Good evening all,

I wanted to see if I could get some input on a recipe for a Manhattan, as I usually have one on Veteran's Day in honor of my grandfather. I've found several over the years of course, but wanted to hear if anyone had anything special to recommend. In the meanwhile, since it's merely a matter of selecting "paste", I'll go ahead and post my Veteran's Day plan here for anyone who'd like to peruse in their free time:



While I have other family who served, I tend to think most about my mother's father on Veteran's Day. He served in the Army in WWII, initially as a sniper and going ashore during D-day, and then, after a bit of time in a field hospital, he ended up in a supply company, as a general's aide, mostly doing odd assignments. On Veteran's Day I usually have a manhattan (his favorite drink in his latter years) and dig through boxes of his old stuff. I read my copy of his "letter home" which he sent to all of his friends and family to let them know how he was doing after their local paper had mentioned him being wounded. If I've done everything correctly, copies will show up here as links to the full sized versions if you'd like to read them.







I also have a letter he wrote much later in life to someone collecting memoirs:





So I dig through memories, both his and mine, wonder what it was like, and how everyone really felt and what they thought at the time. Then I wonder what I should do with all these things in a box in the spare room...

And then I remember what Grandpa did with them, he put them in a box in a spare room, and went on to live a long and happy life. So I give a nod of respect, and set out to do the same.

Thanks to all who served. Hopefully a long and happy life can be had by all.

MV

Simply. Awesome.

Thanks.

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WOW, Thanks for sharing that.

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excellent post, thanks for sharing.
In your grandfather's day a Manhattan was made the correct way, with Rye whiskey, not Bourbon. A classic Manhattan is garnished with a cherry. I prefer a twist. Here's my standard Manhattan recipe. You can either stir it with ice in a cocktail glass and serve it in a martini glass or in an old fashioned glass on the rocks. I like mine on the rocks.

2 measures Rye Whiskey. Bulleit 95 Rye is my "house" rye. Bourbon if you must, but NO sour mash like Jack Daniels and NO blended whiskey like Seagram's 7.
1 measure sweet vermouth. I prefer to use Lillet, but vermouth is the classic
2 or 3 dashes Angostura or Peychaud's Bitters.
garnish, lemon twist or a maraschino cherry. If using cherries, get good ones, not the kind they put on hot fudge sundaes.

Salud!

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Thanks for the recipe ElChivito, that's just what I was looking for. What do you recommend for cherries? Not sure if I've ever seen any other than the sundae variety.

Thanks as well to the others for the kind words.

MV

I thought that a Manhattan was two pieces of bread with mashed potato's, gravy and roast beef.

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A day late, sorry, but Luxardo Cherries are the standard, Maker's Mark makes a nice cocktail cherry soaked in their Bourbon. Amazon has lots of M. Cherries.
I made my own once as an experiment. Bought a pound of fresh cherries, washed them and packed them into sterilized mason jars. Boiled up a cup of water and a cup of sugar, took it off the stove and added a cup of whiskey and poured the liquid over the cherries. Capped them and put them in the refrigerator. Tasty, but not worth the trouble. And there were pits.

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I agree with the 2:1 rye/dry vermouth ratio and stirred, not shaken. However, I prefer it "up" so that dilution is not an issue, and served with orange peel and cherry.