Name: Empyrean
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Rye whiskey 50% abv; 22.5 ml Rosso/sweet vermouth; 7.5 ml Chartreuse Green; 7.5 ml Cherry brandy; 6 drop Tiki bitters

Empyrean
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Glass:

Photographed in an UB Koto Old Fashioned 30cl

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ fl oz	Straight rye whiskey (100 proof /50% alc./vol.)
³⁄₄ fl oz	Strucchi Rosso Vermouth
¹⁄₄ fl oz	Green Chartreuse (or alternative herbal liqueur)
¹⁄₄ fl oz	Cherry (brandy) liqueur
6 drop	Tiki bitters

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Prepare:

Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.
Prepare garnish of skewered Luxardo Maraschino Cherry..

How to make:

STIR all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into ice-filled glass (preferably over a large cube or chunk of block ice).

Garnish:

Garnish with skewered cherry.

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:

Spirit-forward rye whiskey with a flavoursome and harmonious herbal and fruity supporting act.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe created in 2024 by J. E. Clapham of Clapham Cocktails. Mr Clapham describes this as "A Chartreuse Manhattan that bears the influence of the Tipperary No. 1 and Craddock's Club Cocktail.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Empyrean contains 187 calories

Alcohol content:

1.8 standard drinks
30.62% alc./vol. (61.23° proof)
25.4 grams of pure alcohol

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Tavor Lahat

29th May at 19:05

It is a good cocktail, yet to my palate, the rye whiskey is still too strong and the other components are not felt strong enough.
I recommend to cut the rye whiskey a bit to make the other herbal, fruity and tropical ingredients to shine a bit better.

Nathalie O'Flynn

7th March 2025 at 20:55

Received my Tiki Bitters this week so could not wait to make this and it's absolutely wonderful. As I make a lot of tiki cocktails I'll probably use those bitters for them. I'll have too because the bottle has a lot of quantity, I'll be gone before it's half way through... 😁😢. Good job I have two bars so I can share.

Chris Brislawn

24th February 2025 at 04:18

Excellent rye Manhattan variation. The small amounts of Chartreuse and Heering add interesting (and complementary) herbal and fruit complexity to the Manhattan without overwhelming or oversweetening the basic cocktail it's built upon, esp. if you increase the rye a bit.

Caspian Berggren

21st February 2025 at 14:21

I thought this was just going to be a Manhattan with a slightly herbal component but no, the Chartreuse brings out the mint and herbal notes from the rye which takes it in a different direction. The cherry and the Tiki bitters are also a nice touch, keeping it in the Manhattan realm yet different enough. Really nice drink.