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Met Manhattan

Name: Met Manhattan
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Bourbon whiskey; 22.5 ml Grand Marnier; 10 ml Butterscotch liqueur; 10 ml Chilled water; 1 dash Orange bitters

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Serves:

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Ingredients
1 ¹⁄₂ fl oz	Bourbon whiskey
³⁄₄ fl oz	Grand Marnier or other cognac orange liqueur
¹⁄₃ fl oz	Butterscotch liqueur
¹⁄₃ fl oz	Chilled water/mineral water
1 dash	Orange Bitters by Angostura

How to make

Glass

Photographed in an UB Retro Coupe Gold 7.75oz

Prepare

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

Method

STIR all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

EXPRESS orange 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 Met Manhattan contains 194 calories

Alcohol content:

1.8 standard drinks
28.1% alc./vol. (56.2° proof)
24.7 grams of pure alcohol

History

A riff on the classic Manhattan cocktail discovered in the 1990s at The Met Bar in Metropolitan Hotel, London, England.
Manhattan cocktail history

Review

Bourbon and toffee orange. This was originally a shaken drink so in this stirred recipe I've added a splash of water to replicate the dilution imparted by shaking. However, perhaps better to forgo this and serve on-the-rocks in an old-fashioned glass.

Maker's Mark bourbon 375ml - makes 8 cocktails
$18.99 $2.37 per cocktail Maker's Mark bourbon image

Grand Marnier Cordon Rouge 375ml - makes 16.5 cocktails
$16.99 $1.03 per cocktail Grand Marnier Cordon Rouge image

Angostura Orange Bitters 120ml - makes 384 cocktails
$13.99 $0.04 per cocktail Angostura Orange Bitters image

$3.44 per cocktail*

Makes a minimum of 8 cocktails.
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Dommie coolvax 3y

We Met the Manhattan and would definitely meet it again

Kevin Haynes Premium Member 4y

Tried on the rocks and it was delightful! Thanks for the recipe and suggestion!

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