Manhattan

This is a classic, yet fancy drink that is a foundational cocktail of any bar.

Ingredients:

~3 oz Bourbon

~1 oz Sweet Vermouth

~3 dashes angostura bitters

~Cocktail cherries

Instructions: Place bourbon, vermouth and bitters in a shaker with ice and shake. Pour over ice ball (can omit ice ball) into a rocks glass. Rim glass with cocktail cherry, then skewer the cherry and place into glass.

Note that the classic recipe calls for a rye whiskey. I’m personally not a fan of rye, so I use either a Canadian whiskey like Crown Royal or a decent mixing bourbon like Woodford Reserve or Bulleit.