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A Sweet Manhattan served on-the-rocks with added herbal complexity and an all-important splash and dash or two of New Orleans bitters. Driven by comments...
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Ian Fenton’s Avatar Ian Fenton
29th June 2024 at 12:07
As part of my “Find a cocktail made with this litre bottle of Punt e Mes that I actually like”, I made this (one of my favourite cocktails) with 90 proof rye, VSOP armagnac and a Luxardo cherry and slice of pineapple dropped in (as per the original recipe).

I still feel it would be better with M&R Rosso (come at me, vermouth snobs).
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Mike Gibb’s Avatar Mike Gibb
10th September 2024 at 16:58
Punt e Mes is a very heavy, intense vermouth. I've only drunk it once, while trying to find my perfect Negroni (and it completely overpowered and mugged the drink. Carpano is best).
Until the recent revision, Difford's Guide classified sweet vermouths as 'light and unaged', 'aged', 'full-bodied', .. and the current Strucchi vermouth fell into the unaged (as far as I remember), so together with Cocchi Storico, Dollin rouge, and the Martini(?).
The Punt e Mes would be too heavy.
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