Manhattan

Name: Manhattan
Yield: Makes 1 Cocktail
Ingredients: 1 fl oz (30 ml) sweet vermouth; 2 fl oz (60 ml) rye whiskey or a high-rye Canadian whisky; 2 dashes Angostura bitters; 2 cherries, for garnish

Preparation info

Makes
1
Cocktail

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Official Downton Abbey Cocktail Book

By Downton Abbey

Published 2019

About

The origins of the Manhattan are disputed, but the drink was developed sometime in the 1860s. It shows up in the 1887 edition of Jerry Thomas’s The Bar-Tenders Guide, with the addition of a liqueur (Thomas suggests either curaçao or maraschino).

Ingredients

2 fl oz (60 ml) rye whiskey or a high-rye Canadian whisky
1 fl oz (

Drinks
Gluten-free
Vegan

Method

Combine the whiskey, vermouth, and bitters in a mixing glass filled with ice and stir until well chilled, 20–30 seconds. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass or coupe. Garnish with the cherries pieced together with a cocktail pick.