Manhattan曼哈頓

Flavour

Colour
Red
Style
Short drink

Ingredients

Served

Glass
Coupe
Ice
Served up
Garnish
Cocktail cherry
Technique
Stir

Method

Stir the whiskey, sweet red vermouth and bitters with ice until cold, strain into a chilled coupe and drop in a cherry.

About this drink

It was already on record in New York in the 1880s. The popular tale of a banquet at the Manhattan Club does not fit the dates and is generally doubted. Whiskey, sweet vermouth and bitters became the frame for countless later drinks.