Name: Bensonhurst
Prep time: 3 min
Total time: 3 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Whisk(e)y - Rye whiskey (100 proof / 50% alc./vol.); 10 ml Maraschino liqueur; 30 ml Vermouth - Dry; 5 ml Cynar or other carciofo amaro

Serve in a

Coupe glass

Garnish:

Luxardo Maraschino cherry

How to make:

STIR all ingredients with ice and strain into chilled glass.

1 1/2 fl oz	Straight rye whiskey (100 proof / 50% alc./vol.)
1/3 fl oz	Luxardo Maraschino liqueur
1 fl oz	Dry vermouth
1/6 fl oz	Cynar or other carciofo amaro
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Review:

This riff on a Brooklyn is one of many to emerge since 2006 but is one of the more enduring.

History:

Adapted from a riff on the classic Brooklyn created in 2006 by Chad Solomon at Milk & Honey in Manhattan and named after a neighbourhood close to his home in Brooklyn, New York City, USA.
Brooklyn cocktail history

Nutrition:

One serving of Bensonhurst contains 160 calories.

Alcohol content:

1.9 standard drinks
29.21% alc./vol. (58.42° proof)
26.3 grams of pure alcohol

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