Name: Northern Standard
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 67.5 ml Rye whiskey 50% abv; 30 ml Vermouth alla vaniglia; 5 ml Fernet liqueur; 5 ml Amaro (e.g. Ramazzotti); 2 dash Aromatic bitters

Northern Standard
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Photographed in an Urban Bar Alto Coupe 18cl

Ingredients:
2 ¹⁄₄ oz	Straight rye whiskey (100 proof /50% alc./vol.)
1 oz	Carpano Antica Formula Vermouth
¹⁄₆ oz	Fernet Branca liqueur
¹⁄₆ oz	Amaro (e.g. Ramazzotti)
2 dash	Angostura Aromatic Bitters

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Prepare:

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
Prepare garnish of skewered Luxardo Maraschino Cherry.

How to make:

STIR all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish:

Garnish with skewered maraschino cherry.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Vermouth rosso alla vaniglia (e.g. Antica Formula) - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Strength & taste guide:

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Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Best described as a "bright, bittersweet Manhattan." Perhaps more a digestivo than a Manhattan to close the night with.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe created in 2013 by James Ives at Pine Restaurant at Hanover Inn in Hanover, New Hampshire. For the amaro, James' original recipe calls for a 1 teaspoon of Tempus Fugit Gran Classico.

Nutrition:

One serving of Northern Standard contains 222 calories

Alcohol content:

2.4 standard drinks
30.95% alc./vol. (30.95° proof)
33.5 grams of pure alcohol

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Chris Brislawn

26th August at 04:10

I went with Ives' original choice of Gran Classico and paired it with Tempus Fugit Alessio Rosso. This was excellent and came across more as a Boulevardier variation than a Manhattan variation; there's just so much more going on than one typically finds in a Manhattan. I wonder if TF Alessio Rosso Vermouth has enough wormwood that Simon would classify it as a vermouth amaro? It doesn't appear to be listed as such in Difford's Guide.

Simon Difford

26th August at 06:33

Thanks, Chris. I've added Alessio Rosso Vermouth di Torino to Difford's Guide as a robust vermouth amari based on your comments and others online (It's not yet available in the UK for me to sample.)

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Caspian Berggren

22nd August at 20:23

I love Carpano Antica, but if you don't have it I find that replacing 3cl Antica with 2.5cl red vermouth and 0.5cl Licor 43 and dashes of demerara syrup to taste works surprisingly well. That's what I did in this cocktail and it worked very well. It's overall a slightly sweet Manhattan, with pleasant mint and cola accents from the amari. The Fernet is always going to make itself known in cocktails but I didn't think it was overpowering by any means.