The Manhattan is a simple-to-make and elegant cocktail. One of my personal favourites. There are many variations, but don’t get tricked into substituting bourbon for the original rye whisky. The rye is much better. And entry level brand Canadian Club makes a fine Manhattan.
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The trouble with whisky in cocktails
Whisky cocktails may not be plentiful as whisky especially scotch doesn’t play nicely with other ingredients, but if you’re determined you can find some cracking cocktails using a variety of whiskies including scotch.
Whisky – an interesting fact about …
Whisky is a regal spirit, one that can command top prices and one with a wide range of expressions and styles. However it is a more difficult ingredient to use in developing new cocktails than say gin or vodka, because of it’s depth of flavour and variation. Here an interesting fact about whisky.
Deauville – the Sazerac reformulated
The Deauville is my reworked version of the old classic cocktail the Sazerac. Led by the fact that I’m not keen on the flavour of aniseed, I swapped out the absinthe, and replaced it with Chartreuse. Also I find Yellow Chatreuse works better than green. Tastes better and the colour is better too.
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