Brittle Manhattan

Name: Brittle Manhattan
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Mexican corn whisky; 30 ml Honey aperitif; 10 ml Rosso/sweet vermouth; 5 ml Butterscotch liqueur; 2 drop Saline solution 4:1

Difford’s Guide

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Serves:

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Ingredients
1 ¹⁄₂ fl oz	Mexican corn whisky
1 fl oz	Beesou Bitter Honey Aperitif
¹⁄₃ fl oz	Strucchi Rosso Vermouth
¹⁄₆ fl oz	Butterscotch liqueur
2 drop	Saline solution (20g sea salt to 80g water) or merest pinch of s

How to make

Glass

Photographed in an Urban Bar Plain Retro Coupette 15cl

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.

Method

STIR all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Brittle Manhattan contains 156 calories

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
22.08% alc./vol. (44.16° proof)
19.9 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

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

History

Created in November 2025 by yours truly.

More cocktails by Simon Difford

Review

A bittersweet, honey and subtly peanut-like Manhattan.

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