Brooklyn

While researching last week’s cocktail, Remember the Maine, I came across this one. The golden hue and the combination of ingredients had me immediately intrigued. And wow, what a deliciously complex cocktail! This beauty is over 100 years old, comes in various forms and is actually a tweak of a tweak on the venerable Manhattan. The original tweak is the Red Hook – rye, sweet vermouth and maraschino and this one swaps out the sweet vermouth for dry and amaro for the bitters while retaining the maraschino for sweetness. This cocktail has layers of flavors and I have to admit in many ways it is superior to the Manhattan. Now… don’t go interrupting my Friday night happy hour by giving me a Bronx cheer for that opinion!

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Brooklyn

Prep time: 5 mins

Total time: 5 mins

Serves: 1

Ingredients

2 oz rye whiskey
¾ oz dry vermouth
¼ oz maraschino
⅛ oz Montenegro Amaro Italiano
⅛ oz Amaro di Toscana

Instructions

Chill a cocktail glass.
Add all ingredients into a mixing glass and fill ¾ with ice.
Stir to thoroughly chill and strain into chilled cocktail glass.

Notes

This cocktail originally used Amer Picon, which is unavailable in the United States. I substituted Montenegro Amaro and Amaro di Toscana with results I like.

Chill a cocktail glass. Add all ingredients into a mixing glass and fill 3/4 with ice. Stir to thoroughly chill and strain into chilled cocktail glass.