ABOUT
The popular origin story of the Manhattan cocktail attributes its creation to Iain Marshall at the Manhattan Club in New York City in the mid-1870s for a banquet hosted by Jennie Jerome in honor of Samuel J. Tilden. However, historical evidence contradicts this, as Jerome was in France at the time. Other accounts suggest it was invented in the 1860s by a bartender named Black. The earliest recorded recipes appear in 1884, with variations in ingredients like bitters, vermouth, whiskey, and absinthe. Canadian whisky became the preferred ingredient during Prohibition.
Recipe
2 oz. of American rye whiskey
0.5 oz. of sweet vermouth
1-3 dashes of Angostura bitters
2 ice cubes
A Maraschino Cherry
A Chilled Cocktail glass
The cocktail is usually stirred with ice then strained into a chilled cocktail glass and garnished traditionally with a maraschino cherry.
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