Black Manhattans on deck!

Week two of the Blog & I’m kicking off our cocktail recipes! With Thanksgiving rushing around the corner, I figured you may need a strong drink to get you through. This was on our Cocktail list for a bit, but it is super easy to make. This is our riff on a Black Manhattan, we swap out the spirits to get the perfect cocktail (in our eyes). Just a quick tidbit Manahttans are my favorite go to cocktail, but I won’t bore you with all the information that goes along with me being a beverage nerd. One of the most important things to know about making cocktails is when to shake a cocktail and when to stir. Luckily its easy, if the cocktail is all spirits, then you stir, if you add juice or sugar, or anything that isn’t a spirit you shake the cocktail.

Also, for all of our cocktail recipes I will have a recipe for a single cocktail as well as a larger batch so you can use it however is best for you.

The Ingredients (for a single cocktail)

2 oz Makers Mark

1 oz Montenegro Amaro

3 Dashes Angostura Bitters

1 Woodford Bourbon Cherry (I know it’s absurd to mix a Woodford product with Makers Mark, but these cherries are amazing!)

Batch It BABE (5 Cocktails)

10 oz Makers Mark

5 oz Montenegro Amaro

15 Dashes Angostura Bitters

5 Woodford Cherries; 1 per cocktail

Pro Tip: if you’re going to batch the cocktail you can stir the cocktail with ice in your serving vessel, and leave the remaining ice. Just don’t use too much ice, unless your cousin Jessica can’t handle a strong drink and you don’t want her to get too wasted.

How it’s done

Select your vessel for making cocktails, it can be a pint glass/ or a shaker tin and a long spoon or a bar spoon.

Step 1: Add the Makers Mark, Montenegro, & Angostura bitters into your mixing glass with ice and stir until nice & cold (approximately 45 seconds).

Step 2: Strain into a chilled coupe/ rocks glass or your favorite dinosaur sippy cup.

Step 3: Garnish with a cherry!

Step 4: Babes you’re done! Drink that bad boy and get ready for Aunt Sue to criticize you.

Pro Tip: If you don’t have a cocktail strainer, you can use another glass, or a mesh strainer in a pinch.

Drink up babes!

Amanda