Name: Obligatory Brooklyn
Prep time: 4 min
Total time: 4 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Whisk(e)y - Tennessee whiskey; 15 ml Vermouth - Vermouth rosso alla vaniglia (e.g. Antica Formula); 15 ml Vermouth - Ambrato/ambre/amber; 10 ml Amaro - Nonino; 7.5 ml Maraschino liqueur; 5 ml Amaro - Clementi China Antico Elixir; 5 ml Chilled water

Serve in

Coupe glass

Photographed in

ZigZag Coupe

Garnish:

Orange zest twist and "obligatory cherries"

How to make:

STIR all ingredients with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.

1 1/2 fl oz	Tennessee whiskey
1/2 fl oz	Carpano Antica Formula Vermouth
1/2 fl oz	Ambrato/ambre/amber vermouth
1/3 fl oz	Amaro Nonino Quintessentia
1/4 fl oz	Luxardo Maraschino liqueur
1/6 fl oz	Clementi China Antico Elixir
1/6 fl oz	Chilled water
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Recipe contains the following allergens:

Carpano Antica Formula Vermouth – Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites
Ambrato/ambre/amber vermouth – Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

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Review:

Rich and slightly sweet but dried and balanced by herbal bitterness, perhaps the ultimate digestivo.

History:

A riff on a classic Brooklyn cocktail created by Alex White and shared (in January 2021) via a comment on our Perfect Brooklyn page. Alex's original, very delicious, recipe calls for 7.5ml Luxardo Perla Dry in place of the easier to obtain maraschino liqueur I've used.

Alcohol content:

1.7 standard drinks
23.6% alc./vol. (47.2° proof)
24.2 grams of pure alcohol

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