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New York Cocktails -> Manhattan

A veritable New York institution in the mid-19th century, the Manhattan Club on fashionable Fifth Avenue was often frequented by the likes of the Vanderbilts along with leading Democrats of the day, including future U.S. Presidents James Buchanan and Franklin Pierce.

First served in the smoke-filled card rooms of New York's original "old boy's club" was this potent concoction today still served in New York bars as the macho alternative to trendy lite beer and white wine ...

Ingredients:

2 ounces rye

1/2 to 1 ounce sweet vermouth

How to Make It:

Fill a large mixing glass with ice. Add ingredients, stir vigourously and strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with a maraschino cherry.

Dry Manhattan: Substitute dry vermouth. Garnish with lemon twist.

Perfect Manhattan: Substitute half dry, half sweet vermouth.

Latin Manhattan: Substitute half dry, half sweet vermouth and 1 ounce rum. Garnish with a lemon twist.