The Perfect Rye Manhattan

November 28, 2020
Prep: 1 mins
Yields: 1 Servings
"Use Forty Creek whiskey. But if you're lost in a desert and you only have Gibsons or Wiser's, then you can use either of those. If you have anything from Seagram's, kill yourself."
  1. This is a built drink. Put the ice in the lowball glass. Use only a lowball or a coffee mug. Actually use anything including your cupped hands if someone else is pouring.
  2. Pour the Forty Creek into the shot glass right up to the top so you can see the surface tension. That's 2 ounces. The bigger the meniscus, the better the drink will be. Tip the contents into the glass.
  3. Now tip a single shot of vermouth into the glass. Don't spill a single drop.
  4. Using a teaspoon, fish two maraschino cherries out of the jar and bring a bit of the sugar syrup along.
  5. Tip that into the glass.
  6. Stir it up with your little finger, then lick said finger clean because - waste not want not.
  7. Wait a good 4 to 7 seconds before taking that first sip, because a perfect Manhattan such as this will be better if you first mellow the alcohol by letting the ice melt a bit.
  8. I have an erection now.
And while Martini vermouth is good, Dolin de Chambery is even more delightful if you can obtain it.

All in all, the original recipe is not too bad except as always, I prefer the "church cookbook style" to the the modern recipe format. In this case, I removed the history of risotto, of rice, and of Italy. Removed photos showing how to pour peas into an Instant Pot. I also removed the social media links and the ads shilling yet another cookbook. Coverted relevant parts to metric and by some miracle, made a 250 word recipe fit on a single printable page!

from: https://arnehemingway.com/ifixrecipes/archives/2020/11/the-perfect-rye-manhattan.php
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