Name: Black Manhattan
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Rye whiskey 50% abv; 30 ml Amaro (e.g. Averna); 1 dash Aromatic bitters; 1 dash Orange bitters

Ingredients

2 fl oz

Straight rye whiskey (100 proof /50% alc./vol.)

1 fl oz

Amaro (e.g. Averna)

1 dash

Angostura Aromatic Bitters

1 dash

Orange Bitters by Angostura

How to make

Glassware

Prepare

Method

STIR all ingredients with ice.

FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

Garnish with maraschino cherry.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Black Manhattan contains 231 calories

Alcohol content:

2.2 standard drinks
33.82% alc./vol. (67.64° proof)
30.7 grams of pure alcohol

Comments & Discussion

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Larry Havard Premium Member 7w

Maybe try it with brown butter fat wash. Actually quite good

Joseph Nelson Premium Member 24w

I am desperately trying to find cocktails to use up a local Averna-esque Amaro and this turned out pretty good. I'm not rating it until I get back to it with a proper Averna, because the local blend has maple syrup and a super strong cinnamon taste. The rye finish is precisely right for a Manhattan though, so I suspect I'll like the proper cocktail once I can make it. I just need to finish this dang local stuff so I can clear it out of my cabinet...

Joseph Nelson Premium Member 3w

Okay, finally have some REAL Averna in the cabinet and remade this cocktail, adding a couple extra dashes of orange bitters. And I dig it!

It's a great riff on the classic Manhattan with heavy emphasis on the spice, which in the classic cocktail is corralled a bit by the vermouth, but it settles well. Using real Averna instead of the local nonsense I'd bought helped removed the heavy maple syrup taste. Great sipping cocktail.

Kevin Vinson 28w

Anyone got a tip on where one might find the cute Luxardo branded cocktail sticks (as pictured)? I've got nice stainless ones, but having something fun and recyclable/disposable would be a nice addition to larger size cocktail parties (and a step up from cheesy colored toothpicks).

John CARR Premium Member 5w

You can get different lengths of skewers for bbqs and hors d’oeuvres etc which work well and can compost

John CARR Premium Member 29w

Quite the intense experience this one! Based on the comments I made it 2/3 and ended up also adding half a spoon of jar juice to aid approachability. Perhaps a longer stir would help, or a lighter rye. Not sure I’ll hurry back, but neither did I hate it.

John CARR Premium Member 5w

Also good was a ‘Luxardo spec’ version with amaro Abano and a good splash of Sangue Morlacco - the sweeteness works very nicely 😘

Calvin Grant Premium Member 29w

This is fantastic with Cynar 70! Gave it a long stir and added a couple of cubes to the serve as it was rather potent.♡

Kevin Haynes Premium Member 31w

I think I like this more than a sweet vermouth based drink. And yes, adding a little of the cherry syrup from the luxardo cherries helped I believe!

Juniper Lately 44w

Found this a little punchy for my mood this evening (could be the rye I’m using) so I added 20 ml of sweet vermouth for a more Manhattan-y feel. Very nice. And I agree whole heartedly with the previous comment - a little syrup from Jack Rudy’s bourbon cherries also helped.