Name: Southern Manhattan
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 50 ml Bourbon whiskey; 20 ml Southern liqueur; 20 ml Rosso/sweet vermouth; 3 dash Creole bitters

Southern Manhattan
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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
1 ²⁄₃ oz	Bourbon whiskey
²⁄₃ oz	Southern/Louisiana-style whisky liqueur (e.g. Southern Comfort)
²⁄₃ oz	Strucchi Rosso Vermouth
3 dash	Peychaud's or other Creole-style bitters

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.
STIR all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
EXPRESS orange zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Rosso/rouge/sweet vermouth (di Torino) - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

A Sweet Manhattan with Southern USA style whiskey liqueur and Creole-style bitters adding a hint of southern flavour.

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Variant:

Devil's Manhattan

History:

Created in by yours truly in August 2005 for Tales of the Cocktail, New Orleans, USA.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Southern Manhattan contains 205 calories

Alcohol content:

1.9 standard drinks
29.46% alc./vol. (29.46° proof)
26.8 grams of pure alcohol

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Jeremy Harrold

31st January 2023 at 18:35

I used a fairly robust vermouth (Discarded) and upped the standard 35% Southern Comfort by a heavy 5ml. If you have a bottle of Southern Comfort lurking amongst your drinks collection it’s a nice way of using it up!

Cameron Carter

2nd March 2022 at 00:41

Lovely drink. I backed both the Southern Comfort and vermouth down to ¾ oz each.

Simon Difford

2nd March 2022 at 19:19

I've followed your lead and reduced to 2/3rds oz of each. Thanks for the feedback.

Daryl Smith

1st February 2022 at 23:54

Just not as good as other Manhattan's, if anything, I would say this is the furthest from a true Manhattan that I've had. I think if you hadn't had a Manhattan before it wouldn't be too bad though. Definitely worth a try.