you back in gaul, then, boozy?Mr Boozificator wrote:I've never had a real manhattan in my life. That's the first drink I'll order next time I'm in USA.
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Re: My, it's fine weather for a Manhattan.
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Re: My, it's fine weather for a Manhattan.
Yep, I'm back Ben Grimm, and fucking drunk, and proud.Wingman wrote:you back in gaul, then, boozy?Mr Boozificator wrote:I've never had a real manhattan in my life. That's the first drink I'll order next time I'm in USA.
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Re: My, it's fine weather for a Manhattan.
more of a flash or green lantern these days....Mr Boozificator wrote: Ben Grimm.
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Re: My, it's fine weather for a Manhattan.
I would say more difficult. Unlike the Martini (which is really all about the Gin) the properly made Manhattan is about the interplay of the ingredients. The tolerances have to be managed properly or you end up drinking something that tastes like a dessert topping, not enough Vermouth will just make it taste like you dropped a cherry in your Whiskey (and changing Whiskeys changes the formula). Then there is the shaker adding ice/water to the equation get that step wrong and your left with a watery mess. Even making your own is an experimental enterprise finding a bartender that makes a good one takes determination or luck.Fabricsoftner wrote: Make sure you order one from somewhere that knows how to make them. Finding a properly made manhattan is almost as hard as finding a properly made martini.
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Re: My, it's fine weather for a Manhattan.
I learned how to make Manhattans from the father of a good friend of mine while we were on a cruise. Best thing that ever happened to me on water.Oggar wrote:I would say more difficult. Unlike the Martini (which is really all about the Gin) the properly made Manhattan is about the interplay of the ingredients. The tolerances have to be managed properly or you end up drinking something that tastes like a dessert topping, not enough Vermouth will just make it taste like you dropped a cherry in your Whiskey (and changing Whiskeys changes the formula). Then there is the shaker adding ice/water to the equation get that step wrong and your left with a watery mess. Even making your own is an experimental enterprise finding a bartender that makes a good one takes determination or luck.Fabricsoftner wrote: Make sure you order one from somewhere that knows how to make them. Finding a properly made manhattan is almost as hard as finding a properly made martini.
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Re: My, it's fine weather for a Manhattan.
Exactly. If you ever write a drinks recipe book, I'll buy.Oggar wrote:I would say more difficult. Unlike the Martini (which is really all about the Gin) the properly made Manhattan is about the interplay of the ingredients. The tolerances have to be managed properly or you end up drinking something that tastes like a dessert topping, not enough Vermouth will just make it taste like you dropped a cherry in your Whiskey (and changing Whiskeys changes the formula). Then there is the shaker adding ice/water to the equation get that step wrong and your left with a watery mess. Even making your own is an experimental enterprise finding a bartender that makes a good one takes determination or luck.Fabricsoftner wrote: Make sure you order one from somewhere that knows how to make them. Finding a properly made manhattan is almost as hard as finding a properly made martini.
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The Glory That Is The Manhattan
Just a little bit tart, and a whole lot sweet, with my dear, delicious bourbon. From 3,000 miles away, I loves me some Manhattan cocktail. Listening to Halloween music. Doesn't get much better than this, not without a living, breathing man. (He's snoring in the next room, so I'm outta luck.) You couldn't rouse him with a stick of dynamite up his ass.
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Re: The Glory That Is The Manhattan
I could make both for you. Though you'd have to deal with the placement of the latter.
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Re: The Glory That Is The Manhattan
What, exactly, is Halloween music, Savage? Please share.Savage wrote: Listening to Halloween music. .
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Re: The Glory That Is The Manhattan
The glory that is bowhunting season begins tonight up in the woods with the ritual Michigan Manhatten, ie, cheap Canadian whiskey from Windsor and Stock or Martini&Rossi sweet vermouth.
Bitters, bourbon and cherry juice and other fine distinctions may be there to start out, but it usually ends with those two ingredients, after everybody gets hammered to the point of saying "oh fuck it" and just makes 'em the easy way.
I've gotten to where a 4 to 1 ratio tastes the best; using bourbon or more vermouth seems to make it too sweet.
Bitters, bourbon and cherry juice and other fine distinctions may be there to start out, but it usually ends with those two ingredients, after everybody gets hammered to the point of saying "oh fuck it" and just makes 'em the easy way.
I've gotten to where a 4 to 1 ratio tastes the best; using bourbon or more vermouth seems to make it too sweet.
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Re: The Glory That Is The Manhattan
The glory that is bowhunting season begins tonight up in the woods with the ritual Michigan Manhatten, ie, cheap Canadian whiskey from Windsor and Stock or Martini&Rossi sweet vermouth.
Bitters, bourbon and cherry juice and other fine distinctions may be there to start out, but it usually ends with those two ingredients, after everybody gets hammered to the point of saying "oh fuck it" and just makes 'em the easy way.
I've gotten to where a 4 to 1 ratio tastes the best; using bourbon or more vermouth seems to make it too sweet.
Bitters, bourbon and cherry juice and other fine distinctions may be there to start out, but it usually ends with those two ingredients, after everybody gets hammered to the point of saying "oh fuck it" and just makes 'em the easy way.
I've gotten to where a 4 to 1 ratio tastes the best; using bourbon or more vermouth seems to make it too sweet.
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Re: The Glory That Is The Manhattan
Went to dinner at a place called J. Alexander's, I think it's a chain. Waiting for a table I asked the barman for a Manhattan with Sazerac rye. He shakes it up and pours it into a coupe glass. And, to my surprise, he pours even more into a little carafe, and then puts the carafe in a brandy snifter full of icewater. I ask him what the deal is and he says all their cocktails come with sidecar "refills." I brace myself for the check, as such a deal must surely be about $20, right? Nope, $10 even for a double manhattan with top-shelf whiskey.
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Re: The Glory That Is The Manhattan
I want to eat there.Jiggers McCoy wrote:Went to dinner at a place called J. Alexander's, I think it's a chain. Waiting for a table I asked the barman for a Manhattan with Sazerac rye. He shakes it up and pours it into a coupe glass. And, to my surprise, he pours even more into a little carafe, and then puts the carafe in a brandy snifter full of icewater. I ask him what the deal is and he says all their cocktails come with sidecar "refills." I brace myself for the check, as such a deal must surely be about $20, right? Nope, $10 even for a double manhattan with top-shelf whiskey.
Life ain't so bad sometimes.
And btw, Sazerac is a historical French name (sorry, could not help myself).
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Re: The Glory That Is The Manhattan
So is Bourbon, isn't it?
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Re: The Glory That Is The Manhattan
Indeed, but you made it a completely american thing. I want to conquer the western lands now!Jiggers McCoy wrote:So is Bourbon, isn't it?
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"The prince of darkness is a gentleman." Shakespeare.