Manhattan
An oft-repeated origin story of the Manhattan says it was unveiled in 1874 at the Manhattan Club in New York during a party thrown by Winston Churchill’s mother. However, in his essential booze book Imbibe!, spirits sage David Wondrich alleges this tale to be partially true at best. Apparently, at the time of the alleged birth of this legendary cocktail in the Big Apple, Lady Churchill was in England birthing a future Prime Minister of some significance. However the Manhattan came to exist, there’s little arguing Wondrich’s sentiment that when properly built it’s “the only cocktail that can slug it out toe-to-toe with the Martini.” Like the island whose name it shares, the drink is sweet, strong, eternally cool, and retains a dangerous edge.
Manhattan
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Recommended Ryes: Templeton, Few, Rittenhouse 100