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Manhattan Island

Martini-style · Nightcap/sipping · Short and stirred

4.2 150 ratings

Ingredients

2 oz Cognac (brandy)
1 oz Rosso/sweet vermouth
1/6 oz Maraschino liqueur
3 dash Aromatic bitters

How to make

Serve in a martini glass

Prepare

  1. 1 Select and pre-chill a MARTINI GLASS.
  2. 2 Prepare garnish of skewered Luxardo Maraschino Cherry.

Method

  1. 3 STIR all ingredients with ice.
  2. 4 FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

  1. 5 Garnish with skewered cherry.

Flavour profile

25.3% alc./vol. · 1.7 standard drinks · 193 calories

History

A brandy-based variation on the classic Harvard or Sweet Manhattan.

The Manhattan cocktail traces its origins to the Manhattan Club in New York City. This iconic drink is said to have been invented in 1874 by a bartender named Black, though some sources suggest it may have been created by a woman named Jennie Jerome, who was the mother of Winston Churchill.