Name: Spicy Manhattan
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Rye whiskey 50% abv; 30 ml Rosso/sweet vermouth; 15 ml Chili liqueur; 2 dash Boker's bitters

Spicy Manhattan
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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Straight rye whiskey (100 proof /50% alc./vol.)
1 oz	Strucchi Rosso Vermouth
¹⁄₂ oz	Chili liqueur
2 dash	Boker's bitters

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
Prepare garnish of skewered Luxardo Maraschino Cherries.
STIR all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
Garnish with skewered cherries.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

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

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

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Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

A Sweet Rye Manhattan with a long spicy finish.

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Variant:

High Ryeser

History:

Recipe by yours truly but made thanks to a suggestion by Scott Berman, a fellow Discerning Drinker.
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Nutrition:

One serving of Spicy Manhattan contains 191 calories

Alcohol content:

1.9 standard drinks
29.2% alc./vol. (29.2° proof)
26.5 grams of pure alcohol

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Rajat Mittal

24th February 2022 at 15:36

I like the balance here. It doesn’t taste “spicy” per se. Just a long lingering heat in the mouth. A bit moreish because the finish makes you want to have another sip of the cold manhattan, only for the process to repeat. Finished mine way too fast as a result. Overall a fine way to mix up your manhattans for variety without compromising on its essence in any way. Makes it a bit more “manly” as well for those guests that let that prevent them from enjoying a classic manhattan.

Simon Sedgley

3rd June at 14:54

Oh yes, great idea, let's rename it the 'Manly Manhattan'. Where does all of this obsessive and neurotic fussing about gender come from? I do despair sometimes.