Manhattan cocktail recipe from the Manhattan Club, New York City

Manhattan Cocital drink recipe.

How to make the perfect Manhattan Cocktail.

There are a few stories on the origins of the Manhattan cocktail.

The main story surrounding the origin of the drink recipe dates back to 1874, and was named after the famous Manhattan Club, in New York City. The story goes the Manhattan cocktail was invented to celebrate the election of Governor Samuel Tilden. And was invented by Dr. Iain MArshall. A true vintage cocktail drink and has become a classic. The Manhattan uses rye whiskey as the main ingredient.

Another story of the origin dates back to the 1860's. Again this recipe is from the Manhattan area and this story gives credit to a bartender who's name we know simply as Black, at a bar near Broadway and Houston streets.

Other earlier records show cocktails with different names, but the same ingredients. One of them uses Absinthe instead of the bitters.

Manhattan cocktail drink and ingredients

Manhattan Recipe:
Ingredients

• 2 ounces rye whisky
• 1 ounce Italian vermouth
• 2 dashes Angostura bitters

Cocktail Mixing Instructions:

You can either gently shake or stir the ingredients with ice, just do not mix too much, as this will cause a cloudy appearance to the drink. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a cherry or olive.

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Classic Cocktail Recipes: The Rob Roy drink recipe using Scotch and Vermouth.

How to make the Rob Roy Cocktail drink.

This mixed drink is the Scotch whisky version of the Manhattan cocktail and is even referred to as a Scotch Manhattan at times. Named after Robert Roy MacGregor, who was the Scottish Robin Hood.
This drink can be served wet, dry or perfect.

Rob Roy Cocktail Drink

Rob Roy Recipes
Ingredients:
• 1 1/2 oz Scotch (Macallen, Glenlivet, Chivas, Macallan)
• 1/4 oz sweet vermouth (Can use sweet)
• Angostura bitters to taste
• A maraschino cherry for garnish

Preparation Instructions:
Mix ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice.
Strain and pour into a cocktial glass.
Garnish with a cherry.

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Classic Cocktail Drinks: The Manhattan Recipe using Sweet Vermouth and Whiskey.

How to make the classic Manhattan cocktail drink, with information and recipe.

The Manhattan cocktail is one of the six basic classic cocktails. This is a old cocktail dating back to the 1870's. The drink originated in new York at the famous Manhattan Club, hence the name. The inventor of the Manhattan cocktail was Dr. Iain Marshall.

The Manhattan in Popular Culture
•  Dry Version of the Manhattan was made famous by Frank Sinatra and the famous Vegas "Rat Pack" (Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr. etc.)
• Manhattans and cosmos, were frequently drunk at trendy bars on the HBO series "Sex and the City".


Manhattan Recipe:
Ingredients
• 1 part Sweet Italian Vermouth (Martini and Rossi's, Cinzano, etc.)
• 5 parts whiskey (Normally made with Rye Whiskey, but can be made with Bourbon.)
• 1-2 dashes Angostura Bitters (Do not overdue!)

Procedure:
Stir, do not shake this one, all the ingredients is a cocktail glass with ice.
Strain the mix into another cocktail glass.
Garnish the Manhattan cocktail with a single maraschino cherry.

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Classic Cocktail Drinks: The "El Presidente" Cocktail Recipe and History

How to make the classic cocktail "El Presidente".

The "El Presidente" was popular in the 1920's through the 1940's. It is very rare to find this cocktail anymore in the United Staes, one place you can still sip the "El Presidente"is in Havana, Cuba.

The "El Presidente" cocktail was invented by an american bartender at the famous Jockey Club in Havana, Cuba. The bartenders name was Eddie Woelke. He named the drink after President Gerardo Machado.  "It is the aristocrat of cocktails and is the one preferred by the better class of Cuban." this was taken from When It's Cocktail Time in Cuba, published in 1928.

Trader Vic, is quoted as saying: "Cuban Presidente" was "the 'martini' of Cuba and, to me, a lot better than our own."

"El Presidente" Recipe One:
• 1 part French vermouth  (Noilly Prat French Dry Vermouth, etc.)
• 3 parts Rum (Cuban Rum, Bacardi, Cruzan, etc.)
• 1 dash of Grenadine
•  Garnish with Orange peel twist and a cherry is optional.

"El Presidente" Recipe Two:

• 1-1/2 oz. Light Rum
• 3/4 oz. Curacao
• 3/4 oz. Dry Vermouth
• 1/2 tsp of grenadine

Procedure:
Mix ingredients in a old-fashioned glass with ice.

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