Name: The Slope
Prep time: 3 min
Total time: 3 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Whisk(e)y - Rye whiskey (100 proof / 50% alc./vol.); 20 ml Vermouth amaro - robust & full (e.g. Punt E Mes); 10 ml Apricot (brandy) liqueur; 1 Angostura or other aromatic bitters

Serve in

Coupe glass

Garnish:

Dried apricot on rim or skewered Luxardo Maraschino cherry

How to make:

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

2 fl oz	Straight rye whiskey (100 proof /50% alc./vol.)
2/3 fl oz	Punt E Mes vermouth amaro
1/3 fl oz	Luxardo Apricot Albicocca Liqueur
1 dash	Angostura Aromatic Bitters
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Recipe contains the following allergens:

Punt E Mes vermouth amaro – Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

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Review:

Stirred and spirit-forward and Manhattan / Brooklyn-like. Rye whiskey-based with aromatised wine complexity and apricot brandy adding flavoursome fruity richness. A delightful late-night sipper.

Variant:

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History:

Named after the Park Slope area of Brooklyn in New York City, this cocktail was created in 2009 by Julie Reiner as the House Manhattan for the opening menu of her bar Clover Club, which sits a couple of neighbourhoods away from Park Slope in Brooklyn's Carrol Gardens.

Our 6:2:1 formula is courtesy of G. M. Genovese, a fellow Discerning Drinker, in November 2023. The original spec called for a whopping 75ml (1½oz rye whiskey, 22.5ml (¾oz) Punt E Mes, 10ml (⅓oz) apricot brandy, and 1 dash aromatic bitters.

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Nutrition:

184 calories

Alcohol content:

2 standard drinks
31.68% alc./vol. (63.36° proof)
28.6 grams of pure alcohol

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