Manhattan
Ingredients:
Method:
1. Chill a cocktail glass. 2. Fill a mixing glass with ice. 3. Add the whiskey, sweet red vermouth, and bitters. 4. Stir until chilled. 5. Strain into the glass and garnish with a cocktail cherry.
Description:
The Manhattan is one of the great whiskey cocktails and an official International Bartenders Association cocktail. Its history is tied to 19th-century New York, though the exact circumstances of its creation remain debated. It is a strong, aromatic, lightly sweet-dry cocktail in which vermouth and bitters do not hide the whiskey but deepen it. The Manhattan became the basis for many variations using different whiskeys, vermouths, and bitters.