We are now accepting CA and MX orders! Check here for more details.Standard ground shipping is free for all US orders.I love hearing from you! You can also FOLLOW ME on FACEBOOK, TWITTER, INSTAGRAM and PINTEREST to see more of my delicious food and delightful cocktails! If you’ve tried this recipe, I’d love the know what you thought about it in the comments below. Other delicious bourbon cocktailsĪnd as always, may all your dishes/drinks be delish! I hope you enjoyed this bourbon Manhattan cocktail recipe. Here’s a vertical shot of the lovely drink. Let’s look at an overhead view of the double old fashioned glass. Let’s see the martini glass filled with this famous cocktail. Step sixįor the finishing touch, place one cherry in each cocktail. Strain the contents between the two glasses. Place a big ice cube in the double old fashioned glass and leave the martini glass naked, although it was a chilled cocktail glass. Pin Step fiveĬap the cocktail shaker and shake for 20 seconds. You may have to play around with the amount of bitters, but I’ve found 5 drops per cocktail is perfect, especially when I use the spiced cherry flavor. If you use Woodford Reserve bitters, which come with a dropper, squeeze 5 – 10 drops in the shaker. If you use Angostura bitters, shake 5 drops in the shaker. Gather the ingredients – Kentucky straight bourbon, sweet vermouth and spiced cherry bitters. I happened to use one regular maraschino and a Luxardo cherry.Īfter you measure out each ingredient, pour it into the cocktail shaker. Also take out your glasses and 2 cherries for the garnish. Get a cocktail shaker and fill it halfway with ice. How to make the bourbon Manhattan Pre step If you’d like to, you can garnish this drink with an orange peel, but I like it with just a maraschino cherry.Whenever I use maraschino cherries as garnish, I rinse them off so the juice they are stored in doesn’t infiltrate the cocktail.My mother used to drink her Manhattans on the rocks. I like mine straight up and served in a martini glass. You can serve this Manhattan straight up or on the rocks.If you don’t have fancy bitters, it’s perfectly fine to use Angostura or an orange bitters.You need to play around with the amount of bitters to see what suits you. This recipe calls for 5 drops for two cocktails, but I usually use 10 for two drinks. I’ve used them all and they’re delightful, but my favorite is spiced cherry. If you can, get some fun bitters. I purchased Woodford Reserve flavored bitters. The package arrived with 4 different flavors: spiced cherry, orange, aromatic and chocolate.Buy the best bourbon you can afford for this cocktail because in a cocktail like this since there are basically only 2 ingredients which means you can more easily taste the difference.Although I like to use a cocktail shaker, you can also place the ingredients in a mixing glass and stir it with a cocktail spoon.This post may contain affiliate links, which means I get a small commission, at no additional cost to you, if you click the link and buy something. If you want to learn more about bourbon, read my comprehensive guide here. I poured it out and watched one of the episodes and that’s what started my love of making bourbon whiskey drinks like this one. They drank so much bourbon, I had to go to the liquor store to pick up a bourbon nip (two ounce bottle). What changed my mind was the show Mad Men. My two cocktails are the Cadillac margarita and the dirty martini. Garnish with a brandied cherry or a lemon twist. Strain into a chilled Nick & Nora glass or cocktail glass. I didn’t always like the taste of this cocktail. Steps Add the rye whiskey, dry vermouth, sweet vermouth and bitters into a mixing glass with ice and stir until well-chilled. So here it is! I love a good classic Manhattan and so did my mom so I always think of her when I make this classic cocktail. When Alex proposed this recipe, I had already posted two variations of the Manhattan: whiskey and a Southern Comfort, so I asked him if he still wanted this perfect Manhattan. One day on Facebook, I asked the question: What cocktail do you want to see me make for the blog? I got some good answers and the one I chose for this week was the delightful bourbon Manhattan cocktail. This classic bourbon Manhattan recipe is dedicated to my friend, Alex, in Maine, who loves the cocktail’s delightfully sweet taste when the bourbon and vermouth are properly balanced.
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