Wednesday 8 May 2013

Manhattan cocktail

ingredients:

Rye whiskey 50ml

Red vermouth 20ml
Angostura bitters 1 drop
Ice cubes
maraschino cherry

recipe for:


Fill a mixing glass with ice cubes all the ingredients;
Mix thoroughly;
Pour through a strainer into a chilled cocktail glass;
Garnish with a cocktail cherry.

history:



Cocktail Manhattan, according to historical sources, owes its appearance to the banquet, organized in 1870 at "Manhattan" in honor of U.S. presidential candidate Samuel J. Tilden. It is for this event one Dr. Marshall made the cocktail, which combines rye whiskey and sweet red vermouth, seasoning it to taste with tincture of sophistication Angostura.
According to another version, the cocktail appeared a little earlier, and invented his man by the name of Black bartender at a bar on Broadway. But, wherever he appeared, today, this drink is based on the classic whiskey is unmatched and is popular not only in America and Britain, but throughout Europe.
In Manhattan cocktail recipe sure to include whiskey (the classic rye or bourbon) and vermouth, mix all ingredients in a shaker with ice and served in a classic cocktail glass. Well, this ornament is transparent scarlet cherry or drink will be a slice of lemon.
Currently Manhattan recipe has many variations, and the most famous of them - "Dry Manhattan" in which, instead of sweet vermouth, dry vermouth added, and "Perfect Manhattan" with equal parts of whiskey and vermouth.



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