Name: Brooklyn Heights
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 2.5 ml Red bitter liqueur; 45 ml Rye whiskey 50% abv; 15 ml Maraschino liqueur; 15 ml Dry vermouth; 7.5 ml Meletti amaro; 2 dash Orange bitters

Brooklyn Heights
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Serve in a Nick & Nora glass

Ingredients:
0.08 oz	Strucchi Red Bitter (Campari-style liqueur)
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Straight rye whiskey (100 proof /50% alc./vol.)
¹⁄₂ oz	Luxardo Maraschino liqueur
¹⁄₂ oz	Strucchi Dry Vermouth
¹⁄₄ oz	Amaro (e.g. Meletti)
2 dash	Orange Bitters by Angostura

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Nick & Nora glass.
Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.
POUR 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.
FINE STRAIN into red bitter liqueur-rinsed glass.
EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Dry vermouth - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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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.

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Variant:

Brooklyn recipes and contemporary riffs named after Brooklyn neighbourhoods

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 180 calories

Alcohol content:

1.9 standard drinks
30.57% alc./vol. (30.57° proof)
26.2 grams of pure alcohol

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And Mayah Lynn

17th May at 22:08

I thoroughly enjoyed this cocktail. It starts off a little strong but as it mellows it opens up and is very flavorful.

G. M. Genovese

23rd October 2024 at 09:47

Up front it seems like all booze (I did use 114 proof rye and only 10 ml Luxardo) and nothing special. It takes a few beats, but some fruit cocktail and botanical white noise blooms in the aftertaste. Overall, it's good, but its nuances will easily get lost, if you're distracted.

John Hinojos

24th February 2022 at 01:26

Was a perfect aperitif. We are not big fans to cocktails that are too sweet, but this hints a perfect balance for us. It is sweet enough to prepare you for dinner.

Anonymous

16th November 2021 at 22:14

I liked this cocktail but used half the amount of Maraschino in it, because it seemed like it would have been too sweet for my tastes with the full 15ml.

It's similar to a Bensonhurst, which we LOVE, but slightly smoother, due to the Meletti, vs. Cynar in the Bensonhurst. Also, this drink has less vermouth in it, so it is a stronger drink than the Bensonhurst.

I will be making this again.

By the way, Simon, I have tried Abano, and wasn't that impressed by it. I very much prefer Campari.

Simon Difford

17th November 2021 at 07:35

Thanks for your notes. Good to know re Abano, but in the recipe above I used Meletti amaro in place of Abano. Campari is part of the original recipe.

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