Name: Brooklyn Heights
Prep time: 3 min
Total time: 3 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 2.5 ml Campari or other red bitter liqueur; 45 ml Whisk(e)y - Rye whiskey (100 proof / 50% alc./vol.); 15 ml Maraschino liqueur; 15 ml Vermouth - Dry; 7.5 ml Amaro - Meletti; 2 Orange bitters

Serve in a

Nick & Nora glass

Garnish:

Lemon zest twist

How to make:

POUR Italian red bitter liqueur into chilled/frozen glass and turn to coat inside of glass. Discard excess and set glass aside. STIR other ingredients with ice and fine strain into red bitter liqueur-rinsed glass.

1/12 fl oz	Strucchi Red Bitter Liqueur
1 1/2 fl oz	Straight rye whiskey (100 proof /50% alc./vol.)
1/2 fl oz	Luxardo Maraschino liqueur
1/2 fl oz	Strucchi Dry Vermouth
1/4 fl oz	Meletti amaro
2 dash	Orange Bitters by Angostura
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Recipe contains the following allergens:

Strucchi Dry Vermouth – Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

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Review:

Bittersweet with rye whiskey's assertive spirituous spice, this is an aperitivo for those occasions when the pre-dinner drink needs to be a sharpener.

History:

Adapted from a recipe created circa 2011 by Maxwell Britten at Jack the Horse Tavern in Brooklyn Heights, New York City, USA. The original recipe calls for Luxardo Amaro Abano but (at the time of writing) this amaro is not available in the UK.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Brooklyn Heights contains 178 calories.

Alcohol content:

1.9 standard drinks
30.53% alc./vol. (61.06° proof)
26.1 grams of pure alcohol

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