	Strucchi Rosso Vermouth
3 dash	Angostura Aromatic Bitters

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How to make:

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

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

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

Strength & taste guide:

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Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

A Sweet Manhattan with a herbal touch of Bénédictine and cognac. Drier and more complex than our Preakness Cocktail recipe.

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Variant:

Vieux Carré

History:

A brandy-laced Sweet Manhattan with a herbal touch of Bénédictine. If you like this, you should also try a Preakness Cocktail recipe.

Nutrition:

One serving of Preakness Manhattan contains 201 calories

Alcohol content:

1.8 standard drinks
30.26% alc./vol. (30.26° proof)
25.3 grams of pure alcohol

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Graeme McPherson

8th June at 00:48

Ooooh! I think I might like this more than a conventional Manhattan! I made this and sipped on it while watching an old 50’s noir movie and it was the perfect accompaniment.

Werd Bmocsil

14th April at 22:13

Foro Vermouth di Torino gave this a great caramel boost!

Garth Stanish

31st March at 03:19

I have to battle my antipathy towards cognac; which just tastes like bottled gout to me….. but the almost homeopathic amount here combined with my love of benedictine triumphs…I think it needs to settle in the glass a bit, it struck me as a real slow sipper

Ruth Harvey

26th March at 17:33

I knew this was going to be good when I read the comments! I used Jack Daniels Tennessee Honey... because I could. All the picky cocktail drinkers lapped it up and asked for seconds...on a school night!

Simon Sedgley

8th March at 04:47

Our favourite Manhattan...gorgeously feminine with its elegance and subtlety, pretending to hide an underlying voluptuousness.

Olga María Gómez Henderson

28th February at 12:41

That's really good. It's balanced and tasteful.

Caspian Berggren

16th February at 14:45

That cognac and benedictine combo is really divine. I used a flavorful cognac and it really paid off. It's oaky, spicy, herbal and venous all at the same time. In my mind this is what I'm going to order whenever I want a Manhattan.

G. M. Genovese

31st January at 14:35

Second time having this. But these brands and tweaks made this almost too deadly. What do you think?... Willett Pot Still Bourbon, Pierre Ferrand Ambre, Benedictine (10 ml), Cocchi di Torino, Bitter Truth Bogart's bitters... Someone needs to just blend and bottle that. RTD over ice. Heavens to Murgatroyd!

John CARR

12th March at 13:15

Taking the Benedictine back to 10ml sounds like a good call. I used carpano but I thinks it’s a bit ott. Used the built-in dasher on the angostura bottle and 3 was def excessive. Bogarts could be great…

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G. M. Genovese

31st January at 14:43

Oops... third time trying this. Mixed up the brands each time... Punt e Mes is a bit rough for the rosso; beware?

Peter McCarthy

27th December 2024 at 07:22

Delicious Manhattan. Used 50/50 split of Wild Turkey 101 & 81 bourbon, Remy Martin VSOP, Benedictine, & Dolin Rouge. Bourbon-forward, but real smooth and complex. Easy sippin'.