Whiskey • Boozy
City polish with a rye backbone.
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Add all ingredients to a mixing glass with ice.
Bartender adding ice to the glassMake it
Add all ingredients to a mixing glass with ice.
Stir for 25 seconds.
Strain into a chilled coupe or Nick & Nora.
Garnish with a quality cocktail cherry.
Rye keeps the drink structured; bourbon makes it softer and sweeter.
A little bar lore
A nineteenth-century American classic whose precise Manhattan origin story remains debated.
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